President Donald Trump called out Virginia Democrat Jay Jones over nasty text messages he sent in 2022 — in which he suggested that then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert should be shot — and said that Jones should do the right thing and resign his campaign.
Trump made the <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115322323424244142">statement</a> on Sunday via his Truth Social platform, and in addition to calling on Jones to resign from the campaign, he declared that current Attorney General Jason Miyares (R-VA) had his full support in the race.
&#8220;It has just come out that the Radical Left Lunatic, Jay Jones, who is running against Jason Miyares, the GREAT Attorney General in Virginia, made SICK and DEMENTED jokes, if they were jokes at all, which were not funny, and that he wrote down and sent around to people, concerning the murdering of a Republican Legislator, his wife, and their children,&#8221; Trump posted.
The president went on to note that Virginia Democrats were not doing enough to distance themselves and the party from Jones and his previous statements.
&#8220;Abigail Spanberger, who is running for Governor, is weak and ineffective, and refuses to acknowledge what this Lunatic has done. Even Democrats are saying it is &#8216;RESIGNATION FROM CAMPAIGN&#8217; TERRITORY,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Democrat Jay Jones should drop out of the Race, IMMEDIATELY, and the People of Virginia must continue to have a GREAT Attorney General in Jason Miyares who, by the way, has my Complete and Total Endorsement — JASON WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!&#8221;
Jones made national headlines on Friday when a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reject-the-insanity-winsome-sears-hits-virginia-dems-with-ad-highlighting-vile-jay-jones-texts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">series of his texts</a> from 2022 were published.
&#8220;Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head,” Jones texted to Del. Carrie Coyner (R) at the time. “Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time.&#8221;
Jones also stated in another text that he would attend the funerals of Republican lawmakers in order to &#8220;piss on their graves,&#8221; and claimed that Gilbert would not be moved to change his political positions unless he and his wife had to watch one of their own children die.

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‘Not Funny’: Trump Trashes Jay Jones Over ‘Sick And Demented’ Texts Advocating Political Violence

'Not Funny': Trump Trashes Jay Jones Over 'Sick And Demented' Texts Advocating Political Violence

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Winsome Sears

Gubernatorial candidate Winsome Sears (R-VA) hit Democrats in her state with a brutal ad after they failed to condemn their own candidate for state attorney general, Jay Jones, over resurfaced texts in which he advocated for violence against his political opponents.
&#8220;Reject the insanity,&#8221; the ad challenged, showing the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-them-virginia-dem-sent-shocking-texts-about-killing-gop-leader-pissing-on-graves">texts</a> Jones had sent in 2022, calling for former state House Speaker Todd Gilbert (R-VA) to be murdered. &#8220;Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head,” Jones texted to Del. Carrie Coyner (R) at the time. “Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time.&#8221;
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🚨 NEW AD: Jay Jones dreamed of murdering two young kids and their dad over politics—and Abigail Spanberger wants him to be attorney general. <a href="https://t.co/RoipSKn436">pic.twitter.com/RoipSKn436</a>
— Winsome Earle-Sears (@winwithwinsome) <a href="https://twitter.com/winwithwinsome/status/1974832866388566097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The ad showed some of the fallout in reaction to the texts and other comments Jones had made, including saying that he&#8217;d attend the funerals of Republican lawmakers in order to &#8220;piss on their graves&#8221; and suggesting that Gilbert might change his political positions if he and his wife were forced to watch one of their children die.
Immediately after shining a light on Jones and his comments, the ad pivoted to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger and a few other Democratic candidates, none of whom have denounced Jones or called for him to bow out of the race.
In fact, Democrats in Virginia had largely <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-dems-say-candidate-who-fantasized-about-murdering-gop-leader-is-better-than-republicans">doubled down</a> on Jones, as The Daily Wire previously reported, suggesting that he was still better than any potential Republican alternative.
<a href="https://x.com/jaaavis/status/1974237981268381718?s=46" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louise Lucas</a>, president pro tempore of the Virginia Senate and a marijuana dispensary co-owner, said in a statement, “There is no place for political violence or violent rhetoric in our public discourse, and Jay must take accountability for his actions. But we will not allow this moment to overshadow the stakes of this election. … The choice before us is far bigger than this mistake.&#8221;
Sears has called for Jones to <a href="https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1974309829998195166">remove himself</a> from the race — and even The Washington Post has raised the question as to whether or not a person making statements like Jones did had the &#8220;temperament&#8221; to serve in elected office.
&#8220;Curbing the epidemic of political violence will require leaders who do not incessantly inflame routine partisan conflict,&#8221; the WaPo piece read. &#8220;But text messages that Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general, sent to a GOP legislator, which emerged Friday afternoon, cast doubt on whether he has the temperament to become the state&#8217;s top law enforcement officer.&#8221;
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When a Democrat has lost The Washington Post, he’s got big problems.
Jay Jones should do the right thing and withdraw from the race.
Abigail Spanberger and Ghazala Hashmi should do the right thing and call on Jay Jones to withdraw.
He does not have the temperament to lead. <a href="https://t.co/5DrHucmYZg">pic.twitter.com/5DrHucmYZg</a>
— Virginia GOP (@VA_GOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/VA_GOP/status/1974513623440466125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) campaigns as the Democratic nominee in the Virginia’s governor’s race.

