{"id":2501668,"date":"2025-10-21T22:37:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T02:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/earle-sears-launches-new-ad-hitting-spanberger-in-governors-race\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T22:40:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T02:40:06","slug":"earle-sears-launches-new-ad-hitting-spanberger-in-governors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/earle-sears-launches-new-ad-hitting-spanberger-in-governors-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Earle-Sears launches new ad hitting Spanberger in governor&#8217;s race"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fearle-sears-launches-new-ad-hitting-spanberger-in-governors-race%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=2501668&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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/winsome-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politifact-claims-virginia-lt-gov-greatly-overstated-amount-spent-on-crt-they-missed-a-few-payments\/\" title=\"PolitiFact Claims ... Lt. Gov. Greatly Overstated Amount Spent On CRT. They Missed A Few Payments.\">earle-sears<\/a>-launches-new-ad-hitting-abigail-spanberger-as-virginia-governors-race-tightens\/&#8221; title=&#8221;&#8230; launches new &#8230; hitting &#8230; as &#8230; Governor\u2019s &#8230; tightens&#8221;>-figure statewide ad campaign<\/a> to counter negative attacks from Democrat Abigail Spanberger. The ad reframes a viral clip of Earle-Sears saying &#8220;I&#8217;m speaking now,&#8221; which Spanberger&#8217;s campaign has used to portray her as combative adn unprepared. Earle-Sears embraces her blunt and unapologetic style,highlighting her background as a U.S. Marine and her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-patronis-wins-florida-house-seat-vacated-by-matt-gaetz-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Jimmy Patronis wins Florida House seat vacated by Matt Gaetz - Washington Examiner\">conservative platform focused<\/a> on parental control in schools, job growth, and cultural issues. The ad also references a recording where she defended former President Trump&#8217;s trade tactics. Supported by a recent $1.5 million boost from the Republican Governors association, Earle-Sears is aiming to present herself as an outsider dedicated to serving Virginia, contrasting herself with Spanberger, who is connected with national Democratic figures. Despite these efforts, recent polls show Spanberger maintaining a consistent lead over Earle-Sears in the race.  <\/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\/politics\/3859085\/spanberger-leans-on-bill-nye-and-buttigieg-in-closing-days-of-virginia-governors-race\/\">Spanberger leans on Bill Nye and Buttigieg in closing days of Virginia governor&rsquo;s race<\/a><\/li>\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<\/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 on 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 recent ads, 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 ... 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 aggressive trade tactics 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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><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 remaining 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:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >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 rebuts Spanberger attacks with new Virginia ad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2501670,"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":[40299,34059,39547,37685,32249],"class_list":["post-2501668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-earle-sears","tag-election-2024","tag-governors-race","tag-political-ads","tag-spanberger"],"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\/2501668","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=2501668"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501672,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501668\/revisions\/2501672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2501670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}