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Virginia Leaders Condemn Racist Sign Targeting Winsome Earle-Sears
Virginia leaders across party lines condemned a racist protest sign targeting GOP Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears amid debates on transgender bathroom policies and Title IX concerns.
- At an Arlington County School Board meeting Thursday, a white liberal woman protester held a two-sided sign comparing transgender bathroom policies to segregation-era water fountains while Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears attended.
- Protesters gathered over Winsome Earle-Sears' stance on bathroom access, confronting her opposition to boys in girls' bathrooms during Arlington Public Schools' policy debate amid U.S. Department of Education pressure.
- Leaders from both parties condemned the sign as racist and abhorrent, with Abigail Spanberger calling it `racist and abhorrent` and Gov. Glenn Youngkin alongside U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and Tim Scott denouncing it, while Winsome Earle-Sears expressed she was `disgusted but not surprised`.
- The controversy intensified the 2025 Virginia gubernatorial race, drawing heightened scrutiny of both campaigns after the Earle-Sears campaign ad featured the sign and criticized Abigail Spanberger's response.
- Online, the image quickly circulated on social media, prompting some to question its authenticity or suggest it was a GOP 'plant,' amid federal threats from the U.S. Department of Education targeting Arlington County, Virginia.
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Both parties criticize a sign targeting Winsome Earle-Sears as racist
Politicians in both parties are condemning a sign directed at Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears outside Thursday’s meeting of the Arlington County School Board as racist. Earle-Sears, the Republican nominee for governor, attended the meeting to criticize the Arlington school district’s transgender policy. A woman at the transgender rights rally held aloft a sign with the words: “Hey Winsome: If trans can’t share your bathroom then Blacks can’t share …
Va.’s Earle-Sears to Newsmax: Opponent Slow to Condemn Racist Sign
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Spanberger Protest Scandal Explodes After Racist Sign
The Spanberger protest scandal erupted Thursday when a white supporter of Democrat Abigail Spanberger held up a racist sign targeting black Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears. The sign read: “Hey Winsome, If Trans Can’t Share Your Bathroom Then Blacks Can’t Share My Water Fountain,” according to photos posted on X by journalist Brandon Jarvis. The protester wore a “WoFava” shirt, representing We of Action, an Arlington-based …
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