Black BET Billionaire Donor Stuns Democrats,
Gives $500K to Winsome Earle-Sears
Posted By: franco, 8/31/2025 2:09:53 PM
Robert Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and chairman of RLJ Companies, has pledged $500,000 to the campaign of Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears. The donation came after Earle-Sears, currently serving as Virginia’s lieutenant governor, was subjected to a racist attack during a protest outside an Arlington County School Board meeting on August 21.
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Robert Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and chairman of RLJ Companies, has pledged $500,000 to the campaign of Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears. The donation came after Earle-Sears, currently serving as Virginia’s lieutenant governor, was subjected to a racist attack during a protest outside an Arlington County School Board meeting on August 21.
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BET founder claims he always makes good investments... not so sure about the "investments" he's made in Democrats in years past, but he's right to support Winsome this time... My worry is that too many inchoate and carpetbagging liberals have piled into the DC suburbs in northern VA to keep the state red...