Chris LaCivita can’t stay away from Virginia politics, even in the middle of a presidential race. LaCivita, a longtime Virginia political operative who is now co-manager of former President Donald Trump ‘s campaign to return to the White House, took a barbed poke at House Speaker Don Scott , D-Portsmouth, in a social media exchange that began Tuesday night. Scott aimed at Trump’s convictions for falsifying business records to cover up hush payments to a porn star and his alleged role in the insurrection at the U.
S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
LaCivita fired back over Scott’s felony conviction 30 years ago for his role transporting money related to a cocaine distribution ring. People are also reading..
. In his customary take-no-prisoners fashion, LaCivita suggested that Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden and a former crack cocaine addict, “was a client” of Scott, who served prison time for transporting drug money. The exchange marked an intensifying presidential election, with Trump rallying in Chesapeake in an effort to win the state he lost by double-digits four years ago and Black Virginia political leaders standing solidly behind Biden after a disastrous debate performance on June 27.
“It’s the political season,” said Larry Sabato, president of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. Spat started on Tuesday Scott MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH The exchange of digital fire began on social platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday .
