When asked if she’d call on Trump to negotiate, Sears said “you know, it's a great question” and refuses to answer

VIRGINIA – During a new interview on FOX News, Winsome Earle-Sears again refuses to call on Donald Trump to end the GOP government shutdown and stop firing Virginians. When asked directly if she would call on Trump to negotiate, Sears said “it’s a great question,” but refused to answer it. 
 
In an interview on NBC News Now, Sears repeatedly refused to call on Donald Trump to stop firing Virginians as he threatens even more mass firings during the Republican-led federal government shutdown. During the gubernatorial debate, Sears again refused to ask Trump to reopen the government. 
 
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Transcript: 

• Host: Lieutenant Governor, quickly, the government shutdown that lays off thousands of Virginians that work in D.C.. If you were governor today, would you be on the phone with President Trump and Republicans urging them to make a deal? Do you think that you could have a role in that as leader of a state with so many federal workers living there?
• Winsome Earle-Sears: You know, it's a great question. [...]

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