TRUMP CALLS NORTHAM CONTROVERSY 'PRETTY SAD,' STOPS SHORT OF DEMANDING GOVERNOR'S RESIGNATION: In an exclusive interview with Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle," President Trump sounded a note of pity for the "pretty sad" controversy surrounding embattled Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, but stopped short of calling for his resignation ... Trump's comments came as the clamor for the resignation of Virginia's top two politicians seemed to die down Monday, with some black community leaders forgiving Northam over the blackface photograph in his medical school yearbook page, and calling for a fair hearing for Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax on the sexual assault allegations against him. Meanwhile, Northam has suggested that the state's Democratic attorney general, Mark Herring, should consider stepping aside because he admitted to dressing in blackface in college.
At a press conference earlier this month, Northam acknowledged that he had darkened his face when he dressed as singer Michael Jackson as part of a talent contest that same year. And hen asked if he still able to perform the Moonwalk -- Jackson's signature dance move -- Northam paused to look at the space next to him as if he was about to attempt the move, before his wife Pamela said it was "inappropriate circumstances."
"I felt sorry for his wife -- his wife saved him," Trump told host Laura Ingraham. "He was gonna try to imitate Michael Jackson with the Moonwalk. Nobody can imitate Michael Jackson with the Moonwalk. It was a pretty bad situation."
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