adminVirginia’s own Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears didn’t mince words on the air when she called out Democrats for playing politics while Americans suffer. Her blunt message — that elected Democrats are choosing loyalty to a party over the livelihoods of hard-working citizens — is exactly the kind of plain-speaking leadership voters deserve.
Earle-Sears appeared on Fox’s The Big Weekend Show to press her case that Democrats, including former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, are staying silent when they should be standing up for Virginians. She pointed to Spanberger’s refusal to push a vulnerable Democrat out of the attorney general race as evidence of a party more interested in preserving power than protecting communities.
The lieutenant governor also highlighted how Republicans are forcing the conversation Democrats try to dodge — from protecting girls’ sports and locker rooms to basic questions of safety and privacy in schools. Her campaign has leaned into that message with sharp ads and spot-on attacks that expose the double standard of Democrats who maneuver in back rooms while gaslighting parents.
This matter isn’t abstract. As federal funding talks collapsed and a shutdown threatened services Virginians rely on, Earle-Sears placed responsibility squarely on her opponents in Washington. She reminded viewers that when the government’s doors close, it’s ordinary Americans — not politicians — who feel the pain, and that silence from Virginia’s Democrats amounts to complicity.
The fallout from the shutdown is very real: missed paychecks, strained airports, and interrupted services that hit the elderly, the disabled, and families on tight budgets. Congressional Democrats have repeatedly declined to vote to keep the government open, and Republicans are rightly framing that as political theater with human costs. Voters should never forget who stood by while Washington’s squabbles took food off someone’s table.
This Virginia race is not some remote contest with no consequences — it’s a referendum on whether we want leadership that fights for our freedoms or leaders who negotiate with distant party bosses. Polls and on-air analysis show the race tightening, and Earle-Sears is seizing the momentum by contrasting conservative common sense with Democratic silence and spin. Virginians have the chance to put a fighter in Richmond who will prioritize families over fealty.
Hardworking Americans are tired of Washington’s games. We need governors and leaders who will secure our borders, defend girls’ spaces, and keep the lights on without trading away our values. If Virginians want a government that serves the people rather than perks for politicians, they know what to do at the ballot box.
