As Pressure Mounts, Sears “Remains Silent” on Plans to Ban Abortion and Cut Medicaid

As Pressure Mounts, Sears “Remains Silent” on Plans to Ban Abortion and Cut Medicaid

As she’s done throughout the entirety of her campaign, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is refusing to comment on her extreme anti-abortion record and is now refusing to speak out against Donald Trump’s disastrous plan to gut Medicaid.

Sears has come under fire for her refusal to address recently unearthed audio in which she outlines her plans for an extreme, near-total abortion ban in Virginia, as pressure mounts on her to tell Virginians where she stands on devastating Medicaid cuts that could result in more than 200,000 Virginians losing their health care.

The Sears campaign even ejected a reporter from an event in Falls Church to avoid answering questions about her refusal to speak out on Medicaid cuts.

Read more about how Sears is hiding from Virginians on her plans to ban abortion and Donald Trump’s proposed Medicaid cuts:

• 13 News Now: “We reached out to Sears and state GOP representatives for a response [on abortion], and we’re still waiting to hear back.”

• Virginia Mercury: “A spokesperson for Republican governor nominee and current lieutenant governor Winsome Earle-Sears declined the Mercury’s request to weigh in on [Youngkin’s] letter [supporting Medicaid cuts].”

• Daily Progress: “Earle-Sears’ campaign has declined multiple interview requests on [Medicaid] from multiple news outlets, and the campaign did not immediately respond to a Daily Progress inquiry.”

• Richmond Times-Dispatch: “‘I don’t want to comment yet about things that aren’t set in concrete […],’ Earle-Sears told news media after a brief public appearance with Whatley in front of campaign volunteers and local party officials.”

• The Guardian: “The Earle-Sears campaign declined to comment on the record on her recent interview as well as the 2022 interview.”

• Virginia Independent: Spanberger blasts GOP cuts to Medicaid; Earle-Sears remains silent

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