As Trump attacks Virginia jobs and economy, unemployment continues to rise, and Virginia lost the CNBC “Top State for Business” ranking 
 
Sears when asked about the attacks on Virginia jobs: “I’m just not going to participate. Because I want to talk about real issues”

VIRGINIA – Today, the Democratic Party of Virginia is announcing the “Real Issues” Tour, a series of events across the Commonwealth as campaign season kicks into high gear highlighting the devastating fallout of Donald Trump’s attacks on Virginia jobs that Winsome Earle-Sears backs. The tour will feature Virginia Veterans and workers who have been fired since Trump’s attacks on Virginia jobs began. During an interview with CNN when asked about Trump’s attacks on jobs, Sears said they aren’t “real issues.” Sears’ comments are now featured in a Spanberger for Governor TV ad slamming Sears for dismissing the attacks on jobs.  
 
The “Real Issues” tour will launch in Richmond on September 4th with a press conference featuring elected leaders and Virginians highlighting the statewide impact of Donald Trump’s attacks on Virginia jobs. 
 
Sears has a pattern of backing and downplaying the attacks on Virginia jobs. Sears has said she would help Trump “get the job done” and that she’s “supporting what the President is doing.” She previously was caught on tape saying: “the media is making it out to be a huge, huge thing… and I don’t understand why.” 
 
“Regardless of what Winsome Earle-Sears thinks, Virginians indiscriminately losing their jobs, Veterans facing longer wait times and short-staffed VAs, and the Commonwealth’s economy declining are very real issues. The “Real Issues” tour will ensure that as Sears cheers on the attacks on Virginia jobs, the real issues Virginians are facing are heard and every Virginian knows that Sears will always put Donald Trump first no matter how devastating for the Commonwealth,” said DPVA Spokesperson Maggie Amjad.
 
Read more about Sears’ record downplaying and dismissing Trump’s attacks on the Commonwealth: 
 
Winsome Earle-Sears has defended Trump’s attacks on Virginia’s workforce and economy.

• She told the Associated Press that she backed Trump’s efforts and she doubled down.
• 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 attacked 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.” 

Winsome Earle-Sears has dismissed and laughed off attacks on Virginia jobs over and over again.

• In a CNN interview, when asked if she supports Donald Trump’s attacks on Virginia’s jobs, Winsome Earle-Sears refused to answer and dismissed the jobs cuts saying she wants “to talk about real issues” instead. 
• Winsome Earle-Sears was caught on tape dismissing and laughing off the attacks on Virginia jobs 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 attacks on Virginia jobs harming her campaign as she refuses to stand up for the Commonwealth’s economy and Virginians’ livelihoods.
• Instead of standing up to attacks on Virginia jobs, Sears told Virginians facing layoffs “do not fret.” 
• Sears also said “just about everybody has lost a job … It is life happening.”

CNBC announced that Virginia lost the “Top State for Business” ranking due to the attacks on Virginia jobs that Sears supports.  

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