President Donald Trump emphasized his support for Virginia gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears and other Republicans on the ballot in a fast-approaching election day.
“I think the Republican candidate is very good, and I think she should win because the Democrat candidate’s a disaster,” Trump said Sunday on Air Force One regarding Earle-Sears, Virginia&#8217;s Lieutenant Governor and the Republican candidate facing off against former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat.
Before Sunday, Trump had not explicitly endorsed Earle-Sears, who is in a tight race against Spanberger to succeed incumbent Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Youngkin, who is term-limited, defeated former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe in 2021.
“Thank you for your kind words of support, President Trump. And you&#8217;re right—Abigail would be a disaster for Virginia,” Earle-Sears posted to X on Monday morning.
“I haven’t been too much involved in Virginia,&#8221; Trump said on Sunday. &#8220;I love the state. I did very well in the state, but I will tell you, I think the Republican candidate is excellent and I think the Democrat candidate is a disaster. I mean, I watched her in the debate, she couldn’t answer the most basic question.
Trump went on to say that &#8220;the big thing with that race and also the race in New Jersey is going to be energy.&#8221;
“Both of the Democrats are going to drive the energy prices through the roof,” he continued.
That&#8217;s a reference to Spanberger and Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, who is facing off against Republican Jack Ciattarelli to succeed New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat.
Energy policy, particularly utility costs, has emerged as a hot topic in both states, largely due to policy debates over energy as well as the rise in data centers, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/data-centers-utility-costs-sleeper-issue-jersey-virginia-elections-rcna235401" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a> reported. <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5557619-electricity-prices-power-bills-new-jersey-governor-race-2026-midterms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill</a> reported that the rise in electricity costs for New Jerseyans has left both candidates discussing the issue.
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Virginia and New Jersey have the only two gubernatorial races in 2025. Both states go to the polls on November 4. Trump endorsed Ciattarelli, a businessman and former New Jersey state representative, during the primary in May.
“Jack Ciattarelli is a terrific America First Candidate running to be the next Governor of a State that I love, NEW JERSEY!” the president posted to Truth Social at the time.
“Jack, who after getting to know and understand MAGA, has gone ALL IN, and is now 100% (PLUS!). He is strongly supported by the most Highly Respected Leaders in New Jersey and, as your next Governor, Jack Ciattarelli will work closely with me and the Trump Administration to advance our America First Agenda,” he continued. 
Ciattarelli is up against Rep. Mikie Sherrill in the gubernatorial race, as Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is termed out. Murphy and Ciattarelli ran against each other in 2021, in which Murphy won with just over 51% of the vote compared with the Republican’s 48%.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris won both New Jersey and Virginia during the 2024 election, but Trump won just over 46% of the vote in both states.

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Abigail Spanberger, the Democrat candidate seeking to be the next governor of Virginia, has pitched herself as a moderate who opposes &#8220;extremism&#8221; in an attempt to win the purple state. When asked about basic policy positions, she&#8217;s dissembled and deflected, refusing to answer or giving what her opponent has called a &#8220;word salad.&#8221;
But actions speak louder than words, and the former congresswoman has plenty of actions on record. How did she actually vote when taking a stance was part of the job? According to a new study from the Institute for Legislative Analysis, the reality doesn&#8217;t align with the rhetoric.
“Our <a href="https://www.spanbergervotes.com/">analysis</a> makes one thing clear: Abigail Spanberger’s voting record is consistently more aligned with the far-left wing of the Democratic Party,&#8221; Ryan McGowan, CEO of the Institute for Legislative Analysis, told The Daily Wire.
On crime, she held &#8220;extreme progressive&#8221; views, opposing a bill to stop Washington, D.C., from charging 24-year old violent criminals as juveniles — a measure supported by a police union as essential to stopping violent crime. When the D.C. City Council passed reforms that lowered penalties for crimes like carjacking and homicide, D.C.&#8217;s mayor viewed it as so soft-on-crime that she vetoed it.
