In one of her final pitches to voters before a closely-watched election, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears is not mincing words.
“We’re going to win because we’re the ones with the common-sense ideas that are to keep Virginia moving,” the Republican said in a wide-ranging interview with The Daily Wire. “I’m talking about we’re going to make sure that the taxes stay low. My opponent has already said that she’s going to increase taxes.”
Earle-Sears’ opponent, former Democrat Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, has attempted to campaign as a moderate. Earle-Sears isn’t having it.
“[Spanberger] has already said she’s going to make Virginia a sanctuary state, meaning that if you’re a criminal and you’re legally here, you’re going to get sanctuary,” the Republican said. “But then again, she didn’t have to say it because that’s how she voted. She voted for that, voted to keep our borders open. And so you see now with the problems that we have in trying to get those who are criminals and illegally here gone.”
Democrats like Spanberger are “not keeping us safe,” Earle-Sears said, noting that safety and security are all voters want.
“We want to be safe in Virginia, in America. We just want peace and quiet, and you go do your thing and let me do mine. And yet the Democrats who claim to tolerate people, yes, only except if you don’t agree with them. And they claim to love everybody, except, no, they don’t really.”
“We cannot have these people, Abigail Spanberger, Jay Jones, and Ghazala Hashmi as our three top leaders,” she added.
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Hashmi, the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, is narrowly leading her Republican opponent, John Reid. But it’s Jones, the Democrat nominee for Virginia Attorney General, who garnered national attention with the revelation that in 2022, he had suggested murdering his political rival and fantasized about their children dying.
“Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler, and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head,” Jones said in one of the texts, referencing then-Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Todd Gilbert, a Republican. Jones then fantasized about Gilbert’s children, whom he called “little fascists,” dying in their mother’s arms.
“Here you have a man running for political office who, when he had political office, advocated the murder of his opponent and also advocated the murder of his two children, who were two and five years old at the time,” Earle-Sears told The Daily Wire.
“Who is this man, Jay Jones? We cannot have him. Is that what we want in America? And then, by the way, my opponent, she’s not too far behind because she has said, ‘Let your rage fuel you.’ What rage are you talking about, Abigail? And fuel what, Abigail? And against whom, Abigail?”
“I mean, these people. Abigail Spanberger cannot be governor.”
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Earle-Sears has repeatedly called on Spanberger to denounce Jones and pull her endorsement, including during a fiery gubernatorial debate, in which Spanberger avoided the topic, saying only that “we are all running our individual races.”
“She’s politically calculating and cunning,” Earle-Sears said of Spanberger. “I used to think it was cowardice, but I see now — no, she wants power, she wants control, and so she refuses to say the right thing, which is to tell Jay Jones to get out of the race.”
Spanberger’s shortcomings aren’t the only reason Earle-Sears is confident she’ll prevail on Election Day. While polls indicate Spanberger is leading, Earle-Sears says the race is “much closer than the mainstream media has been saying.”
“I’m from a third-world country and I’ve seen what happens when the media decides that they’re going to support one political side and against the other,” Earle-Sears, an immigrant from Jamaica, said. “We don’t expect that in our media, not in America, but that’s where we are today.”
“The media has used lying polls that come straight from the Democrats, which at one point said I was down 20 points. But they knew the truth, when we had video of Abigail Spanberger telling her supporters that this was a toss-up race and it’s okay because she’s been here before. The one time I want the media to believe her, they don’t,” she continued.
In the closing days of the race, former President Barack Obama has campaigned for Spanberger, and President Donald Trump is expected to hold a virtual rally for Earle-Sears on Monday night.
“It was great being back in Norfolk to help get out the vote for [Spanberger] for Governor,” Obama posted to X on Saturday. “Virginia – Abigail Spanberger cares about your freedoms, she will fight for your rights, and she will work every day to make your life a little bit better.”
Virginia is one of just two gubernatorial races this cycle. The other, in New Jersey, has Republican Jack Ciattarelli facing off against Democrat Mikie Sherrill. Both races are widely seen as bellwethers for the 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential election. Asked what role her campaign has played in broader Republican electoral efforts, Earle-Sears was confident once again.
“I think we’re expanding the tent here in Virginia,” she said. “I mean, here I am, an immigrant to this great country, and I’m running to be governor of our Commonwealth. I mean, it’s really unheard of, and I think it’s a great thing.”
“America is a great country,” she said. “Does she have her faults? Of course. But I tell you what, it’s the best we’ve got, and we’re gonna keep building.”
