The FBI raided the Portsmouth, Virginia, office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, a Democratic leader in the state behind its redistricting victory, on Wednesday, ostensibly over corruption allegations.
Lucas, an 82-year-old great-grandmother, has been a frequent critic of Republicans and President Trump, and is an ally to Virginia’s Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger. Fox News covered the FBI raid live.
Why even do it if you’re not going to make a spectacle of it? The whole point is to advertise Democrats as criminal and perp-walk them around to courts that will probably throw these shoddy cases out in a few minutes.
Republicans will end the 2026 campaign chanting “Lock Them Up”. And maybe this time they’ll actually mean it.
But also…
Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas
an 82-year-old great-grandmother
Wtf are you still doing in the Virginia Senate? Go home! Be with your fucking great-grandkids while you still can. Leave a little breathing room for anyone born before 1950 to hold office, ffs.
The FBI raided the Portsmouth, Virginia, office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, a Democratic leader in the state behind its redistricting victory, on Wednesday, ostensibly over corruption allegations.
Lucas, an 82-year-old great-grandmother, has been a frequent critic of Republicans and President Trump, and is an ally to Virginia’s Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger. Fox News covered the FBI raid live.
Because of fucking course they did
The revolution will not be televised, but the state propaganda definitely will be.
Why even do it if you’re not going to make a spectacle of it? The whole point is to advertise Democrats as criminal and perp-walk them around to courts that will probably throw these shoddy cases out in a few minutes.
Republicans will end the 2026 campaign chanting “Lock Them Up”. And maybe this time they’ll actually mean it.
But also…
Wtf are you still doing in the Virginia Senate? Go home! Be with your fucking great-grandkids while you still can. Leave a little breathing room for anyone born before 1950 to hold office, ffs.
After?
Hot tip: They always meant it. And they never, ever cared about “the law”.
Trump spent every waking moment of 2016 saying “Lock Hillary Up” and not a single split-second from 2017 to 2021 attempting to do so.