Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R), who two years ago traveled the nation stumping for president Donald Trump's reelection, now says it's time for Trump to leave the stage.
“What we saw was, even though he wasn’t on the ballot, he was,” Earle-Sears told The Washington Post on Thursday. “Because he stepped in and endorsed candidates. And yet, it turns out that those he did not endorse on the same ticket did better than the ones he did endorse. That gives you a clue that the voters want to move on, and a true leader knows when they have become a liability to the mission.
Sears is the most prominent Republican officeholder in Virginia to break with Trump, who was deeply unpopular in the state overall but has maintained a firm grip on the Republican Party base.She first made her stance known in an interview on Fox Business earlier Thursday. Her comments drew a harsh rebuke from a Trump spokesperson, who issued a written statement.
“Winsome Sears rode a wave of President Trump’s voters to election victory in 2021," the statement said."Her comments are a slap to the face to all of the grassroots Republicans that worked so hard to get her elected. They won’t forget this and there will be a reckoning. There always is in politics.”
A former state delegate and Marine, Sears, a Jamaican immigrant, served as chairwoman of Black Americans to Re-elect the President two years ago and won the lieutenant governorship last year on a ticket led by now-Gov. Glenn Youngkin . Youngkin appears to be weighing a potential 2024 presidential bid. If he won the White House, Sears would complete his gubernatorial term.“We’ve got a slew of very well-qualified people” besides Trump to run for the White House, Earle-Sears said.
“I’m not going to say ‘yes’ and I’m not going to say ‘no,’ ” she said. “I’m just going to leave it alone.”
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