You need to look at the facts deeper to understand why this twisted Democrat is successful.
He had a sexual relationship with a young black girl, and office assistant at his law firm who was a minor.
He served 3 months for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The Court knew at the time that he was in love with the young lady, who also was pregnant with his child.Thus the light sentence.
He then married his victim providing a happy ending to what was a disgraceful act of perversion by an old man.That is what drives his popularity.
You want to defeat him electorally...get the young wife to divorce him for philandering....otherwise he’s here to stay.
Reference:
https://www.theroot.com/i-don-t-understand-richmond-va-mayoral-candidate-and-1790857638
I am impressed he didn’t pressure her to abort the baby. He didn’t, did he?
Disgraceful -- yes. Perversion -- no.
With a large age discrepancy between sexual partners who are both physical adults, it is obviously an unconscionably self-centered act by the older partner, and almost certainly a sign of mental or psychological impairment, but it is not a perversion.
Perversion would be if the younger partner was post-pubescent or younger, or of the same sex as the older partner.
That being said, a Republican would never, ever get away with this.