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EXCLUSIVE: In a brand new advert launched Tuesday, Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears lambasted gubernatorial opponent Abigail Spanberger because the Democrat declined to explicitly name for her get together’s lawyer common nominee to bow out of his race as his controversial texts scandal unravels.
The advert, entitled “Two Bullets,” begins with Earle-Sears showing on-screen approving the message earlier than a narrator begins describing the scandal enveloping the Democratic lawyer common candidate, former Norfolk, Virginia, state delegate Jerrauld “Jay” Jones.
“Jay Jones says he needs to place two bullets in a political opponent.”
The advert then intersperses a broadly circulated clip of Spanberger, a former Virginia congresswoman, saying, “Let your rage gas you.”
The narrator then returns, citing headlines that “Jones says he hopes an opponent’s kids die,” earlier than once more interspersing Spanberger’s “rage” remark.
“Abigail Spanberger continues to help Jones,” the narrator then says.
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Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears speaks to the group throughout a rally held within the Virginia Governor’s Race for 2025. (Kristen Zeis/The Washington Submit through Getty Photos)
A clip of Spanberger talking at a rally then performs, by which she says voters deserve “an lawyer common who will rise up for the folks of Virginia.”
“Abigail Spanberger: She stands with him, not us.”
Spanberger’s marketing campaign repeatedly has rebuffed claims the candidate has referred to as for political violence, and Spanberger has stated the phrase got here from her mom — liberal activist Eileen Davis — who urged her and others to write down letters and make telephone calls primarily based on their political sentiments.
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“Abigail has and can proceed to sentence feedback that try and make mild of or justify violence of any form — full cease,” a Spanberger spokesperson informed Fox Information Digital.
“Abigail has a protracted file of working throughout get together traces and ideologies to get issues carried out, and she’s going to proceed to carry folks collectively as Virginia’s subsequent governor.”
Spanberger additionally launched her personal advert focusing on Earle-Sears Tuesday, criticizing her and Republicans for supporting President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and opposing abortion.
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