Sears: “It happens all the time… And the media is making it out to be a huge, huge thing, and I don’t understand why”

VIRGINIA – Yesterday, Virginia Democrats released a new ad highlighting Winsome Earle-Sears - in her own words - downplaying the attacks on Virginia jobs as the unemployment rate in Virginia increases. In the audio first reported by Meidas Touch, Winsome Earle-Sears says “the media is making it out to be a huge, huge thing… and I don’t understand why.” 

What Virginians Are Reading: 

The Hill: Virginia Democrats criticize Earle-Sears over DOGE cuts in new ad

• The ad, first reported by The Hill, is the state party’s first digital ad of the cycle.
• The spot features coverage of recently released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing unemployment claims in Northern Virginia growing 7.1 percent in February. 
• The ad underscores the effort from Democrats to make DOGE’s impact on Virginia’s federal workforce a key issue in November’s gubernatorial race. 
• Census data shows there are roughly 320,000 full-time federal employees living in Virginia along with swaths of government contractors. The state is also home to a significant military population. 

Virginia Scope: Democrats release new ad attacking Sears over DOGE

• The Democratic Party of Virginia released a new ad on Tuesday attacking Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Sears over President Trump’s cuts to the federal workforce.
• This is the first digital ad released by DPVA for the gubernatorial election.

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