A Richmond judge is suing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Daniel Gade for more than $2 million in damages, contending in a defamation suit that Gade falsely claimed he was a “known segregationist” and a “racist judge” in a debate at Norfolk State University in early October.
Richmond Circuit Court Judge Bradley B. Cavedo filed the lawsuit, which requests a trial by jury, in Albemarle County on Tuesday over remarks Gade made during an Oct. 3 debate with Senator Mark Warner of Virginia.
After both candidates shared their thoughts, Gade pivoted the conversation to Warner’s appointment of Cavedo in 2002. “But as Governor in 2002, when you were in charge of who you appointed to the bench in Virginia, you appointed a known segregationist named Calvados to the 13th District,” Gade said during the debate. “And here’s the thing about that. He said that black people are parasites and they would suck billions of dollars out of our economy.”
A Richmond judge is suing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Daniel Gade for more than $2 million in damages, contending in a defamation suit that Gade falsely claimed he was a “known segregationist” and a “racist judge” in a debate at Norfolk State University in early October.
Richmond Circuit Court Judge Bradley B. Cavedo filed the lawsuit, which requests a trial by jury, in Albemarle County on Tuesday over remarks Gade made during an Oct. 3 debate with Senator Mark Warner of Virginia.