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The reporter who exposed the racist photo on Gov. Ralph Northam\u2019s yearbook page said a \u201cconcerned citizen\u201d led him\u00a0to the story<\/a>\u00a0that has prompted widespread outrage and calls for the Democrat\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n

Patrick Howley, editor in chief of the website\u00a0Big League Politics<\/a>,first reported Friday the existence of a photo on Northam\u2019s page of his medical school yearbook depicting a figure in blackface standing next to another person in a Ku Klux Klan hood.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very easy to explain,\u201d Howley, 29, said in an interview Saturday. \u201cA concerned citizen, not a political opponent, came to us and pointed this out. I was very offended [by the photo] because I don\u2019t like racism.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tip came after Northam\u2019s comments on Wednesday about late-term abortions, he said. Howley declined to give any further information about his source, citing a confidentiality agreement. But he said it took him just a few hours to confirm that the photo was authentic.<\/p>\n

The source of the tip appears to have been a medical school classmate or classmates of Northam who acted as a direct result of the abortion controversy that erupted earlier in the week, according to two people at Big League Politics, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe revelations about Ralph Northam\u2019s racist past were absolutely driven by his medical school classmate\u2019s anger over his recent very public support for infanticide,\u201d one of the two said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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