The Virginia Gubernatorial Debate Was
a Disaster for Spanberger
PJ Media,
by
Matt Margolis
Original Article
Posted By: Hazymac,
10/10/2025 7:59:41 AM
Abigail Spanberger’s campaign for governor of Virginia took a major hit Wednesday night when she refused—repeatedly—to answer a simple question during the Virginia gubernatorial debate: does she still endorse Jay Jones for attorney general after his violent text messages came to light?
The exchange, moderated by Deanna Allbrittin of WRIC, was terrible for Spanberger as she twisted herself into rhetorical knots to avoid giving a clear answer. Her opponent, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, wasted no time pointing out what everyone watching could see—Spanberger was dodging.
It began when the moderator tried to clarify an earlier non-answer. “Thank you, Ms. Spanberger. I just… I didn’t hear an answer there on the endorsement issue,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
janjan 10/10/2025 8:31:06 AM (No. 2014870)
In the few clips I saw Spanberger came across as extremely condescending. Because she is. She’s going to ride out her current polling and not make the mistake of telling the actual truth like McCauliffe did. Ms. Earle-Sears seems like a solid conservative and a moral person but she doesn’t speak well. We’ll see if the Virginians are as suicidal as the New Yorkers.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 10/10/2025 8:42:58 AM (No. 2014875)
When she was given another ten seconds - - Spanberger replied - - "Look! A squirrel!"
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bpl40 10/10/2025 8:48:29 AM (No. 2014877)
All it means is they will have to print more ballots.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
seamusm 10/10/2025 8:49:59 AM (No. 2014879)
At least the debate wasn't engineered to favor the Democrat by the moderator. Regardless, if Winsome-Sears is not a perfect candidate, the GOP must flood every front door with volunteers to get across the message on a grass-roots level.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
felixcat 10/10/2025 9:55:49 AM (No. 2014907)
Would I have said some things differently than Winsome Sears if I was in her place - yes, but that's easy to say after the fact and not being out on the stage. Heck - Trump "doesn't speak well" in many settings, but that shouldn't take away from Sears' record on policy and how she will govern Virginia.
Spanberger's answer to working with ICE was legal mumbo jumbo as it has been pointed out many times that ICE doesn't use the typical "search warrants" that Spanberger kept referencing. They use detainers - different legal standard (lower) than search warrants and Spanberger knows darn well the difference but relies on the idea that her Dem audience will not know the difference. If you want to hear portions of the debate than go to the Larry O'Connor morning show on www.wmal.com
And for those not in the Northern Virginia news media market - there's a man - Richard Cox (fully intact physically and doesn't even wear a dress or make any attempt to look like a woman but claims he is one) who has been allowed over and over to visit girls and women's public bathroom and locker rooms in Fairfax and Arlington counties. Spanberger is all in favor of such violations of "safety" for girls in public and private places cause she's another of three daughters attending public schools... What a joke.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
felixcat 10/10/2025 10:10:14 AM (No. 2014923)
None of the 10 top donors to Virginia Democrat Jay Jones’s campaign for attorney general are saying whether they want their money back following sensational late campaign revelations of his wishing two bullets in the head of a prominent former Republican Speaker of the state House.
The top 10 donors as of October 6 included (the rankings change from day to day as new data is acquired, inputted, and posted by VPAP):
Democratic Attorneys General Association ($2,105,705)
Clean Virginia Fund ($1,636,199)
Elizabeth Simons, Heising-Simons Foundation ($750,000)
Everytown for Gun Safety ($200,000)
Government That Works PAC ($200,000)
Va League of Conservation Voters ($182,286)
Green Advocacy Project ($150,000)
Freedom Virginia ($107,500)
SEIU ($100,000)
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400 ($100,000)
Total: $5,231,690
source: https://www.lifenews.com/2025/10/09/10-democrat-groups-refuse-to-withdraw-endorsement-of-jay-jones-for-wanting-to-kill-republican-family/
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Kate318 10/10/2025 10:46:51 AM (No. 2014939)
In Virginia, she’s a shoo-in.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 10/10/2025 11:04:28 AM (No. 2014949)
Lots of Dems will vote for the D candidate regardless of any sort of logical reasoning. I hope that Virginia doesn't go to the Dems, but look at who they already have. Mark Warner is a really rotten guy, but seems to be Senator For LIfe, and Kane, equally aweful is apparently very popular.
Dems own northern Virginia because they are government workers, and that seems to control the state.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 10/10/2025 11:07:37 AM (No. 2014955)
Don't be so sure, #7. Four years ago, Terry McAwful was considered a shoo-in, yet he went down in flames over an issue that is still resonating here today, namely the perverts/predators posing as trans men in girls restrooms/locker rooms. Stinkburger, the moral coward/Butch Weingarten sock puppet/piece of trash is refusing to take a stand on this issue and so is vulnerable to the same fate as McAwful. My concern is that Sears is not taking full advantage of the opportunity as Youngkin did. Adding to that, Abifail's additional moral cowardice in the face of the Jones scandal is another weapon that can be employed against her. So far I've only seen ads from AG Miyares attacking Jones for his moral turpitude. If Sears really wants to win, she needs to get on the ball and launch a never ending stream of attack ads highlighting Stinkburger's moral failings. There's still about a month to go in the election, so there's still time for her to act, but she needs to step it up.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
jasmine 10/10/2025 2:07:56 PM (No. 2015037)
Unlike Abigail Spanberger, Winsome Earle-Sears is quick on her feet, and far better equipped with common sense and integrity.
Since when do normal adults find it acceptable for anyone to take pleasure in, and share fantasies of children born to parents from an opposition party dying in their arms?
Winsome Earle-Sears supports women and children, refusing to prioritize the "comfort" of biological males who believe they're entitled to shower with women, use their restrooms and locker rooms, and play sports against them. That's just common sense. But to the surprise of no one, a registered sex offender in Virginia had been exploiting his female "identity" and exposing himself to women and children in a sports facility locker room, until someone finally paid attention to the fact he was a known sex offender claiming female "identity." It's hard to understand politicians who refuse to stand up for decency.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
mifla 10/11/2025 6:22:33 AM (No. 2015283)
From what I saw, Sears wiped the floor up with her opponent.
Virginia may be a blue state, but in the last election, they voted for a Republican governor and Lt Governor.
The Dems are hoping that millions of sheeple voted early.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
gam 10/11/2025 7:46:10 AM (No. 2015304)
Winsome Sears is a great American and a great candidate for Virginia. Sadly, The Dems of Northern Virginia always vote against their best interests, and masses of Dem votes always appear at the last possible moment. No one is mentioning Jones texts about how there would be fewer murders if they killed police officers. Also, what job did Spanberger really have at the CIA?
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