Sexual assault should never be a racial issue. It should never be a partisan issue. Sexual assault is an epidemic that's taking place around the world, across our country, every day.

Vanessa Tyson -- one of the women accusing Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax of sexual assault -- during an interview with CBS. She and Meredith Watson stepped forward with their allegations in February after a racist yearbook photo surfaced of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam.