NORFOLK, VIRGINIA – Last week, local veterans and elected leaders held a roundtable discussion highlighting the devastating impact of Donald Trump’s job cuts in Virginia that Winsome Earle-Sears backs. 
 
During an interview with CNN when asked about Trump’s job cuts, Sears said they aren’t “real issues” despite the harm Virginians are facing. 
 
VoteVets hosted the roundtable in collaboration with the Democratic Party of Virginia. 
 
“As an elected leader and a Virginia veteran, it’s been troubling to see how Donald Trump’s policies are hurting veterans and military families, and that Winsome Earle-Sears has cheered them on,” said Delegate Michael Feggans, U.S. Air Force Veteran. “Today’s conversation is a reminder that these are real issues that deserve real solutions.”
 
“Virginia veterans aren’t just waiting on doctors’ appointments. We’re fighting to transition into civilian life, battling gaps in mental health care, and watching too many brothers and sisters end up without housing,” said Delegate Jackie Hope Glass, U.S. Navy Veteran. “These issues aren’t new, however, this administration has poured salt in the wound. We deserve leaders who don’t dismiss us, but choose to fight for us, listen to us, and deliver real solutions to our very real problems.”
 
Read more about Sears’ record downplaying and dismissing Trump’s job cuts: 
 
Winsome Earle-Sears has dismissed and laughed off Trump’s job cuts in Virginia over and over again.

• In a CNN interview, when asked if she supports Donald Trump’s job cuts, Winsome Earle-Sears refused to answer and dismissed them, saying she wants “to talk about real issues” instead. 
• Winsome Earle-Sears was caught on tape dismissing and laughing off the job cuts, saying “the media is making it out to be a huge, huge thing… and I don’t understand why.” 

  • When a reporter asked about her comments exposed by Meidas Touch, Sears doubled down and said her message to Virginians facing layoffs is "Don’t despair. Please go to the website." 

• In unearthed audio, Winsome Earle-Sears complains about Donald Trump’s policies harming her campaign as she refuses to stand up for the Commonwealth’s economy and Virginians’ livelihoods.
• Instead of standing up to the job cuts, Sears told Virginians facing layoffs “do not fret.” 
• Sears also said “just about everybody has lost a job … It is life happening.”

Winsome Earle-Sears has defended Trump’s job cuts.

• She told the Associated Press that she backed Trump’s efforts.
• She also said Virginians facing layoffs will “be all right.”
• The Youngkin-Sears administration’s response to workers at risk of losing their jobs was “update your resume.”
• As Donald Trump’s policies hurt Virginia's workforce and economy, Sears declared she would help Trump “get the job done” if she were governor. 
• Sears has also said “I’m supporting what the President is doing.” 

CNBC announced that Virginia lost the “Top State for Business” ranking due to the Virginia job cuts that Sears supports.  

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