Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears speaks at a bill-signing event in Richmond on March 19, as Gov. Glenn Youngkin looks on. At the event, both doubled down on the necessity of sweeping federal layoffs while attempting to reassure Virginians that the state’s economy is resilient.
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In leaked audio, Sears downplays job losses tied to Trump cuts
A newly surfaced recording of Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is drawing sharp criticism from Democrats and federal employee unions, who say her remarks downplaying the impact of recent federal layoffs show a disregard for the thousands of Virginians — many of them veterans — who have lost their jobs under President Trump’s administration’s workforce cuts. -