‘Reject The Insanity’: Winsome Sears Hits Virginia Dems With Ad Highlighting Vile Jay Jones Texts

'Reject The Insanity': Winsome Sears Hits Virginia Dems With Ad Highlighting Vile Jay Jones Texts

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Democrat Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones, in recently uncovered text messages, fantasized about murdering a state GOP leader with &#8220;two bullets to the head&#8221; and &#8220;piss[ing]&#8221; on the graves of other Republicans.
In the wake of the scandal &#8212; which comes at a time of increased political violence from the Left &#8212; Jones has sought to blame Republicans and President Donald Trump.
In text messages obtained first by National Review, Jones says to another lawmaker that he would use two bullets to murder then-GOP House Speaker Todd Gilbert.
&#8220;Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head,&#8221; Jones texted to Del. Carrie Coyner (R). &#8220;Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time.&#8221;
Earlier in the text messages, Jones expressed that he would attend the funerals of Republican lawmakers in Virginia &#8220;to piss on their graves.&#8221;
&#8220;Send them out awash in something,&#8221; he added.
Jones&#8217; comments were reportedly in reference to Republicans saying kind words about Democrat Del. Joe Johnson, who passed away at age 90.
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A follow-up message from Jones, he seemed to confirm that he wants Gilbert&#8217;s children to die. He wrote, &#8220;I’ve told you this before. Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-ag-candidate-once-referenced-putting-two-bullets-head-gop-leader-texts-show">reported</a>.
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The Democrat also said Gilbert and his wife were&#8221;evil&#8221; and &#8220;breeding little fascists.&#8221;
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Coyner&#8217;s campaign confirmed the texts were real and called them &#8220;disturbing and disqualifying for anyone who wants to seek public office.&#8221;
&#8220;Jay Jones wished violence on the children of a colleague and joked about shooting Todd Gilbert,&#8221; a spokesperson said. &#8220;It&#8217;s disgusting and unbecoming of any public official.&#8221;
The texts were exchanged on August 8, 2022, according to Coyner.
Jones has not denied the veracity of the texts, though he has sought to blame Republicans, specifically his GOP opponent Jason Miyares, and &#8220;Trump-controlled media.&#8221;
&#8220;Like all people, I&#8217;ve sent text messages that I regret, and I believe that violent rhetoric has no place in our politics,&#8221; Jones <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-ag-candidate-once-referenced-putting-two-bullets-head-gop-leader-texts-show">told</a> Fox. &#8220;Let’s be clear about what is happening in the attorney general race right now: Jason Miyares is dropping smears through Trump-controlled media organizations to assault my character and rescue his desperate campaign.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a strategy that ensures Jason Miyares will continue to be accountable to Donald Trump, not the people of Virginia,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This race is about whether Trump can control Virginia or Virginians control Virginia.&#8221;
Jones also told NBC News that he&#8217;s reached out to Gilbert to apologize.
“I want to issue my deepest apology to Speaker Gilbert and his family. Reading back those words made me sick to my stomach. I am embarrassed, ashamed, and sorry,” he <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democratic-candidate-virginia-attorney-general-jay-jones-text-messages-rcna235573">said</a>. “I have reached out to Speaker Gilbert to apologize directly to him, his wife Jennifer, and their children. I cannot take back what I said; I can only take full accountability and offer my sincere apology.&#8221;
Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears has said the texts from Jones are “wholly disqualifying.”
&#8220;This is horrible to read and should be wholly disqualifying of someone running for an office that protects the people of Virginia,&#8221; she posted to X. &#8220;Jay Jones’ horrific comments are a symptom of the entire Democratic Party and his running mate, Abigail Spanberger, needs to call on him to drop out.&#8221;
Spanberger has been heavily criticized for <a href="https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/06/28/spanberger-touts-equality-reproductive-rights-in-arlington/">telling</a> supporters, &#8220;let your rage fuel you.&#8221;
&#8220;Attorney General Jason Miyares has served the people of Virginia with honor and dignity, and will continue to do so come November,&#8221; Winsome Earle-Sears added. &#8220;Jay Jones can never be Attorney General of Virginia.&#8221;
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Statement on Jay Jones’ violent texts:
This is horrible to read and should be wholly disqualifying of someone running for an office that protects the people of Virginia.
Jay Jones’ horrific comments are a symptom of the entire Democratic Party and his running mate, Abigail…
— Winsome Earle-Sears (@winwithwinsome) <a href="https://twitter.com/winwithwinsome/status/1974199752507208188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
Over the last decade, Democrats have amped up language against political opponents and law enforcement, often comparing them to Nazis, the Gestapo, Adolf Hitler, and fascists.
Last month, conservative Charlie Kirk, a champion for free speech, was assassinated while speaking to college students with differing views. Weeks later, there was a targeted shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas, Texas, by a man who scrawled &#8220;ANTI-ICE&#8221; on an unfired rifle cartridge.
Moreover, over the summer, Democrat Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were assassinated in &#8220;targeted political violence&#8221; by a man with anti-Trump &#8220;No Kings&#8221; posters in his vehicle. There have also been numerous assassination attempts on the life of President Donald Trump.

