Virginia state Senator L. Louise Lucas—a fiery Democratic power broker who once declared "no one is above the law" about Donald Trump—just learned those words have a vicious sting. On Wednesday, the FBI raided her office, her co-owned marijuana dispensary, and eight other locations tied to the lawmaker.
Lucas, a close ally of Governor Abigail Spanberger, built a reputation for crude, unfiltered social media posts. In 2023, she gloated that Trump "just learned no one is above the law!" Now that exact phrase is being weaponized against her by critics across the political spectrum.
The conservative account Libs of TikTok wasted no time: "Louise Lucas just learned no one is above the law!" Former Trump fundraiser Caroline Wren dug up a 2022 post where Lucas celebrated the FBI raiding Mar-a-Lago, writing, "I want to see voters showing the kind of overwhelming numbers at the polls that the FBI showed today." Wren's reply: "This aged well."
The federal probe targets corruption and illegal marijuana sales, law enforcement sources confirmed. Ten locations linked to Lucas were hit simultaneously—a detail that her opponents eagerly twisted against her infamous "Ten f---ing one" slogan, which boasted Virginia’s redistricting map favoring Democrats in 10 of 11 congressional districts.
Former Virginia legislator Nick Freitas posted: "@SenLouiseLucas: '10 to f-ing 1' FBI: 'How about 10 to f-ing life.'" Arlington County GOP Chair Matthew Hurtt cracked, "Louise Lucas asked where else the FBI was raiding. Apparently 10 locations. There's a TEN F---IN' ONE joke in there somewhere." Talk radio host Erick Erickson predicted that "no wagons will be circled for Louise Lucas because the VA Dems have known for a while."
Yet not everyone piled on. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas—no relation—tweeted, "They need to leave Louise Lucas alone." Virginia House Speaker Don Scott called the raid "deeply concerning" and urged caution, noting the politicized atmosphere under an FBI led by Kash Patel and a DOJ formerly run by Trump's personal attorney. But one federal source clarified: this corruption probe originated during the Biden administration.
Republican Delegate Tim Anderson, whom Lucas previously sued for defamation (a case later dismissed), struck a more measured tone: "What they have or don't have will be for the courts to work through if the DOJ initiates criminal charges." Governor Spanberger's office said she's "aware of the operation" but wouldn't comment on a federal investigation. Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones—himself tangled in controversy over violent text messages—pointed to lost public trust in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Lucas has not commented. But the irony is impossible to ignore: the politician who demanded accountability for a former president now faces the full weight of the law she once invoked.
