Don Scott Sworn In As First Black Speaker Of Virginia House
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"I would just not be the speaker to the Democrats, and I will not just be the opponent of the Republicans, but I will be the speaker of the House of the Commonwealth of Virginia," he said.
Don Scott was inducted as Virginia’s first Black Speaker of the House of Delegates on Wednesday.
“My first immediate emotion is just gratitude, very grateful,” Scott said Wednesday in his speech after being sworn in. “I know this is God’s favor. I know this is God’s grace, which is undeserved favor, and I’m grateful.”
It’s the first time there’s been a Black speaker in the House’s 400-year-plus history. Scott was unanimously voted for speaker after Democrats won control of the Virginia legislature in 2023.
His story isn’t without battles, though. In 1994, when Scott was in his third year of law school, he was arrested on a drug charge and served eight years in prison.
“Damaged goods can sometimes turn out to be OK,” Scott said on “CBS Mornings” Wednesday. “And we’re a lot more interesting than the people who followed all the rules and did everything perfect.”
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