EMBATTLED VIRGINIA LT. GOVERNOR COMPARES HIMSELF TO LYNCHING VICTIMS: Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax, accused of sexual assault by two women, stunned lawmakers Sunday with an impromptu speech comparing himself to lynching victims from the late-19th and early 20th centuries as he fights to remain in office amid sexual assault allegations ... "I've heard much about anti-lynching on the floor of this very Senate, where people were not given any due process whatsoever, and we rue that," Fairfax said from his rostrum in the Virginia State Senate, referencing legislation the General Assembly passed expressing "profound regret" for lynchings in Virginia between 1877 and 1950. "We talk about hundreds, at least 100 terror lynchings that have happened in the Commonwealth of Virginia under those very same auspices." he added. "And yet, we stand here in a rush to judgment with nothing but accusations and no facts and we decide that we are willing to do the same thing."
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