See below for some clips (courtesy of the amazing Aaron Rupar!) of Winsome Earle-Sears’ debacle of an interview this morning on Fox “News” (in air quotes, because obviously it’s not news). It’s pretty bad when even a right-wing-friendly, Trump-loving network like Fox “News” brutally fact checks Earle-Sears on one of her biggest lies (that, supposedly, “unemployment is down” under the Youngkin/Earle-Sears administration). In fact, as the Fox “News” fact check points out, Virginia’s unemployment rate is UP since Youngkin/Earle-Sears took office in January 2022, from 2.7% then to 3.6% in August (and rising). So…either Earle-Sears is just completely clueless about Virginia’s economic situation, or she’s just flat-out lying and assuming nobody will fact check her or take a minute to look up the correct numbers.
Also, see below for video of Earle-Sears saying: “We’re gonna keep working [for Trump’s endorsement]. Would I like the president’s endorsement? Of course I would. He’s doing really good things for America, all of the jobs he’s repatriating here.” That really says it all right there about Earle-Sears: a) she’s desperately seeking the endorsement of America’s by-far-worst-ever president; b) she flat-out lies that Trump is “doing really good things for America”; c) she flat-out lies again, claiming that Trump’s “repatriating” “all of the jobs.” WTF?
Last but not least, check out Earle-Sears talking callously and ignorantly/falsely about health care in Virginia:
“And so this is why I look at the politicians and what they’re doing and how dare they try to instill fear in Virginians? For example, the hospitals that are closing? They were closing long before the bill passed. And that’s because we are losing population in our rural areas. And you know, she latches on to this to say, well this equals that. It doesn’t. Her math doesn’t compute. And here’s the other thing. When it comes to the bill, all the bill is saying is you’re going to make Medicaid go back to its original purpose; if you’re able- bodied and you’re receiving Medicaid, then you must either…have 80 hours of work or 80 hours of volunteer service or 80 hours of training that you’re doing or some hybrid of all three of those. I know you work longer than 80 hours a month. I do. I know many people work longer than 80 hours. So why should you have Medicaid when you’re able-bodied? This is the taxpayers are paying for you…I know exactly that of which I speak.”
Just WTF is she babbling about? Almost every word of this is either completely false, largely false or distorted/delusional. On the “able-bodied” talking point, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), in fact:
- “Most Medicaid adults under age 65 are working already, without a ‘work requirement.'”
- “Evidence shows Medicaid work and reporting requirements are confusing to enrollees and complex and costly for states to implement.”
- “Research shows access to affordable health insurance and care promotes individuals’ ability to obtain and maintain employment.”
The thing is, this isn’t just an isolated case of ignorance by Winsome Earle-Sears, as she’s like this on pretty much EVERY SUBJECT, including her embarrassingly clueless comments about wind and solar power, her lack of basic economic knowledge, etc. Why on earth would ANYONE want someone like this in charge of Virginia???
BREAM: You don’t have Trump’s endorsement. What does that mean?
WINSOME EARLE-SEARS: We’re gonna keep working. Would I like the president’s endorsement? Of course I would. He’s doing really good things for America, all of the jobs he’s repatriating here. pic.twitter.com/kTPiMusENH
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 12, 2025