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Republicans are blasting Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger for backing a policy that allows biological males to compete in women’s sports if they identify as transgender.
When asked on Tuesday by a local news outlet about her stance on transgender bathroom use in schools and sports participation, Spanberger responded by saying that she supported a policy in place before incumbent Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin took office, which determined sports participation on a case-by-case basis. Youngkin, who is not eligible to run for re-election this year, introduced model school policies stipulating that participation in sports should be based on sex, not gender identity. 
&#8220;So in Virginia, we previously, until very recently, had a process in place where on an individual, one-by-one basis, schools, parents, principals, coaches were making decisions based on fairness, competitiveness, and safety, where a child might be able or might not be able to play in a particular sport,” Spanberger <a href="https://wset.com/news/local/spanberger-addresses-stance-on-transgender-women-in-sports-and-bathrooms-democratic-party-virginia-gubernatorial-candidate-election-day-2025">told</a> WSET on Tuesday. “It was in place for ten years over that time. There were roughly 40 kids who went through the process. Some were denied the ability to play the sport they wanted to play. Some were approved.”
“I think that … the process that was in place for 10 years was one that was working. It was one that took individual circumstances and individual communities into account, and I think that is the process that Virginia should continue to utilize,” she added.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, a Republican facing off against Spanberger in November, ripped into her lengthy answer. 
“Abigail Spanberger just went full Kamala Harris to avoid a simple yes or no question,” Earle-Sears <a href="https://x.com/winwithwinsome/status/1970841008251588822">said</a>. “The answer is YES—Abigail supports men in girls’ sports, restrooms, and locker rooms.”
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Abigail Spanberger just went full Kamala Harris to avoid a simple yes or no question.
The answer is YES—Abigail supports men in girls’ sports, restrooms, and locker rooms. <a href="https://t.co/adkYiXZRaa">pic.twitter.com/adkYiXZRaa</a>
— Winsome Earle-Sears (@winwithwinsome) <a href="https://twitter.com/winwithwinsome/status/1970841008251588822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Earle-Sears has run several ads <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WinsomeESears/videos/-this-is-the-ad-abigail-spanberger-does-not-want-you-to-see/1442429363653470/">targeting</a> Spanberger’s previous support for pro-transgender policies during her time in the House. 
“Spanberger wants boys to play sports and share locker rooms with little girls. And Spanberger will let children change genders without telling their parents,&#8221; one <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR6ErAuV8hw">recent ad</a> says.
The Republican Governors Association also <a href="https://x.com/gopgovs/status/1970847801677639754?s=46">ripped</a> into Spanberger, saying that she doubled “down on her support for biological men in girls&#8217; sports, locker rooms, and bathrooms. Not only is this wrong, it&#8217;s putting Virginia girls at risk.”
&#8220;Abigail Spanberger was asked a yes-or-no question about protecting women’s sports and private spaces. Her response? Confusion, deflection, and word salad. Virginia cannot afford this INSANITY,&#8221; said the American Principles Project, a conservative advocacy group.
The issue of transgenderism in schools was one of the defining issues of the 2021 gubernatorial election in Virginia, where Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe. The issue came to a head after The Daily Wire reported that a male wearing a skirt had sexually assaulted a girl in a Loudoun County high school bathroom.

