It's been less than 24 hours, but so far no shoot-the-messenger posts on that thread.
I'm not sure what VA law says about grounds for impeachment, but at the least this D legislator is trying to get ahead of what is looking like an impending disaster.
Victim politics is kind of a facts don't matter realm. So even though Northam's stupidity is far from proportional to what Fairfax is accused of, if Fairfax is forced out but Northam brazens it through (which seems very possible), it's not going to play well in victim-identity circles.