But the city council overrode the veto, causing Congress to step in to block it. Spanberger <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/26/all-actions">opposed</a> blocking it, putting her to the left of then-President Joe Biden, who intervened to block the city council&#8217;s move. Many D.C. Democrats now view the city&#8217;s foray into leniency for violent criminals as a major mistake.
At a debate last week, Spanberger claimed that she would never allow Virginia to be a sanctuary state — seemingly a nod to the idea&#8217;s unpopularity — but was vague on specifics, and in other segments of the debate indicated that she would defer to counties to make policy. Virginia&#8217;s most populous counties, which also house most of the illegal immigrants, are controlled by Democrats.
In Congress, Spanberger&#8217;s voting record on immigration was categorized as &#8220;extreme progressive,&#8221; according to the analysis. She opposed the Laken Riley Act, the bill named after a young woman slain by an illegal immigrant which would place violent illegal aliens in federal custody, and the &#8220;Schools Not Shelters Act,&#8221; which would prevent housing illegal immigrants near children. She opposed the Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act, which prohibited federal money from housing illegal immigrants, even though Democrats like Marie Perez (D-WA), who caucused for Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), supported it.
Virginia is a purple state with a narrowly-divided legislature, but for the last two years, both chambers have been controlled by Democrats. Governor Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, has vetoed hundreds of bills that would have otherwise enacted far-Left policy.
Spanberger&#8217;s refusal to call for attorney general candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-virginia-pac-messaged-voters-about-jay-jones-violent-rhetoric-here-are-the-unsettling-responses?author=Luke+Rosiak&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=A+Virginia+PAC+Messaged+Voters+About+Jay+Jones’+Violent+Rhetoric.+Here+Are+The+Unsettling+Responses.">Jay Jones</a> to drop out of the race after texts emerged of him fantasizing about murdering the family of a Republican have led her opponent, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, to accuse her of lacking &#8220;courage.&#8221; At a debate with Earle-Sears, Spanberger repeatedly dodged the moderator&#8217;s questions about what action — as opposed to mere condemnation — she would take in response to Jones&#8217; texts, and instead blamed Republicans for the texts coming to light before the election.
All of that suggests Spanberger might serve as a rubber-stamp to Democrats in the state legislature — a vastly different party than the one many residents remember after many traditional Democrats were purged in 2019 after being primaried from the Left. The House of Delegates is now run by a convicted crack dealer, Speaker Don Scott.
The analysis of Spanberger&#8217;s voting record in Congress found that in some cases, she took stances that would increase regulations when even far-Left Reps. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MI) did not.
On federal spending, she held a voting record further to the Left than Ocasio-Cortez when it comes to several key votes, according to the Institute&#8217;s analysis. The former CIA operative opposed an amendment offered by Squad member Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to rein in Pentagon spending on low-priority projects. She opposed the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6276/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USE IT Act</a>, which would require the government to sell off buildings that were more than 40% empty — something even Progressive Caucus Chair Andrea Salinas (D-OR) supported.
On national security, she was moderate when it came to terrorism, supporting the designation of the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization. But she was further left than Progressive Caucus Democrats when it came to safeguarding the United States from China, according to the study. She opposed a bill to create a Chinese Communist Party Initiative at the Department of Justice to &#8220;curb spying&#8221; — a bill that was supported even by then-Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who infamously dated the Chinese spy Fang Fang. She opposed the &#8220;DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act,&#8221; which aimed to stop the Chinese government from setting up outposts in American schools.
On energy, Spanberger opposed a bill ensuring that gas stoves could not be outlawed, a response to a Biden initiative so extreme that the president later rolled it back. She supported an amendment that would ban procuring oil to restock the Strategic Oil Reserve, one supported by even Ocasio-Cortez, and an amendment that would shut down oil and gas production on federal lands, one opposed by Progressive Caucus Democrat Chris Deluzio (R-PA).
