Posted on 08/31/2025 5:04:54 AM PDT by T Ruth
A longtime Democratic donor publicly displayed his support for Republican Virginia gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign following a racist attack on the black GOP candidate during a protest outside a school board meeting on Aug. 21.
Robert Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and chairman of asset manager RLJ Companies, contributed $500,000 to Earle-Sears’ campaign, Politico’s Playbook reported on Friday. Johnson, one of the United States’ first black billionaires, said he decided to donate to Earle-Sears’ campaign to stand with the lieutenant governor against a racist attack on her campaign. (RELATED: ‘Tolerant Left’: Black GOP Nominee Blasts White Liberal’s Racist Protest Sign)
Earle-Sears would become the first black female governor in the country if she defeats former Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee, in November.
“Madam Lt. Governor. I was so appalled by that racist diatribe displayed by a useful idiot at a recent press event that I chose to show all the voters of Virginia how Black Brothers stand up to defend and support their Black Sisters when confronted with unadulterated racism,” Johnson wrote to Earle-Sears in a statement provided by the GOP nominee’s campaign. “I have always been a good investor and that’s why I’m investing in you.”
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She’s never-Trump GOP trash but if I lived in Virginia she’d have my vote.
In America, all politics is racial.
Pretty similar to what I was thinking.
The donor is a black separatist (ok by me) who apparently votes/donates based on race instead of values.
A rather large contribution from a BET owner will be a huge crack in the leftist dam.
Go Winsome! She’s holding Spanberger’s feet to the fire, especially on several 80% - 20% woke issues.
I will also be supporting the Jamaican born immigrant. She has a winning message right there if she could nationalize her contest and shove it right down the illegal supporting lefts' throat.
Unfortunately.
Hopefully big enough to burst it open.
I watched Bridgerton. It was so refreshing to see blacks and whites interacting totally ignoring their skin color.
I remember the good old days, when there was at least the appearance of donation limits. “contributed $500,000 to Earle-Sears’ campaign”
Brigerton was is progressive racism on display
What else would you expect from someone who created black TV channels..
“Black” is an American corruptive tragedy that must be eliminated from the lexicon.
As long as the Congressional Black Caucus, BET, and Miss Black America exist, racism will continue to exist. Ask yourself if there can be a Congressional White Caucus, WET, and Miss White America and you’ll find the answer.
Very distinct showing back in the mid 1800 hundreds.
This endorsement could be the winning difference, especially in northern VA and in the bigger cities where BET has the biggest audiences.
As a person that never watches BET, you can not, in the words of the elder bush, "misunderestiminate" the power that BET has with blacks.
I have always liked Sears, and while she is not 110% MAGA, compared to that ex-spy, ex-congresscritter slut, she is a gem.
The polls {which I never believe}, seem to be fairly close and good pub from a respected guy like Johnson will help.
I do judge people on their votes for this kind of thing when someone like Condoleeza Rice asserts she is a conservative, yet votes for someone like Barack Obama.
She is either stupid, racist, or is no conservative.
She never came across as stupid to me.
She could be racist for all I know. I don’t know what is in her heart.
But she showed she is no conservative.
Huh?
I thought she was a Trumper.
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