Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, endorsed by former President Donald Trump for the gubernatorial race, has criticized her Democratic opponent, Abigail Spanberger, for her progressive policies. Earle-Sears also condemned Spanberger’s silence regarding Jay Jones, who made threatening remarks about a Republican lawmaker, urging him to exit the attorney general race.
In a media call on Monday, facilitated by former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, Earle-Sears emphasized the importance of the upcoming two weeks leading to the November 4 election, stating they would be “critical.”
“We’re going to continue to highlight [that] the Democrats are led by a candidate who self-proclaims that she is fueled by rage. What rage, Abigail? Fueled against whom, and for what purpose?” Earle-Sears began, referring to a comment made by Spanberger at a campaign event.
“Over the past four years, I’ve collaborated with Governor Youngkin to make Virginia an ideal place for families,” the Republican candidate stated. She highlighted her commitment to stronger crime policies compared to her rival. “Families deserve safety and security, yet Abigail plans to overturn Youngkin’s Executive Order 47, which aids cooperation between Virginia police and ICE. This could essentially turn Virginia into a sanctuary state.”
Spanberger, with a background as a CIA agent and U.S. congresswoman, has been criticized for aligning closely with President Joe Biden and Rep. Nancy Pelosi. Earle-Sears claims Spanberger supports energy policies that could increase living costs, backed lenient crime legislation, and advocates for allowing transgender individuals in girls’ restrooms.
“It’s astonishing that she can’t even take a stance on whether Jay Jones should withdraw from the race. Seriously, are you out of your mind?” Earle-Sears remarked.
Earle-Sears’ latest campaign advertisement includes footage of Spanberger dodging questions about her continued support for Jones, following the revelation of his 2022 comments fantasizing about violence against then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert and his family.
The lieutenant governor closed out her remarks by calling out the Democratic Party’s “blatant racism.”
“You keep seeing that over and over again. They say that they love people who look like me, but they don’t. I mean, heavens, they’ve called me a white supremacist. Why would they do that? I’m the one who carried the bill 20 years ago to protect us from the KKK.”
In August, a left-winger protested Earle-Sears’ position against the Arlington Public Schools’ transgender locker room and bathroom policies by holding a sign that read: “Hey Winsome, if trans can’t share your bathroom then blacks can’t share my water fountain.”
Another incident occurred over the weekend at a James Madison University football game, where a man identified as Scott Pogorelc, a contributor to “several” Democrat campaigns and an engineer with Zeta Associates, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, shouted a racist comment at Earle-Sears.
“Go back to Haiti!” he yelled. “Traitor!”
Earle-Sears, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was born in Jamaica, not Haiti, responded on X:
“I thought Democrats were supposed to love everyone … and just to be clear, I’m Jamaican. But I have nowhere to go back to — because America is my home,” she wrote.
A Lockheed Martin spokesperson told FOX 5 DC on Monday that Pogorelc “is no longer employed” by Zeta Associates after the company investigated the incident.
