From DPVA:
WHERE IS WINSOME?: Sears Skips More Bus Tour Stops, Hiding from Virginians as She Backs Trump Law That Will Take Away Their Healthcare
VIRGINIA – Virginians are asking “where is Winsome?” as Winsome Earle-Sears skips more stops on her bus tour with no explanation. Sears has reportedly skipped stops in Harrisonburg, Lexington, Wytheville, Abingdon, and Marion.
“As Virginians are worried about losing their healthcare coverage and rural clinics closing because of the Trump tax law that Winsome Earle-Sears backs, Sears couldn’t even be bothered to show up for her own campaign event and face the Virginians she’s okay with ripping healthcare away from. Sears must answer why she’s hiding from Virginians and cheering on devastating healthcare cuts,” said DPVA Spokesperson Maggie Amjad.
The News Gazette: GOP Campaign Bus Stop Draws Protest
- A campaign bus for Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears made a stop in Lexington Monday afternoon, drawing crowds of both supporters and protesters to the visitor center on Washington Street.
- […] as locals came out to talk to members of Earle-Sears campaign, including her husband, Terence Sears.
- Not everyone who came to Washington Street Monday afternoon was there to support Earle-Sears, with a small group of protestors congregating on the south side of Washington Street across from the bus.
- Among them were members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), who have had representatives protesting at every stop of the bus tour. The SEIU is a labor union representing more than 100 million health care, public service and property service employees in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The union members who are protesting Earle-Sears’ bus tour are primarily protesting her support for the recently passed Big Beautiful Bill, and the impact it will have on health care for Virginians.
- “We are trying to save health care in Virginia, which is under attack by Winsome Earle-Sears,” said Patti Nelson, a retired community psychiatric nurse and member of SEIU from Loudon County. “The big MAGA, big ugly bill, she fully supports, and it’s going to destroy health care in Virginia. Hospitals are going to close. Clinics are going to close. That’s why we’re here. We need to fight with every ounce of strength that we have to protect health care for Virginians.”
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