The Ben Shapiro Show - October 23, 2026


A Democrat Who Said 'No One Is Above the Law' Just Got Indicted for Running a Drug Ring

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Ben Shapiro
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L. Louise Lucas Jim Crow Donald Trump Virginia Freedom Life L. Luis Lucas James Tallarico Marion Berry Ilhan Omar
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8 minutes

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165.58

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1,355

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107

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14

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7

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5

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00:00:00.000 What do you think the media reaction would be if the Senate pro tempore of a battleground state was a Republican and then was running a gigantic drug ring?
00:00:10.000 Well, my guess is it probably would lead every single front page in America, but it was a Democrat.
00:00:15.000 So that means that it hasn't gotten a lot of coverage and it's going to be like a CRD story on this particular show because, again, Democrats are going to be Democrat.
00:00:22.000 According to the Wall Street Journal, the Justice Department announced charges against a longtime Democratic lawmaker in Virginia.
00:00:28.000 Her name is Senator L. Louise Lucas.
00:00:31.000 For allegedly running a criminal enterprise that illegally bought and sold large amounts of marijuana and laundered the proceeds.
00:00:38.000 She's been charged on five counts.
00:00:39.000 She's 82.
00:00:41.000 She's been serving in the upper house of Virginia's General Assembly for more than 30 years.
00:00:46.000 The charges are racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, conspiracy to launder money, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and maintaining a drug involved premises.
00:00:57.000 Apparently, she was the head of Lucas Enterprise, directing illicit operations, acquiring marijuana, and supervising the laundering of the proceeds.
00:01:06.000 According to the indictment, she allegedly paid $750,000 to an unindicted co conspirator to purchase a stake in a holding entity called Mama's Chicken LLC.
00:01:17.000 In exchange, she agreed to use her legislative office to steer cannabis licenses to the unindicted co conspirator.
00:01:23.000 When the cannabis legislation stalled, Lucas demanded repayment and then accepted $100,000 from the unindicted co conspirator in exchange for agreeing to continue to sponsor cannabis legislation.
00:01:34.000 She moved over $1.1 million in payments between January 2024 and November 2025.
00:01:41.000 Now, the most hilarious part of this is her excuse.
00:01:47.000 She basically says that she had to do this in order to, that she was getting old, and this was her way of acquiring, I kid you not, generational wealth.
00:01:55.000 Quote, on or about February 9th, 2026, Louise Lucas called UCC number two and discussed the language surrounding the recreational marijuana legislation pending in the Virginia General Assembly and the possibility of UCC number two receiving a license and sharing the proceeds with her because, quote, this is our last chance at generational wealth.
00:02:14.000 I've got too old to not be greedy.
00:02:19.000 And then January 24th, 2022, she had posted on social media I'm a 78 year old grandma who legalized pot and now has her own cannabis store.
00:02:30.000 And I'm the last thing standing between the GOP and total control of Virginia.
00:02:32.000 That's worth a retweet.
00:02:36.000 So, but by the way, she also listed herself as the president and CEO of Virginia Freedom Life on the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory General Assembly Statement of Economic Interest Forum.
00:02:47.000 Virginia Freedom Life.
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00:03:57.000 And this, by the way, would be the same L. Luis Lucas who tweeted in March of 2023.
00:04:02.000 This would have been during the Mar a Lago raid Donald Trump just learned no one is above the law.
00:04:11.000 Price is right, sad trombone.
00:04:14.000 Also in June 2022, about President Trump.
00:04:17.000 Let's put this in words Trump can understand lock him up. 1.00
00:04:21.000 Well, it turns out the lady's going to go to jail now. 0.98
00:04:24.000 Her statement is astonishing.
00:04:27.000 Her statement is, and I quote, Today, the FBI, the Department of Justice, and the full weight of the federal government have been wielded against an 82 year old great grandmother.
00:04:37.000 Aww. 1.00
00:04:37.000 They're going after a little old lady who is running a gigantic drug enterprise, apparently. 1.00
00:04:42.000 I grew up under Jim Crow. 1.00
00:04:45.000 Oh, so according to her, this is all happening because she's black. 0.99
00:04:49.000 It's just like Jim Crow. 0.98
00:04:52.000 Pretty sure it's not.
00:04:54.000 Pretty sure that you were literally texting people about acquiring generational wealth through corrupt schemes.
00:05:00.000 To finance a marijuana enterprise.
00:05:02.000 I think it's that.
00:05:04.000 I grew up under Jim Crow, she says.
00:05:05.000 I've seen what happens when people in power try to silence those who stand up to them.
00:05:08.000 I spent my life fighting back and I'm not stopping now.
00:05:10.000 I'm not new to this.
00:05:11.000 I'm true to this.
00:05:12.000 I will not be intimidated.
00:05:13.000 I will not be bullied and I will not back down.
00:05:15.000 And then she toked really, really deeply.
00:05:20.000 Gotta love it.
00:05:21.000 It's always that I love, honestly, I love the defenses from Ilhan Omar, who didn't, not to her knowledge, did she marry her brother.
00:05:28.000 And also, she's not gonna back down.
00:05:31.000 Or Louise Lucas. 0.94
00:05:33.000 I grew up under Jim Crow and this is just like you. 1.00
00:05:36.000 Maybe you just shouldn't do criminal things.
00:05:39.000 I don't know. 1.00
00:05:40.000 There is nothing new about what Louise Lucas is doing here. 1.00
00:05:42.000 She's basically saying she's a victim of the perverse white supremacist system that, you know, might have caused her to allegedly run a drug trafficking.
00:05:49.000 This is nothing new.
00:05:50.000 Marion Berry was famously the mayor of Washington, D.C., and he too was caught in a drug trafficking ring. 0.98
00:05:56.000 And his first excuse was, bitch, set me up, which is what he famously said about his ex-girlfriend. 0.97
00:06:02.000 But then his backup excuse was, The white supremacist system is trying to stop me from changing lives in Washington, D.C. 1.00
00:06:10.000 And it's all racism.
00:06:12.000 It's all racism is always the go to when it turns out that you are guilty of criminal conduct and you can claim that you are some sort of civil rights icon or civil rights figure.
00:06:22.000 And it's really bizarre.
00:06:24.000 And this is why I say that woke will come back because the underlying conditions for woke are still there.
00:06:29.000 So long as people still think that's an effective tactic in some way, they will keep using it.
00:06:33.000 And if Democrats regain power, they will use it all the more.
00:06:35.000 Remember, James Tellurico is vowing.
00:06:38.000 That, as Texas Senator, he said that the murder of a white teenager by a black teenager and the conviction of that black teenager must have been inherently unfair because there weren't enough black people on the jury.
00:06:49.000 It must have been white supremacy in some way.
00:06:51.000 This is what Democrats still believe.
00:06:52.000 The reason that you see people like Louise Lucas using this excuse is because it still works, it still is effective.
00:06:59.000 Nothing has changed for decades on this score.
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00:07:59.000 You sit there and shake because you're dependent on drink.
00:08:01.000 Your sickness is all over you.
00:08:05.000 Have you ever seen a child starve to death, Professor? 0.96
00:08:10.000 No. I have.