Posted on 10/21/2025 10:22:03 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears was defiant Monday after her latest brush with racism while she campaigns for governor on the GOP line, after a fan at a James Madison football game yelled at her to "go back" to a Black-majority country she does not hail from.
The incident occurred Saturday during JMU’s 63-27 blowout win over Old Dominion in Harrisonburg. It’s the latest episode in which Earle-Sears has been targeted with racist invective; a protester recently confronted her with a sign suggesting she use a segregated water fountain.
"I thought Democrats were supposed to love everyone -- and just to be clear, I’m Jamaican," Earle-Sears said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
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"I’ve been called names no one should ever hear, and I’ve watched people hold racist signs meant to shame me – and because I have an ‘R’ next to my name, few care."
Earle-Sears, the first Black woman elected to statewide office in Virginia, added that she doesn’t view herself as a victim and that "words won’t break me or stop my campaign."
At the game, the man, wearing a JMU Dukes T-shirt and ball cap yelled, "go back to Haiti" in the direction of Earle-Sears, as captured on candid video.
A woman next to the man appeared to turn to him and say something to him before he turned to her and said something back that appeared to be "he’s taking video," as the loudspeakers blared "The Stroke" by Billy Squier.
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Great story!! He yells out horrifying comments then looks at the camera with a peace sign and says “peace”. Typical. Fired from Lockheed…banned from JMU football!!! Hooray! Best story of the week!
Great ending to the story!
Love a happy ending.
Just too bad Virginia is too dependent on FedGov. Sears has no chance against the CIA Bitch.
what a way to make yourself famous!! F’ing idiot!!
He should be doxxed as well, so hopefully he is unemployable.
What employer would hire a person who shows this level of stupidity? It’s not about the political bias, it’s about the mental processing that decided this was a smart thing to say. I wouldn’t want him anywhere near my customers or employees.
Sears has no chance against the CIA Bitch.
that remains to be seen, doesn’t it?
Wont you be thrilled if that is wrong?
His son is a player on the JMU football team. Too bad Dad won’t be able to see the remainder of his son’s football career.
Spanberger needs to go back to jackboot germany from whence her dna oozed.
A. I support Ms Winsome-Sears.
B. The remarks made were rude and inappropriate.
C. I am NOT happy the man lost his good job because of remarks he made on his own time, in an activity that had nothing to do with his job.
He was not in a job where one is expected to always exhibit exemplary behavior 24/7.
He was not a Teacher/ Priest/ Cop or Doctor.
Best Case Scenario?
Man apologizes for public rant and gets his job back under ‘probationary status’.
**Last time I looked, America does not have laws on the book, ordering us to be ‘nice’ to each other in every way and all the time. Under penalty of losing your livlihood w/o any chance of appeal. Let’s not go all Robespierre here.
He didn’t lose his job because of a law. The free market led to his job loss.
I think she’s terrific — always have. Why won’t Trump endorse her?
Reverse the parties and this would be a major national news story with microphones being shoved in the faces of Republican officials nationwide being asked to “explain” the behavior of someone they’ve never met to further a narrative.
As it is, not even the AG scandal was covered on most national news networks - completely ignored. You can guess what would have happened had he been a Republican.
There is no issue here.
Don’t people get it yet? The Democrats were the supporters of slavery, Jim Crow and the KKK in the past.
Nothing has changed. Scratch a lefty and find a racist. That is what has always been and until the left changes, will always be.
I seem to recall people saying similar about Youngkin.
In the end, he only won by less than 2 percentage points; but he won.
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