Republican Winsome Sears: Voters Are ‘Tired Of Politicians Who Won’t Let The Wounds Of The Past Heal’
Virginia Lieutenant Governor-elect Winsome Sears, a Republican, said during an interview that aired Sunday on Fox News that voters elected her for lieutenant governor because they are sick and tired of politicians who will not let racial wounds from the past heal.
“What do you think Virginia voters were saying on Election Day when they made you lieutenant governor?” Chris Wallace asked Sears on “Fox News Sunday.”
“They’re tired of the black against white and the Asian against Latino,” Sears responded. “They’re tired of it, and they’re tired of politicians who won’t let the wounds of the past heal.”
Sears said that the mission is to simply serve the people of Virginia and to inspire young children to reach for their dreams.
CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: Glenn Youngkin’s victory in the Virginian governor’s race was the big story on election night. But there was someone else on the ballot who also won. And she’s also creating a stir, taking on tough issues and nailing one-liners. Here’s our “Power Player of the Week.”
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WINSOME SEARS, VIRGINIA LT. GOVERNOR-ELECT: I’ve just always assumed that whatever room I am in, I belong. Whatever I want to pursue, it’s mine for the taking.
WALLACE (voiceover): Virginia Republican Winsome Sears will soon be taking the office of lieutenant governor.
SEARS: How sweet it is.
WALLACE: Once considered a longshot, she’ll be the first black woman in that post.
WALLACE (on camera): What do you think Virginia voters were saying on Election Day when they made you lieutenant governor?
SEARS: They’re tired of the black against white and the Asian against Latino. They’re tired of it, and they’re tired of politicians who won’t let the wounds of the past heal…
WALLACE (voiceover): We were with Sears this week as she toured the state capital in Richmond, checking out the Senate floor, where she’ll preside.
SEARS: Wow. How awesome is this.
WALLACE (voiceover): The power of the moment was not lost on her.
SEARS: A black lieutenant governor was handing off to another black lieutenant governor, and that has never happened.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So that’s history.
SEARS: That is history.
God bless Virginia.
WALLACE (voiceover): Sears ran at a time when race and education are the focus of charged debate.
SEARS: Nobody is denying that we don’t want to hear all the history, least of all me. I certainly don’t want the sins of the past to be repeated. We don’t have to tear one person down in order to build another up. That’s
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