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Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) chose April 15 — better known to most American adults as Tax Day — to play defense for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and her efforts backfired in spectacular fashion.
Spanberger, who is currently facing Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears (R-VA) in the 2025 gubernatorial race, took to X to post her &#8220;Happy Tax Day&#8221; message attacking President Donald Trump and his administration.
&#8220;Just a reminder that while Virginians are filing their taxes, the Trump administration is cutting IRS staff and making it harder for people across the Commonwealth to get the help they need,&#8221; she posted.
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Happy Tax Day.
Just a reminder that while Virginians are filing their taxes, the Trump Administration is cutting IRS staff and making it harder for people across the Commonwealth to get the help they need.<a href="https://t.co/mO2RBcBlB0">https://t.co/mO2RBcBlB0</a>
&mdash; Abigail Spanberger (@SpanbergerForVA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpanbergerForVA/status/1912134139844657367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Sears was among those who responded to Spanberger&#8217;s post, saying, &#8220;You just can’t make this up. Only a DC politician like @SpanbergerforVA would defend the IRS on Tax Day AFTER voting to hire 87,000 agents to wring every dollar out of you.&#8221;
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You just can’t make this up.
Only a DC politician like <a href="https://twitter.com/SpanbergerForVA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpanbergerForVA</a> would defend the IRS on Tax Day AFTER voting to hire 87,000 agents to wring every dollar out of you. <a href="https://t.co/XSp3FRDEHk">https://t.co/XSp3FRDEHk</a>
&mdash; Winsome Earle-Sears (@winwithwinsome) <a href="https://twitter.com/winwithwinsome/status/1912140383967997972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We went to war to overthrow tyrants like you,&#8221; radio host Dana Loesch said, adding, &#8220;F every last shred of misplaced sympathy for extortionists who steal from the American public.&#8221;
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F every last shred of misplaced sympathy for extortionists who steal from the American public.
&mdash; Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1912165696827425134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Twitchy&#8217;s PolitiBunny added, &#8220;Abi, are you seriously praising the IRS &#8230; on tax day? Jeezus, lol. ROFL. LMAOROFL. I&#8217;m taking a screenshot of this one, this is so bad. Wow.&#8221;
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Abi, are you seriously praising the IRS &#8230; on tax day? Jeezus, lol.
ROFL.
LMAOROFL.
I&#39;m taking a screenshot of this one, this is so bad. Wow. <a href="https://t.co/kfQKlcEHo6">https://t.co/kfQKlcEHo6</a>
&mdash; The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolitiBunny/status/1912142424349999211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Just a reminder that Ronald Reagan once observed that: &#8216;Republicans celebrate the 4th of July, Independence Day. Democrats celebrate April 15, tax day,'&#8221; Newsmax writer Michael Dorstewitz posted.
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Just a reminder that Ronald Reagan once observed that:
&quot;Republicans celebrate the 4th of July, Independence Day. Democrats celebrate April 15, tax day.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/ITEED4qyi3">https://t.co/ITEED4qyi3</a>
&mdash; Michael Dorstewitz (@MikeDorstewitz) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeDorstewitz/status/1912196712027894009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I’ve been filing taxes for 38 years and never once had a IRS staff member assist me, on, after, or prior to tax day,&#8221; another pointed out.
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I’ve been filing taxes for 38 years and never once had a IRS staff member assist me, on, after, or prior to tax day. <a href="https://t.co/uKafXOJx0d">https://t.co/uKafXOJx0d</a>
&mdash; Rob O&#39;Donnell (@odonnell_r) <a href="https://twitter.com/odonnell_r/status/1912184360054202875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;How does the IRS staff help citizens of Virginia in need?&#8221; Scottie Nell Hughes asked. &#8220;The IRS doesn&#8217;t prepare or file taxes. It does target small businesses with expensive and time-wasting audits. I think you meant to say the Social Security Administration, but facts don&#8217;t matter as long as you are trying to demonize Trump, right?&#8221;
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How does the IRS staff help citizens of Virginia in need? The IRS doesn&#39;t prepare or file taxes. It does target small businesses with expensive and time-wasting audits. I think you meant to say the Social Security Administration, but facts don&#39;t matter as long as you are trying… <a href="https://t.co/calW1jbFJ3">https://t.co/calW1jbFJ3</a>
&mdash; Scottie Nell Hughes (@scottienhughes) <a href="https://twitter.com/scottienhughes/status/1912183662109503551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I love it when Democrats are &#8216;on message,'&#8221; radio host Larry O&#8217;Connor said.
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I love it when Democrats are &quot;on message&quot; <a href="https://t.co/AZGbNgbo8y">https://t.co/AZGbNgbo8y</a>
&mdash; L A R R Y (@LarryOConnor) <a href="https://twitter.com/LarryOConnor/status/1912161088520478732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Democrats: &#8216;How can we win back the working class?'&#8221; Doug Powers asked. &#8220;&#8216;Aggressively defend the IRS on tax day?&#8217; &#8216;Brilliant!'&#8221;
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Democrats: “How can we win back the working class?”
“Aggressively defend the IRS on tax day?”
“Brilliant!” <a href="https://t.co/d9mkMKqaRL">https://t.co/d9mkMKqaRL</a>
&mdash; Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThePowersThatBe/status/1912146455973814518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Abigail Spanberger Speaks At An Everytown For Gun Safety Rally

