“Clown car”: GOP losing hope in Virginia’s governor’s race

Republicans are already calling the closely watched Virginia governor s race as a loss The majority of newest poll from Virginia Commonwealth University shows former Democratic Rep Abigail Spanberger leading Virginia s Lt Gov Winsome Earle-Sears to The latest campaign finance disclosures also show that Spanberger has triple the amount of cash on hand as Earle-Sears million to her GOP rival s million According to Spanberger s campaign the Democratic nominee has raised more than million since launching her campaign for governor in November Virginia s gubernatorial campaign is one of two this year the other is in New Jersey The races could be an indicator of what to expect in the midterm elections which will feature gubernatorial races Dismal polling coupled with Earle-Sears low fundraising has particular Republicans losing faith that the party s gubernatorial candidate can pull off a win in Virginia this November Related Fear of gay blood and confused minds Virginia Republican touts assistance from anti-gay preachers One Republican strategist stated Politico that the race is an indicator of the trickle-down effects of Elon Musk and DOGE s actions I ve perpetually had concerns about this race but not because of Winsome just because of the overall habitat announced the Republican strategist I expected to be where we are and when I saw a lot of the DOGE events and Elon Musk pursuits having a major impact on Northern Virginia it gave me even more of a concern In an interview with The Hill conservative talk show host John Fredericks compared Earle-Sears s campaign to a clown car Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Lesson This thing is a clown car she s got going on Fredericks declared And it s frustrating everyone in Virginia Politico revealed that Earle-Sears campaign plans to announce staff changes this week Sears has already reassigned her campaign manager Will Archer and her political director Richard Wagner in recent days left the campaign Earle-Sears has already been in a bit of debate for previously invoking slavery to criticize diversity programs She also has a record of anti-LGBTQ positions and for being morally opposed to abortion Read more about the GOP The Epstein files give MAGA a post-Trump future Texas Republicans were reluctant to redraw the state s congressional maps before Trump Can Texas GOP steal the midterms in advance Yes they can The post Clown car GOP losing hope in Virginia s governor s race appeared first on Salon com