Billboard Campaign Slams Winsome Earle-Sears in Hampton Roads for Dismissing Attacks on Virginia Jobs

Virginia Democrats Launched Three Billboards Across Hampton Roads

VIRGINIA – on April 28th, Virginia Democrats launched three billboards along I-64 highlighting Winsome Earle-Sears' callous disregard for the devastation the Trump Administration's senseless firings could bring to scores of Hampton Roads families. The billboards read "Winsome Earle-Sears doesn’t care about 53,394 and counting unemployed Virginians" and "Winsome Earle-Sears doesn't think losing your job is a big deal." They also include Sears’ comments on the attacks on jobs from a closed-door event where she said “It happens all the time… And the media is making it out to be a huge, huge thing, and I don’t understand why.”  

With nearly 52,000 federal employees, the Hampton Roads region is home to the third largest number of federal employees in the country.

“As thousands of Virginians face layoffs and the Hampton Roads economy comes under threat, Winsome Earle-Sears continues to downplay and dismiss the Trump Administration’s attacks on Virginia jobs. Every time Virginians see these billboards, they’ll be reminded that Sears doesn’t think losing a job is a huge deal and she isn’t doing her job of fighting for the Commonwealth,” said DPVA Spokesperson Maggie Amjad.

Read more about Sears’ record dismissing and defending the attacks on Virginia jobs: 
 
Winsome Earle-Sears has dismissed and laughed off attacks on Virginia jobs over and over again.

• Winsome Earle-Sears was caught on tape dismissing and laughing off the attacks on Virginia jobs saying “the media is making it out to be a huge, huge thing… and I don’t understand why.”
• When a reporter asked about her comments, Sears doubled down and said her message to Virginians facing layoffs is “Don’t despair. Please go to the website.
• Instead of standing up to attacks on Virginia jobs, Sears told Virginians facing layoffs “don’t fret.” 
• Sears also said “just about everybody has lost a job … It is life happening.” 

Winsome Earle-Sears has defended Trump’s attacks on Virginia’s workforce and economy.

• She told the Associated Press that she backed Trump’s efforts and she doubled down.
• She also said Virginians facing layoffs will “be all right.”
• The Youngkin-Sears administration’s response to workers at risk of losing their jobs was “update your resume.”
•  As Donald Trump attacked Virginia's workforce and economy, Sears declared she would help Trump “get the job done” if she were governor. 
• Sears has also said “I’m supporting what the President is doing.” 

The few resources Sears offered to help Virginians ended up being broken links that led to “404 Page Not Found” website errors.