Virginia Democrat Picks The Wrong [Tax] Day To Praise The IRS

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Virginia Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears filed paperwork on Wednesday to run for governor in 2025, seeking to continue the GOP&#8217;s control of the governor&#8217;s mansion as sitting Gov. Glenn Youngkin is limited to one term.
Earle-Sears&#8217; filing makes her the first Republican candidate to jump into the 2025 governor&#8217;s race in the commonwealth, ABC 8 <a href="https://www.wric.com/news/politics/local-election-hq/lt-gov-winsome-earle-sears-files-paperwork-to-run-for-virginia-governor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), who entered the race last November, is currently the only Democratic candidate running for governor.
The lieutenant governor announced she would hold a rally in Virginia Beach on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. ET.
Earle-Sears rode a wave of Republican victories in Virginia in 2021, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2021/results/virginia/lieutenant-governor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">winning</a> her race for lieutenant governor over Democrat Hala Ayala by just over 50,000 votes. Republicans swept the statewide office elections in 2021, with Youngkin winning the gubernatorial election by more than 60,000 votes and Attorney General Jason Miyares winning his election by 26,000.
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Virginia law limits the governor&#8217;s and lieutenant governor&#8217;s time in office to one four-year term before they must step aside until the next election or run for a different position. Before Youngkin&#8217;s victory in 2021, Democrats had won four of the previous five gubernatorial elections in the commonwealth.
Earle-Sears, an immigrant from Jamaica, served in the U.S. Marines before being elected to the Virginia General Assembly in an upset over a 20-year Democratic incumbent in 2001. During her time as lieutenant governor, Earle-Sears has caught the ire of Democrats and the legacy media on multiple occasions.
In June 2023, Earle-Sears, who is black, slammed President Joe Biden&#8217;s appointment of Ketanji Brown-Jackson to the Supreme Court, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/winsome-sears-calls-ketanji-brown-jackson-a-diversity-hire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;Well, what you have is a justice who was chosen because she’s black and because she’s a woman.&#8221;
Earlier this year, Earle-Sears <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-democrats-derail-hearing-after-lt-gov-winsome-sears-says-yes-sir-to-transgender-senator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to a Democrat male state senator who identifies as a woman by saying, &#8220;Yes, sir.&#8221; The state senator, Danica Roem, stormed out of the room after Earle-Sears&#8217; comment. Upon returning, Roem refused to speak after being recognized by Earle-Sears.
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&#8220;I said something that upset Sen. Roem. Let it be known I am not here to upset anyone,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I am here to do the job that the people of Virginia have called me to do and that is to treat everyone with respect and dignity. I myself have at times not been afforded that same respect and dignity, but in this body and as long as I am president of the Senate and by the grace of God, I will be treated with respect and dignity and I will treat everyone else with respect and dignity.&#8221;

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Democrats in the Virginia state Senate derailed a hearing on Monday after the state’s lieutenant governor absentmindedly responded “yes sir” to an inquiry from deep-voiced Sen. Danica Roem, a man who believes he is a woman.
“Madam president, how many votes would it take to pass this bill with the emergency clause?” Roem asked Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears, a Republican, about a mundane bill that was being voted on.
“That would be four-fifths,” replied Sears, who as lieutenant governor presides over the Senate.
“And what would be the exact number for that madam president?” Roem added.
“Yes, sir, that would be 32,” Sears said as she looked through papers. “Those in favor of that motion shall record their votes aye,” she said, calling the vote.
Roem stormed out and missed the vote. A shout could be heard as he was leaving, though it wasn’t clear who made the sound or what it said.
After the vote, Sears recognized Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-dems-could-lose-control-of-state-senate-because-one-of-its-members-may-have-lied-about-her-residence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ghazala Hashmi</a>, whose turn it was to describe the next bill. But Hashmi would not speak. Several Democrat senators began leaving the room. Sen. Scott Surovell then said, “I think I’d ask that we take a recess for five minutes.”
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Seven minutes later, the body reconvened, and Sears said, “The chair again recognizes Sen. Hashmi, the senator from Chesterfield.” Hashmi again refused to speak, and Sears put the Senate back in recess.
Three minutes later, the hearing resumed, and Sears appeared irritated but measured.
“I said something that upset Sen. Roem. Let it be known I am not here to upset anyone. I am here to do the job that the people of Virginia have called me to do and that is to treat everyone with respect and dignity. I myself have at times not been afforded that same respect and dignity, but in this body and as long as I am president of the Senate and by the grace of God, I will be treated with respect and dignity and I will treat everyone else with respect and dignity.”
She said she frequently calls people by the wrong names, noting that she had just mistakenly put “the House” into recess instead of the Senate. “I apologize. And I would hope that everyone would understand there is no intent to offend.”
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Hashmi finally discussed the bill.
The Democratic Party of Virginia refused to accept Sears&#8217; apology, writing on X, &#8220;We will not forget this smear.&#8221;
Earlier this month, Hashmi’s education committee <a href="https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S04V0110+SB0037" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed</a> Sage’s Law, a bill passed by the House of Delegates last session that would prevent schools from hiding a child’s gender transition from their parents. It is named after Sage, a girl who was trafficked from rural Virginia to Baltimore and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mother-of-sex-trafficked-teen-files-lawsuit-after-girl-was-held-in-boys-group-home-to-affirm-her-trans-identity">raped by a registered sex offender</a> after going through trouble at school that her parents knew nothing about, and after school staff allegedly repeatedly encouraged her to transition. After the FBI rescued her from the sex trafficker, Baltimore placed her into a group home full of Baltimore&#8217;s roughest male youths. After her mother rescued her, she later said she was not actually transgender.

