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Earle-Sears campaign bus catches fire en route to event
The Hill ^ | 10/30/25 3:40 PM ET | Ashleigh Fields

Posted on 10/30/2025 3:10:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R), who’s running for governor, said Thursday her campaign bus caught fire while traveling to an event in the final stretch before Election Day. 

“While en-route to an event, our campaign bus caught fire. Everyone is safe,” Earle-Sears wrote in a Thursday statement on social platform X. 

“Thank you to the first responders who got to the scene quickly — we are so grateful for you,” she added.

Her Democratic opponent, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (Va.), expressed relief that no one was hurt.

“I’m relieved to hear @winwithwinsome and her team are safe after her campaign bus caught on fire this afternoon,” Spanberger wrote in a post on X.

“I’m grateful to our first responders for their quick action — and I’m thinking of the Lt. Governor and her team after this scary incident,” she continued.

Spanberger and Earle-Sears have been locked in a contentious battle for the governor’s mansion, with the Democrat leading her opponent in recent polls.

The Democrat’s campaign was rocked recently by revelations that the Democratic attorney general candidate, Jay Jones, had sent text messages back in 2022 suggesting he wanted to shoot Virginia’s House Speaker at the time, a Republican.

Earle-Sears aggressively pressed Spanberger about the scandal at a debate earlier this month, repeatedly calling on the Democrat to urge Jones to drop out. Spanberger has not done so.

Virginia voters have until Tuesday to head to the polls, joining voters in New Jersey, New York and other states.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antifa; blmdemocratterrorism; democratterrorists; spammingfr

1 posted on 10/30/2025 3:10:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m not sure they need to go this far to defeat her, but maybe after 2 rounds of Trump, they’re not taking any chances.


2 posted on 10/30/2025 3:11:39 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

CIA?


3 posted on 10/30/2025 3:14:52 PM PDT by GMMC0987
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This was intentional. The dems are trying to intimidate and throw blocks in her way. And my tinfoil hat is blinking red.


4 posted on 10/30/2025 3:25:05 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They burn Teslas, they burn churches, federal buildings, cities to try to get what they want….. would not be surprised if they burned the bus


5 posted on 10/30/2025 3:26:51 PM PDT by Bulwinkle (Bulwinkle, a.k.a. Daffy Duck )
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To: BobL

“I’m not sure they need to go this far “

In Georgia, the fiance’ of the daughter of Kemp, or one of his cohorts, was blown up in his car to “encourage” the pol to turn on Trump — which he did.

You’re right, though, they don’t NEED to go this far, but they do.


6 posted on 10/30/2025 3:28:55 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Spanberger was taught to be a professional liar by the CIA.


7 posted on 10/30/2025 3:50:06 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This kind of stuff is getting out of hand


8 posted on 10/30/2025 3:56:22 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
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To: MayflowerMadam

“the fiance’ of the daughter of Kemp”

Yep, it was her, not even a cohort. I once tried figure out the odds of it being random. It came out to be something like 1 in a million (or even lower), when you factor in the odds of being killed that way in one’s lifetime, the number of people in his position, the short time window (2 weeks).

...and yes, he wasn’t too happy about the ‘extra ballots’ being pulled out from under the table...but flipped, after the ‘message’ was sent.

Even, TO THIS DAY, the Republicans don’t seem to be bothered by it.


9 posted on 10/30/2025 4:12:14 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

God bless her and all in her campaign, helping her and her family.


10 posted on 10/30/2025 4:15:15 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: tired&retired; All

How DOES a boring blase’ acting “Blasey-Ford” type of chickie go from getting a Postal Inspector’s job (through her daddy who was one also, btw) at USPS.. to a Operations Division (aka Clandestine division) with the Clowns In Action in the ME where she “gathered intelligence” (super chick “spy” stuff can’t tell about, because it was certainly NOT important) but had no real operational job (as in insertion teams in country undercover etc). She certainly wasn’t even as much as Valerie Plame (who was really not anything at all except a willing tool for dem liars with a clown a@@ husband. Remember her and the “yellow cake” uranium episode with cray cray husband— WMDs in Iraq and all that? A very public “secret agent”- known in public)

So, NAACP says vote for the whitey chick because she runs de plantation of jive. Blacks in VA are NOT falling for this crap. The Marine Winsome Sears has commanded troops and is articulate and not permanently looking like she smells “wal mart” dog crap types (Like Strozk said he smelled... in wal-mart. The things I remember, the arrogance).

So yeah, Spanberger has ZERO capabilities in running the Old Dominion State. No freaking way! Fight like Hell, VA!


11 posted on 10/30/2025 4:17:51 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hmmmmm....suspicious???


12 posted on 10/30/2025 4:20:27 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Accidentally on purpose?


13 posted on 10/30/2025 4:34:41 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: Ann Archy

“Her Democratic opponent, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (Va.), expressed relief that no one was hurt.”
BS her operatives planned it.
When demoncrats get desperate, nothing is off the table.
We all know it.


14 posted on 10/30/2025 4:35:04 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: GMMC0987
CIA

Stands for Clear Intimidation Action

Actually just a coincidence.

15 posted on 10/30/2025 4:37:52 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Her Democratic opponent, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (Va.), expressed relief that no one was hurt.

Oh, we'll bet you are.

16 posted on 10/30/2025 5:14:30 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (To live free is the greatest gift; to die free is the greatest victory. —Erica Kirk)
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17 posted on 10/30/2025 5:15:54 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (To live free is the greatest gift; to die free is the greatest victory. —Erica Kirk)
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To: GMMC0987

Spamigail Spookburger


18 posted on 10/30/2025 6:54:00 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: doc maverick

There was a story on Free Republic on how the VA legislature was (maliciously, obstructively) called into session this last week, so that Winsome Sears has had to attend, and has not had time to attend her campaign events.


19 posted on 10/30/2025 8:53:19 PM PDT by JeemBeau
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To: JeemBeau

They know she close to winning and will do anything to prevent it. I hope she has good security!


20 posted on 10/30/2025 9:24:37 PM PDT by doc maverick
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