VIRGINIA – As GOP primary chaos and Donald Trump’s attacks on Virginia jobs continue, Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign has become unresponsive, declining to comment on breaking stories affecting Virginia’s economy and outright ignoring requests. The shyness follows Sears defending Trump’s attacks on Virginia workers, saying that Virginians facing layoffs will “be all right,” and an especially messy week in the GOP primary as Dave LaRock and Amanda Chase entered the race.

See more about the Sears campaign refusing to comment: 

• Washington Post: Amanda Chase, self-described ‘Trump in heels,’ files for Virginia governor
• Dave Abrams, a senior adviser to Earle-Sears, declined to comment on Chase’s entry.

• Boston Globe: Virginia will bear the brunt of DOGE cuts. And with an election this year, it’s also a bellwether on Trump and Musk.
• Her campaign did not respond to requests for comment or an interview.

• ABC News: Could the federal layoffs impact the Virginia governor race? 
• ABC News reached out to Virginia's Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, who is running against Spanberger for governor, about the federal job cuts in Virginia and its effect on the race, but did not hear back by the time of publication.

• NBC News: Federal layoffs shake up Virginia ahead of 2025 governor's race
• Her campaign declined to comment for this story.