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Virginia&#8217;s lieutenant governor, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/winsome-sears" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Winsome Sears</a>, called Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson a diversity hire while discussing Jackson&#8217;s dissent to the court&#8217;s affirmative action decision on Thursday.
The Supreme Court ruled against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina’s affirmative action policies in a decision that will have a profound effect on the admissions processes at universities across the country.
Fox News host Martha MacCallum asked Sears how she would respond to Jackson and the other dissenting justices, who argued the court&#8217;s decision was a step back for equality.
“Well, what you have is a justice who was chosen because she’s black and because she’s a woman,” Sears said. &#8220;That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re understanding now, what a woman is.&#8221;
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Sears added that the state of education in the country is at a crisis level.
“While we’re playing these stupid games, I’m saying that education and the lack of it in America is risen to a national crisis. China is not playing these stupid games. China is interested in total world domination, and so is Russia and the rest of them. That’s what we have to be concerned about. Our children are not learning.&#8221;
Sears mentioned the large portion of college students who need remedial education within their first year. As many as 60% of college students are placed in remedial courses during their first year, costing $1 billion a year, <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/article/remedial-education/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Center for American Progress, which leans left.
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&#8220;I’m pulling for school choice. School choice now. Our children are in need,&#8221; Sears said.
&#8220;The slaves did not die in the fields so we could be saying in this century that we are victims,&#8221; Sears said later in the Fox segment. &#8220;They would say to us, &#8216;Is that what we died for? No. We died for you to have an opportunity. Take it. You have that.&#8217; We have had a black president.&#8221;
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WINSOME SEARS: &quot;The slaves did not die in the fields so we could be saying, in this century, that we are victims&#8230;They would say to us, is THAT what we died for?! No. We died for you to have an opportunity. Take it! You have that!&quot;
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The affirmative action case landed before the Supreme Court after a group called Students for Fair Admissions <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scotus-hinting-it-might-throw-out-affirmative-action-used-in-college-admissions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> the two elite schools, accusing them of unfairly factoring race into their admissions processes. The group pointed to the high test scores of Asian American and white applicants who were rejected.
The Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-issues-landmark-ruling-on-affirmative-action-at-universities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> that the race-based admissions programs at Harvard violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the University of North Carolina violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
The court voted six to three in the University of North Carolina case and six to two in the Harvard case. Justice Jackson, a Harvard graduate and former Harvard board member, recused herself from the Harvard case.
“Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it,” Chief Justice John Roberts <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in the opinion for the majority.
“Nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise. But, despite the dissent’s assertion to the contrary, universities may not simply establish through application essays or other means the regime we hold unlawful today,” the court’s opinion stated.
Justices Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor both penned dissents.
In her dissent, Jackson called the majority&#8217;s decision &#8220;truly a tragedy for us all.&#8221;
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&#8220;Although formal race-linked legal barriers are gone, race still matters to the lived experiences of all Americans in innumerable ways, and today’s ruling makes things worse, not better,&#8221; Jackson wrote.
&#8220;If the colleges of this country are required to ignore a thing that matters, it will not just go away. It will take longer for racism to leave us. And, ultimately, ignoring race just makes it matter more,&#8221; she added.
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Virginia Lt. Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/winsome-sears" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Winsome Sears</a> (R-VA) said it was ridiculous for people to be concerned about “misgendering” the woman who murdered six people at a Christian school in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nashville" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nashville</a> this week. 
Sears made the comments during Friday’s episode of “Real Time with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-maher" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Maher</a>” where she appeared on a panel alongside journalist and author James Kirchick. 
“This person murdered six people, I don’t really care who you say you are. You murdered six people, and three of them were children. You don’t get a say. Well, she&#8217;s dead now, but you don’t get a say in telling us who you are and what you’re about. You killed six people,” Sears said. 
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&quot;They are misgendering and dead naming the murderer. They are referring to the murderer by their given name and not their chosen name. &#8230; If someone says they&#39;re a man they&#39;re a man.&quot;
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Sears was referring to the 28-year-old woman who shot six people at The Covenant School in Nashville, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a>, on Monday. Officials have still not announced a motive for the shooter, who identified as transgender, but they have described the shooting as targeted.
In the days following the shooting, media outlets like The New York Times and USA Today <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/legacy-media-scramble-to-recover-claim-police-misidentified-gender-of-nashville-shooter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scrambled</a> after claiming that police had “misidentified” the gender of the shooter. 
“There was confusion later on Monday about the gender identity of the assailant in the Nashville shooting,” the Times <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1640508409542848519" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Officials had used ‘she’ and ‘her’ to refer to the suspect, who, according to a social media post and a LinkedIn profile, appeared to identify as a man in recent months.”
Sears made her comments after Kirchick said that some in the media had not followed their own rules, but continued to identify the shooter as female despite the self-identification as a male. 

