Washington Post: Sears “Fully Embracing” Donald Trump Despite His Attacks on Virginia’s Economy and Workforce
March 17, 2025
VIRGINIA – New reporting from the Washington Post details how Winsome Earle-Sears is “fully embracing” Donald Trump despite his ongoing attacks on Virginia’s workforce and economy.
Washington Post: Trump used to be kryptonite for GOP in Virginia, but not this year
- Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, Gov. Glenn Youngkin and other Virginia Republicans are fully embracing President Donald Trump despite his losses in the state’s elections.
- [...] Virginia’s government-dependent economy has the potential to be more disrupted than that of almost any other state and those targeted civil servants are crucial suburban voters.
- Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) has at least two challengers from the right for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, and all of them are elbowing one another to strike the most pro-Trump pose.
- “[...] Winsome Earle-Sears stands alongside [Trump],” her campaign posted the day after Trump delivered a starkly partisan address to Congress earlier this month. [...]
- “Logically, it makes little sense,” said Mark Rozell, dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. “This is their own constituents and people are mad [...]”
- “If there’s one guarantee … the state of the economy is going to figure very prominently in voters’ eyes in November,” he said. “Given how dependent the Northern Virginia economy is on government jobs and government spending, it could be an issue.”
