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Abigail Spanberger

Real Issues- Aug. 4, 2025

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ABIGAIL SPANBERGER: I'm Abigail Spanberger, candidate for governor, and I sponsored this ad.

NARRATOR: Trump job cuts are hitting Virginia really hard, but Winsome Earl-Sears doesn't think it's a real problem.

NEWS REPORTER 1: Do you support the president's purge of the federal workforce? Yes or no?

WINSOME EARLE-SEARS: Oh, you okay? If this is the way you want to go, then go ahead, but I'm just not going to participate,

NEWS REPORTER 1: Okay, well-

WINSOME EARLE-SEARS: Because I want to talk about real issues.

NARRATOR: Really? Not a real issue that thousands of Virginians are losing their jobs. Not a real issue that communities are suffering.

WINSOME EARLE-SEARS: I want to talk about real issues.

NARRATOR: Winsome Earle-Sears supports Trump, not Virginians. And that's a real issue. Winsome Earle-Sears, so far right she’s wrong for Virginia.