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“If you noticed, they are misgendering and deadnaming the murderer, right. They are referring to the murderer by their given name, not their chosen name, and referring to her as a woman, as opposed to what her identity apparently was as a man, which is not the way the media usually does these things,” he said. “They are usually very particular about the subjective sense of gender identity and respecting that. If someone says they’re a man then they’re a man, but in this case they&#8217;re not doing that.”
Sears, who won an upset electoral victory in Virginia alongside Governor Glenn Youngkin, later said that parents deserved more say over the education of their children.
“I’m a parent, I’m a parent all day. I get to decide what happens in my child’s life, not you, not the government, not anybody. I don’t co-parent. I had this child, I’m responsible for this child. If anything happens to little Johnny, you’re calling me. If  I don’t want my child given lap dances at school by a drag queen, I don’t want it done.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/va-lt-gov-winsome-sears-education-is-a-national-security-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Winsome Sears</a>, the black former Marine who Virginians elected lieutenant governor in a stunning Republican wave last year, told FOX Business Network this week that she will not support former President Donald Trump if he announces that he is going to run for president again.
Sears did not trash the former president as she acknowledge that he did score admirable accomplishments for the country, but she did knock his apparent lack of ability to read the room.
&#8220;When we look at the mission — and, as a Marine, we&#8217;re looking at the mission, and the voters have spoken, and they have said that they want a different leader,&#8221; Sears said. &#8220;And a true leader understands when they have become a liability. A true leader understands that it&#8217;s time to step off the stage. And the voters have given us that very clear message, because this is about America.&#8221;
&#8220;I could not support him. I just couldn&#8217;t, because we have seen, for example, in those states where he has endorsed the candidates, in fact, Republicans on the same ticket who he did not endorse over-performed, whereas his candidates totally underperformed by as much as 10 points,&#8221; she added. &#8220;We have a clear mission, and it is time to move on.&#8221;
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<blockquote>NEIL CAVUTO, FOX BUSINESS ANCHOR: But I want to go right now to the lieutenant governor of the beautiful state of Virginia, Winsome Sears.
Lieutenant Governor, very good to have you.
LT. GOV. WINSOME SEARS (R-VA): Thank you for having me.
And, by the way, happy birthday, Marines. Semper fi.
CAVUTO: Oh, good for you, and a very nice reminder. And we&#8217;re going to be celebrating that with my next guest.
But let me, Governor, if I can, get your take on what Charlie Gasparino and I were discussing, that the Republican Party seems to or some want to sort of move on from Donald Trump.
What do you think of that? Is that fair?
SEARS: Well, his administration, when it came to the economy, helped us, because black unemployment was the lowest it had ever been, historically.
And then, of course, when it came to education, he forgave, his administration, the loans that historically black colleges and universities had owed that they could never repay and, by the way, provided a permanent funding stream, and then safety, forced NATO to bring their fair share, only 2 percent of their GDP.
But when we look at the mission &#8212; and, as a Marine, we&#8217;re looking at the mission. And the voters have spoken, and they have said that they want a different leader. And a true leader understands when they have become a liability. A true leader understands that it&#8217;s time to step off the stage. And the voters have given us that very clear message, because this is about America.
CAVUTO: So, does that &#8212; does that apply, within the Republican Party, Lieutenant Governor, to Donald Trump, that it&#8217;s time to step off the stage?
SEARS: Yes, a house divided against itself cannot stand.
And, indeed, that&#8217;s where we are today. And, as I said before, America is the prize. Why do we want to win elections? It&#8217;s because we have got to learn to love to get &#8212; love each other, live together, govern together, and the voters are saying, enough is enough.
CAVUTO: So, if the party wants to move on, or some in the party, such as yourself, Lieutenant Governor &#8212; maybe Governor Youngkin feels the same way &#8212; but Donald Trump still makes a speech next week that he wants to run for president, what would you think about that?
SEARS: I could not support him. I just couldn&#8217;t, because we have seen, for example, in those states where he has endorsed the candidates, in fact, Republicans on the same ticket who he did not endorse overperformed, whereas his candidates totally underperformed by as much as 10 points.
We have a clear mission, and it is time to move on.
CAVUTO: Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears, thank you. We know you have a very press scheduled, so we appreciate your taking the time.</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/winsome-sears-explains-why-democrats-feel-hatred-for-black-conservatives">Winsome Sears Explains Why Democrats Feel ‘Hatred’ For Black Conservatives</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/va-lt-gov-winsome-sears-education-is-a-national-security-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Winsome Sears</a>, the black former Marine who Virginians elected lieutenant governor in a stunning Republican wave last year, blasted Democrats for taking minorities for granted in a <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/winsome-sears-why-democrats-despise-black-conservatives-like-me/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">powerful recent interview</a>.
 The 58-year-old Jamaican immigrant who, along with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ridiculous-edict-virginia-gov-glenn-youngkin-blasts-californias-gas-car-phase-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gov. Glenn Youngkin</a> and Attorney General Jason Mayoris, flipped the Old Dominion from blue to red, told New York Post columnist Cal Thomas why Democrats have contempt for black conservatives like her.
“In order for [Democrats] to continue to win, they need to get 80 to 90% of the black vote,” Sears explained. “That’s why they are so full of hatred when conservatives like me, or libertarians, don’t think the way they do. We don’t really care.”
Sears told Thomas blacks must break the grip Democrats have on them.
“The slaves did not die in the fields to be beholden to the Democrat Party,” she said. “They wanted their freedom . . . their families to be reunited . . . and their children to get a good education.”
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The devout Christian and ardent pro-lifer said it is mostly Democrats who are fighting to keep abortion legal, which she said takes a disproportionate toll on people of color.
“And they call me a white supremacist for saying we want more black babies,” she mused. “Democrats have to make up their minds.”
Sears told Thomas former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-hits-back-at-biden-in-first-rally-since-fbi-raid-danger-to-our-democracy-comes-from-the-radical-left-not-the-right/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Trump</a> did well with black voters because his policies created jobs and increased black entrepreneurship. She also praised the 45th president for increasing funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
But Sears, whose running mate Youngkin has sparked some presidential talk, stopped short of saying she would endorse a 2024 run by Trump.
“I’m going to hold my fire,” she said. “I want to see what he says, what he does and who else is out there.”
Sears is the first woman of color to hold statewide office in Virginia and is also the State’s first female lieutenant governor. A former electrician in the Marines and director of a Salvation Army homeless shelter, Sears served a term in the state’s House of Delegates two decades ago before mounting an unsuccessful bid for Congress. During her extended absence from politics, Sears ran her own plumbing and electrical business in Winchester, Virginia.
Speaking off herself in the third person, or perhaps channeling the thoughts of critics who cannot fathom her success, Sears said her rise is a repudiation of claims blacks cannot get ahead in America.
“Winsome wasn’t born here,” she said. “This is not her country, not her culture, and yet here she is — second in command in the former capital of the confederacy. The KKK must be turning over in their graves.”
Sears accused Democrats of pandering to blacks with staged events and photo ops like President Joe Biden’s recent commemoration of “Slave Remembrance Day.” Sears said she prefers to look to the future.
“If you want to live in the past, go ahead,” she said. “Just don’t drag me back with you.”