When it comes to Virginia&#8217;s congressional delegation, Republicans work across the aisle more frequently than Democrats, according to another <a href="https://www.gopscorecard.com/lawmakers?state=US&amp;year=2024&amp;filter=VA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Institute for Legislative Analysis. Republican Rep. Jennifer Kiggans broke with President Donald Trump 45% of the time, and every Republican included in the tally broke with him at least 20% of the time, while no Democrat voted with the president more than 8% of the time.

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Former President Barack Obama endorsed Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger on Thursday, a move Republicans have dismissed as an attempt to distract voters in the waning days of a contentious campaign cycle.
“Virginia’s elections are some of the most important in the country this year, and I am proud to endorse Abigail Spanberger for governor,” Obama said in the advertisement.
“I’m honored to have the endorsement of President Barack Obama,” Spanberger <a href="https://x.com/SpanbergerForVA/status/1978801209579282912">posted on X</a> Thursday. “He knows how high the stakes are on November 4th — and he knows that every vote counts.”
“Abigail Spanberger is trying to distract from her full endorsement of Jay Jones and his violent rhetoric of wanting to murder his political opponents,” Republican Governors Association Rapid Response Director Kollin Crompton said in a statement. “Spanberger doesn’t have the courage to stand up to her party, and Virginians see right through it.”
Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears’ team account posted a GIF of NBA star LeBron James pretending to act scared in response to the Obama endorsement.
“Don’t worry … maybe one day a President will endorse you too,” Spanberger’s campaign account replied.
“Abigail Spanberger is scared and it shows. After losing support across Virginia, she’s leaning on liberal elites to try and save her collapsing campaign. This is a desperate play from a candidate who’s run out of support, out of ideas, and out of time. Voters see through it, and that’s why Winsome Earle-Sears is surging,&#8221; Earle-Sears&#8217; campaign press secretary Peyton Vogel told The Daily Wire in a statement Thursday afternoon.
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The statewide races in Virginia reached a fever pitch after Jay Jones, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, was revealed to have texted a Republican House of Delegates colleague fantasizing about the assassination of the former House of Delegates GOP Speaker and his children in 2022.
Jones has since apologized for the remarks while facing numerous calls to exit the race. In a recent debate, Spanberger said that they are running “individual races” when asked directly if she still backs Jones, but<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spanberger-still-sells-merchandise-with-jay-joness-name-despite-attempts-to-distance-campaigns?author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Spanberger+Still+Sells+Merchandise+With+Jay+Jones%E2%80%99s+Name+Despite+Attempts+To+Distance+Campaigns" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The Daily Wire</a> reported that bumper stickers and a shirt with “Spanberger-Hashmi-Jones” are still being sold in her campaign store.
Jones and Attorney General Jason Miyares are slated to debate on Thursday night, as that race is also considered extremely close. Virginia’s top statewide offices flipped red in 2021 with the election of Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who cannot run for a second consecutive term, Earle-Sears, and Miyares.
Election Day is November 4, but early voting is already underway until November 1. There are only a small number of high-profile races this year, including the governor’s race in New Jersey and the New York City mayoral race, which has its debate tonight.

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Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger’s campaign store still sells merchandise boasting of her connection with embattled attorney general nominee Jay Jones, despite her recent efforts to separate the two campaigns.
A “Spanberger-Hashmi-Jones” shirt and a bumper sticker were listed on the campaign store as of Wednesday morning. Spanberger’s campaign did not respond to The Daily Wire’s inquiry on whether the items would remain on the website. Jones is facing intense controversy following the release of text messages in which he called for the deaths of a political opponent and his children.
During a recent debate with her Republican opponent, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, Spanberger attempted to distance herself from Jones.
“We are all running our individual races,” Spanberger said when asked to answer “yes or no” if she still endorsed Jones, adding that it’s up to voters to “make their own decision.”
“I am running my race to serve Virginia and that is what I intend to do,” she added.
The Republican Governors Association said that the merchandise still being listed shows cozy ties between the Democrats running for high-profile offices in the commonwealth.
