Virginia Republican Candidate Joked About Unsolved Rapes During His Tenure
The Republican candidate in one of Virginia’s closest state Senate races once joked about how many rape cases he failed to solve while working as a sheriff.Danny Diggs faces off Tuesday against Democratic incumbent Monty Mason. Diggs served as a county sheriff from 1999 until the end of 2022. And by his own admission, he didn’t have the best track record when it came to sexual assault cases.During his sheriff retirement speech in January, Diggs spoke about how special it was to meet people years after he had helped solve their issues.“It must have been 30 years ago.… We solved a rape case,” Diggs said. “The lady saw me a few years ago, and it had been 30 years, and she remembered me and remembered that we had solved her case and how much that meant to her. How she was able to get her life together and move on.”Diggs then asked his successor, Sheriff Ron Montgomery, “Was that the only one we ever solved?”The two men laughed as Diggs said, “We don’t want to get into that!”Republican Virginia State Senate candidate Danny Diggs joked about unsolved rape cases during his sheriff retirement speech.The election is Tuesday, November 7th. pic.twitter.com/WU4TnDjheK— PatriotTakes
The Republican candidate in one of Virginia’s closest state Senate races once joked about how many rape cases he failed to solve while working as a sheriff.
Danny Diggs faces off Tuesday against Democratic incumbent Monty Mason. Diggs served as a county sheriff from 1999 until the end of 2022. And by his own admission, he didn’t have the best track record when it came to sexual assault cases.
During his sheriff retirement speech in January, Diggs spoke about how special it was to meet people years after he had helped solve their issues.
“It must have been 30 years ago.… We solved a rape case,” Diggs said. “The lady saw me a few years ago, and it had been 30 years, and she remembered me and remembered that we had solved her case and how much that meant to her. How she was able to get her life together and move on.”
Diggs then asked his successor, Sheriff Ron Montgomery, “Was that the only one we ever solved?”
The two men laughed as Diggs said, “We don’t want to get into that!”
Republican Virginia State Senate candidate Danny Diggs joked about unsolved rape cases during his sheriff retirement speech.
The election is Tuesday, November 7th. pic.twitter.com/WU4TnDjheK— PatriotTakes