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Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears (R-VA) said Sunday that education in the United States is a &#8220;national security crisis.&#8221;
Appearing on Fox News&#8217;s &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures,&#8221; Sears told host Maria Bartiromo that declining education standards and critical race theory have caused the U.S. to lag behind its global adversaries. Sears said that she believes public education in America has risen to the level of a national security crisis.
Bartiromo began the conversation by pointing out that Sears and Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) have prioritized the fight against CRT in schools.
&#8220;I know education to you changes everything as well,&#8221; Bartiromo said. &#8220;This has been a major focus for you, and yet here too, bad policy in terms of CRT and focusing on issues away from strengthening our students to make them best compete with the Chinese, with all adversaries across the world as they get older.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m glad you stated it that way when you talk about the Chinese, the Russians, etc., because that’s what I’ve elevated our children not learning to,&#8221; Sears responded. &#8220;This is a national security crisis. When so many of our children are not learning, we’re in trouble. We need STEM education. Heavens, we need children who can just read and write. How about that? And add one plus one. We don’t have that.&#8221;
&#8220;We are losing to the China&#8217;s [of the world], to the Russia&#8217;s, even Estonia is beating us in math,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;In science and technology, we’re losing. We need to have education up here now.&#8221;
Sears urged voters across the country to push for change and make their voices heard in the 2022 midterms.
&#8220;We’re talking about the future of America. When we talk about the future of America, we’re talking about our children and grandchildren. Elections, they’re about them. It’s about hope and the future, and we’re not getting there, and we’re not getting there very fast.&#8221;

VA Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears: Education ‘Is A National Security Crisis’

VA Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears: 'Education Is A National Security Crisis'

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