Spanberger “is still selling Jay Jones merchandise. A man who fantasized about murdering his political opponents and their children,” the group posted to X on Tuesday. “Spanberger still fully endorses Jay Jones!”
Following the debate, Earle-Sears tweeted that “Abigail Spanberger had three chances to call on Jay Jones to drop out—and she couldn’t do it. Three chances to show courage and she failed every one.”
Earlier this month, National Review reported on texts Jones sent to a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 2022 regarding former Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Todd Gilbert, a Republican who held the position at the time.
“Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler, and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head,” Jones said in one of the messages.
Jones is running against incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares, and some critics have called on the Democrat to exit the race.
“Jay Jones wished for the violent death of a political opponent and then fantasized about that opponent’s children dying in their mother’s arms,” Miyares wrote in a statement in light of the text scandal. “When confronted, he doubled down, saying that kind of grief and pain would be a good thing if it advanced his politics. And politics aside, one has to be coming from a dark place to advocate the murder of a colleague and their family. This conduct is disqualifying.”
Jones previously released a statement apologizing for the texts. Election Day is November 4 in Virginia, but early voting has already kicked off.

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Spanberger Still Sells Merchandise With Jay Jones’s Name Despite Attempts To Distance Campaigns

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After Virginia’s Republican candidate for governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, left her Democratic opponent, Abigail Spanberger, on the ropes in a debate last week, Sears came out with a devastating ad: A full minute-long clip from the debate of Spanberger staring ahead silently, unwilling to answer the moderator’s question about whether she endorses attorney general candidate Jay Jones despite his homicidal comments against Republicans.
“We’re talking about murder … have you nothing to say about that?” Sears prodded.
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Spanberger’s retort? An ad that mocks Sears for interrupting her during the debate. The ad featured an old clip of Sears shouting with a strange affect, “I am speaking!” The clip — which Spanberger has used in other ads this cycle — plays four times in one ad, even though it didn’t come from the debate.
There’s just one problem: Earle-Sears wasn’t actually making that assertion; she was mocking Democrat Kamala Harris, whom Spanberger supported. In fact, it’s a famous Harris quote, one that her supporters praised as an example of a strong feminist.
Democrats portrayed Harris telling Mike Pence, “I’m speaking,” during their 2020 vice presidential debate as the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXFqTGBty1w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlight</a> of the debate. There’s even a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Im-Speaking-Strength-Wisdom-President/dp/1250278414" target="_blank" rel="noopener">book</a> titled “I’m Speaking: Words of Strength and Wisdom from Kamala Harris.” She used the line again to applause last year to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOqTAWml658" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shut down protesters</a> chanting at her rally.
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So even as Sears rolled out ad after ad that criticized Spanberger by showing her responses when asked about policy positions, the most damaging thing Spanberger could attribute to Sears, even after four years as lieutenant governor, was something that was actually said by the Democrats’ presidential nominee, with Spanberger falsely giving the impression that it was a Sears quote.
Spanberger appears to view Harris’s famous quote as so idiotic that she has played it on a near-loop in multiple different ads, even before the debate. An earlier ad plays the clip four times.
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🚨NEW AD: At every turn, <a href="https://twitter.com/winwithwinsome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@winwithwinsome</a> chooses her loyalty to Trump over what’s best for Virginia. <a href="https://t.co/gWUGYcGGWX">pic.twitter.com/gWUGYcGGWX</a>
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The clip comes from a September 2, 2024 <a class="c-link" href="https://x.com/bluevirginia/status/1830954208809386440" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://x.com/bluevirginia/status/1830954208809386440" data-sk="tooltip_parent">speech</a> where Sears was being heckled. Sears diverted from her speech after she said a heckler told her to go back to Jamaica, where she was born. &#8220;I understand that y’all are the tolerant people. So I want to know. I just want to be sure because the vice president’s father was from Jamaica,&#8221; she said, before breaking into a Harris imitation.
