VIRGINIA – New reporting from NOTUS highlights Winsome Earle-Sears downplaying and dismissing the attacks on Virginia jobs as Virginia Democrats launched a billboard campaign in Hampton Roads. Sears’ campaign did not respond to the request for comment following an ongoing pattern of dodging the media. 

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• Earle-Sears’ campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
• In an audio recording published by progressive outlet MediasTouch on March 28, Earle-Sears is heard underplaying the cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency, saying that job losses happen “all the time.” 
• She criticized the media’s coverage of the cuts as “making it out to be this huge, huge thing.”
• The Democratic Party of Virginia unveiled three billboards along Interstate 64 in Hampton Roads, home to a large number of federal workers, saying, “Winsome Earle-Sears doesn’t care about 53,394 and counting unemployed Virginians.” 
• The number is in reference to the state’s most recent unemployment number, as tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• “I’m hearing from Virginians across the Commonwealth who are worried about what these attacks on Virginia’s federal workers mean for their livelihoods, their careers, and our economy,” Spanberger said in a statement to NOTUS. “This isn’t about politics, this is about real families and putting Virginians first — and as Governor, I will always stand up for Virginia’s workforce and economy, no matter who is in the White House.”
• Since Trump has taken office, at least 121,000 federal workers have been laid off or targeted for layoffs, according to one analysis by CNN. 
• “Donald Trump and Winsome Earle-Sears have shown us exactly who they are and the damage they can do in a short amount of time,” Beyer said during the event Tuesday. “We want a Virginia where Virginia comes first, and we need to fight for it. That fight starts now, and it starts with electing Abigail Spanberger and significantly expanding our majority in the House of Delegates.”

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