{"id":2501648,"date":"2025-10-21T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T00:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/winsome-earle-sears-launches-new-ad-hitting-abigail-spanberger-as-virginia-governors-race-tightens\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T20:22:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T00:22:22","slug":"winsome-earle-sears-launches-new-ad-hitting-abigail-spanberger-as-virginia-governors-race-tightens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/winsome-earle-sears-launches-new-ad-hitting-abigail-spanberger-as-virginia-governors-race-tightens\/","title":{"rendered":"Winsome Earle-Sears launches new ad hitting Abigail Spanberger as Virginia Governor\u2019s race tightens"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwinsome-earle-sears-launches-new-ad-hitting-abigail-spanberger-as-virginia-governors-race-tightens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2501648&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears has launched a new six-figure statewide ad campaign to counter negative attacks from Democrat Abigail spanberger. The ad seeks to reframe Spanberger&#8217;s use of a viral clip showing Earle-Sears saying &#8220;I&#8217;m speaking now&#8221; during a heated exchange at a Labor Day event,which Spanberger has used to portray Earle-Sears as combative and unfit for governor. Instead, the ad embraces Earle-Sears&#8217;s blunt, unapologetic style and highlights her background as a U.S. Marine, emphasizing her commitment to fighting for Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign also integrates a soundbite from a Democratic opposition group&#8217;s recording where Earle-Sears praises former President Donald Trump&#8217;s trade policies, turning what was meant as criticism into a point of strength. The ad&#8217;s themes focus on conservative values such as parental control in education, job growth, and promoting unity over division.<\/p>\n<p>Earle-Sears&#8217;s campaign has gained financial support from the Republican Governors Association, which recently contributed $1.5 million, bringing total RGA support to $5 million-matching Democratic spending backing Spanberger. Despite Spanberger maintaining a lead in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-gop-sen-david-perdue-in-runoff-battle-with-democrat-jon-ossoff\/\" title=\"Ga. GOP Sen. David Perdue in runoff battle with Democrat Jon Ossoff\">recent polls<\/a> by around 5 to 7 points, Earle-Sears&#8217;s team stresses a clear contrast between her outsider, service-oriented approach and Spanberger&#8217;s connections to Washington insiders. Former President Trump has also expressed his support for Earle-Sears, calling her a strong candidate and criticizing Spanberger.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Earle-Sears reframes Spanberger attacks in Virginia governor&rsquo;s race with new ad: &lsquo;They twist your words&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2378969\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virginia<\/a> Republican gubernatorial nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/winsome-earle-sears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Winsome Earle-Sears<\/a> is trying to reframe weeks of negative ads from Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abigail-spanberger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abigail Spanberger<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P-j7lfIXwME\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a new six-figure statewide ad <\/a>that reframes the controversy over the viral &ldquo;I&rsquo;m speaking&rdquo; clip and other attacks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They pick your worst day,&rdquo; the ad begins, interspersed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i55W4QfJEC8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> with audio<\/a> from Spanberger&rsquo;s own spot. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m speaking now,&rdquo; Earle-Sears is heard saying, followed by, &ldquo;They twist your words,&rdquo; and then, &ldquo;And I think that&rsquo;s good,&rdquo; pulled from a recording by Democratic opposition group American Bridge. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3859170\/critics-call-out-spokane-mayor\/\">Critics call out Spokane mayor over homelessness after 30-minute speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3858840\/maine-senate-graham-platner-nazi-tattoo\/\">Maine Senate hopeful Platner denies he&#8217;s &#8216;secret Nazi&#8217; after SS skull tattoo revealed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3858811\/bernie-sanders-stands-embattled-maine-senate-graham-platner\/\">Bernie Sanders stands by embattled Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Earle-Sears then appears on camera: &ldquo;They say you&rsquo;re not polished&hellip; As your governor, I won&rsquo;t be a polished politician, but as a United States Marine, I&rsquo;ll always fight for Virginia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P-j7lfIXwME?si=ieG6hYzjxe_a6Zts\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>The ad, which begins airing Wednesday, responds directly to Spanberger&rsquo;s use of footage from Earle-Sears&rsquo;s 2024 Labor Day speech in Buena Vista, where she sparred with audience members and said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m speaking now,&rdquo; as some heckled. Spanberger&rsquo;s campaign has used that moment in at least six of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorses-sen-doug-mastriano-in-pas-gop-gubernatorial-primary\/\" title=\"Trump Endorses Sen. Doug Mastriano in PA\u2019s GOP Gubernatorial Primary\">recent ads<\/a>, attempting to portray Earle-Sears as combative and unprepared for the state&rsquo;s top job.