So according to Sears, a Democrat made a racist comment to her, which she objected to. Then Spanberger stripped it of its context and used it to portray Sears as rude and angry. The image of Sears as angry black woman is one Virginia Democrats have repeatedly returned to. The Powhatan County Democratic Party posted a cartoon of Sears angrily jumping up and down and shrieking, before deleting it and apologizing for “racist overtones.”
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Overt racism has been seen on the campaign trail against Earle-Sears, a U.S. Marine veteran who immigrated as a young child from Jamaica. In October, an elderly white Democratic woman held a sign that said, “Hey Winsome, if trans can’t share your bathroom, then blacks can’t share my water fountain.”
Spanberger and Lieutenant Governor candidate Ghazala Hashmi have stood by Jay Jones despite text messages in which he said of Republican former state House Speaker Todd Gilbert, “Gilbert gets two bullets to the head,” and hoped to see Gilbert’s children die to make the family “feel pain.” What angered Jones was Gilbert’s kind words about a Democrat, which Jones viewed as signifying that the Democrat was too moderate.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-dems-say-candidate-who-fantasized-about-murdering-gop-leader-is-better-than-republicans">Virginia Dems Say ‘Our Democracy’ Depends On Voting For Candidate Who Fantasized About Assassination</a>

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Democrat Jay Jones’ texting scandal is threatening to sink Democrats’ chances in the gubernatorial race for the commonwealth of Virginia, according to pollster Brent Buchanan.
Buchanan, founder and president of the polling firm Cygnal, said Jones’ August 2022 texts, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-them-virginia-dem-sent-shocking-texts-about-killing-gop-leader-pissing-on-graves">wished</a> harm against a state GOP lawmaker, have flipped typical election dynamics to drag down other Democrats on the ballot. The scandal, as well as Democrats’ failure to condemn transgender ideology, has given Republicans an edge in a couple of campaign fundamentals.
“There are some key fundamentals to any political campaign, and that is money, message, and messenger. The message and messenger is on the Republican side, but the money&#8217;s on the Democratic side right now,” Buchanan said in an interview with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OguDc-ZXdE">Morning Wire</a> that aired on Monday.
Jones is running to be the state’s next attorney general, and since his texts were made public earlier this month, he has <a href="https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/1976049690173907312">fallen</a> behind Republican incumbent Jason Miyares. But over the same timeframe, the fallout has appeared to spread to other races as well, as former Democrat Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s lead over Republican Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears in the governor&#8217;s race has shrunk.
“Normally, governor&#8217;s races drive down-ballot races, and because of the scandal with Democrat Jay Jones and his text messages and the fact that no Democrats are coming out and saying that he should resign, drop out of the race, it&#8217;s really flipped the race on its head,” the pollster said.
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“The proof that it&#8217;s affecting the governor&#8217;s race is that, in September, we had Winsome Earle-Sears down by seven, and now have her only down by four-and-a-half,” said Buchanan. “I know that doesn&#8217;t sound huge, but when you consider how much money has been spent by the Democrats, and little in comparison by Sears, it&#8217;s essentially proof that the [attorney general] race is driving the governor&#8217;s race now.”
Spanberger may have much more to lose before the election, scheduled to take place on November 4.
“What&#8217;s fascinating is, we polled right after Labor Day,” Buchanan said, “one of the things we found in the survey is that there&#8217;s a huge swath of voters in Virginia who still have not heard about these text messages.”
In addition to the text messages, Spanberger may also suffer from her messaging around transgenderism. In a Virginia governor&#8217;s race debate last week, Spanberger evaded weighing in on debates over school bathroom and locker room policies regarding students who identify as transgender. Spanberger repeatedly said it was an issue to be taken up locally.
“The transgender issue is popping its head back up,” said Buchanan. “The culture wars are what won Donald Trump the 2024 election, and I think we&#8217;re seeing that play itself out again in 2025 as if Democrats just can&#8217;t learn the lesson.”
“Republicans are firing on all cylinders right now, making sure that this is the one issue being spoken about in paid advertising. The challenge is that Democrats still have a very large spending advantage,” he added.

Here’s How Jay Jones Text Scandal May Blow Up Dem Chances In Virginia

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Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) has lost some ground following her recent debate with Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears (R-VA) as the two are vying for control of the governor&#8217;s mansion.
During the debate — which came just over a week after a text message scandal embroiled another Virginia Democrat, Jay Jones, as he runs to replace state Attorney General Jason Miyares — Spanberger repeatedly dodged direct questions or clammed up entirely as she was pressed on whether or not she&#8217;d walk back her endorsement of Jones.
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Debate moderator has to follow up repeatedly for TWO MINUTES to get Abigail Spanberger to say whether she still endorses Jay Jones.
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When asked directly by the debate moderator to say whether she&#8217;d known about the texts before they went public and whether she&#8217;d still endorse Jones, Spanberger ignored the endorsement question and complained about the political motives of the people who had released the texts.
The moderator pressed again, asking for a &#8220;yes&#8221; or &#8220;no&#8221; on the endorsement, and Spanberger once again did not answer, saying instead that the final decision would be up to the voters and that all of the candidates would be responsible for running their own individual races.
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In the text messages in question, Jones had openly advocated the assassination of a political rival — then state House Speaker Todd Gilbert (R) — and suggested that the only way Gilbert would ever change his political positions would be if he and his wife were forced to watch one of their two young children die. Spanberger had condemned the comments immediately, but had also stopped short of withdrawing her endorsement.
Earle-Sears also posed the question to Spanberger, who stonewalled her and refused to even look at her while she was asking the question.
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Virginia’s <a href="https://twitter.com/WinsomeSears?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WinsomeSears</a> asks <a href="https://twitter.com/SpanbergerForVA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpanbergerForVA</a> why she won’t condemn Dem AG candidate Jay Jones for calling for the kids of a political opponent to die while Spanberger refuses to even look at her in their debate. This is powerful. <a href="https://t.co/KTGsNAd67L">pic.twitter.com/KTGsNAd67L</a>
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1976490352052715674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Earle-Sears followed the debate with a brutal ad showcasing Spanberger&#8217;s abject refusal to address the situation.
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Brutal ad that drives home how terrible Abigail Spanberger&#8217;s debate strategy was <a href="https://t.co/HQfgMSxrc0">pic.twitter.com/HQfgMSxrc0</a>
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) <a href="https://twitter.com/peterjhasson/status/1976703196266742203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Shortly after the debate, the polls began to tighten noticeably.
Focus groups panned Spanberger&#8217;s performance.
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Brutal reviews for Abigail Spanberger&#8217;s debate performance from George Mason University students:
&#8220;Spanberger looked stiff&#8221;
&#8220;Spanberger failed to make an impression&#8221;
&#8220;Spanberger didn&#8217;t even reference Earle-Sears by her name&#8221;
&#8220;When I heard [Earle-Sears] speaking, I felt liked… <a href="https://t.co/TRIC34fCAK">pic.twitter.com/TRIC34fCAK</a>
— Kyle Martinsen (@KyleMartinsen_) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleMartinsen_/status/1977364671154835635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;New Trafalgar numbers show Abigail Spanberger at 47.7% and Winsome Sears at 45.1%, a razor-thin 2-point gap that confirms what insiders already knew: Virginia is a battleground again,&#8221; Walter Curt posted.
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🚨BREAKING: Winsome Sears Post Debate Poll Narrows Race to 2 Points—Virginia Officially in Play
New Trafalgar numbers show Abigail Spanberger at 47.7% and Winsome Sears at 45.1%, a razor-thin 2-point gap that confirms what insiders already knew: Virginia is a battleground again.… <a href="https://t.co/AjKD0BSFtn">pic.twitter.com/AjKD0BSFtn</a>
— Walter Curt (@WCdispatch_) <a href="https://twitter.com/WCdispatch_/status/1977097454051860967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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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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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…
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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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