<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;I think that&rsquo;s good&rdquo; soundbite comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/x.com\/American_Bridge\/status\/1909690552309739541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a separate American Bridge recording <\/a>made at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-likens-trump-supporters-to-nazis-because-they-pointed-in-the-air\/\" title=\"Hillary Clinton Likens Trump Supporters To Nazis, Because They Pointed In The Air\">closed-door event<\/a> in April 2025, when Earle-Sears defended President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >aggressive trade tactics<\/a> and suggested the strategy was working. &ldquo;I think Trump is crazy like a fox,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I mean, have you noticed the minute that he says tariffs suddenly &mdash; as my grandmother would say &mdash; these countries shaped up and started flying right? Did you notice that? Yes. Yes. And I think that&rsquo;s good! And it&rsquo;s to our benefit after all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The new ad seeks to flip those moments, leaning into Earle-Sears&rsquo;s reputation as blunt and unapologetic while highlighting her Marine background and outsider persona. The campaign&rsquo;s message, &ldquo;educate, not indoctrinate, grow paychecks instead of hate,&rdquo; echoes her broader platform centered on parental control in schools, job growth, and conservative cultural themes.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who has largely stayed out of the Virginia race, told reporters on Monday, &ldquo;I think the Republican candidate is very good, and I think she should, she should win, because the Democrat candidate is a disaster,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;So I haven&rsquo;t been too much involved in Virginia. I love the state. I did very well in the state, but I will tell you, I think the Republican candidate is excellent, and I think the Democrat candidate is a disaster. I mean, I watched her in the debate, she couldn&rsquo;t answer the most basic question.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earle-Sears&rsquo;s campaign also received a major boost from the Republican Governors Association, which contributed an additional $1.5 million last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/07\/republicans-virginia-governor-00596374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to <em>Politico<\/em>. The new transfer brings the RGA&rsquo;s total support for her campaign to roughly $5 million, matching what the Democratic Governors Association has spent backing Spanberger.<\/p>\n<p>Campaign press secretary Peyton Vogel said the new ad and surge in resources reflect a clear contrast between the two candidates. &ldquo;While Abigail Spanberger is busy twisting words and campaigning with every Washington, D.C. insider she can find, from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama, we&rsquo;re focused on Virginia,&rdquo; Vogel said in a statement provided to the <em>Washington Examiner. &ldquo;<\/em>Our time and our resources are spent showing voters who Winsome Earle-Sears truly is: a woman of faith, service, and results who will keep delivering for the Commonwealth as our next governor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3845513\/winsome-earle-sears-debate-shifting-tactics-virginia-gubernatorial-bid\/\"><strong>WINSOME EARLE-SEAR&rsquo;S CONFRONTATION DEBATE SHOWS SHIFTING TACTICS IN VIRGINIA BID<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the latest RealClearPolitics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/governor\/general\/2025\/virginia\/spanberger-vs-earle-sears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">average<\/a>, Spanberger leads Earle-Sears 50% to 43.9%, a 6.1-point advantage that has remained largely consistent through October. Individual polls show similar results: Quantus Insights and co\/efficient each find Spanberger ahead by five points, Trafalgar Group\/InsiderAdvantage by three, and Virginia Commonwealth University by seven. A recent Christopher Newport University poll showed Spanberger with a double-digit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-republican-candidates-lead-nevada-democrat-gov-steve-sisolak-in-gubernatorial-race\/\" title=\"Poll: ...s Lead Nevada Democrat Gov. Steve Sisolak in Gubernatorial Race\">ten-point lead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earle-Sears counters Spanberger&#8217;s attacks with new ad: &#8216;They twist your words<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2501649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25263054467045.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[52927,42346,45253,38033,43398],"class_list":["post-2501648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-abigail-spanberger","tag-political-ad","tag-virginia-governor-race","tag-virginia-politics","tag-winsome-earle-sears"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25263054467045.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2501648"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501652,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501648\/revisions\/2501652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2501649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}