Why Virginia Needs a Fighter, Not a Fraud

Virginia isn’t deciding between two résumés; it’s deciding whether to hand the keys to a Marine who’s fought for this country or a politician who has made a career of marching in lockstep with Washington’s left. Winsome Earle-Sears has proven herself as a U.S. Marine and lieutenant governor. Abigail Spanberger has proven herself as a reliable vote for Nancy Pelosi’s agenda, no matter how disastrous the consequences.

Spanberger sells herself as the “CIA moderate” who stands above the partisan swamp. But her record tells the truth. When fentanyl and human trafficking are flooding across the border, she voted against the Secure the Border Act. When DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas presided over the worst border collapse in modern history, Spanberger voted to protect him. And when Congress had the chance to choke off Iranian oil profits funneled through China, she voted no. That’s not moderation—it’s malpractice. And it’s worse coming from her.

Spanberger isn’t some freshman who can plead ignorance. She’s a former CIA officer. She has read the files, seen the assessments, and knows firsthand what Iran and the Chinese Communist Party represent. For three decades, every American who glances at a newspaper has understood that Tehran bankrolls terror and Beijing undermines our security. Those of us who’ve worked at CIA know in granular, horrifying detail just how bad it is. Spanberger knows too—and still chose to side with the party line over America’s security. That isn’t leadership. That’s betrayal dressed up as “moderation.”

And now she’s doubled down. Just this week, Spanberger vowed that if elected governor, she will scrap Virginia’s cooperation with ICE agents—promising to repeal Governor Youngkin’s order requiring state and local law enforcement to coordinate with federal immigration authorities. She dressed it up in euphemisms about not “tearing families apart,” but Virginians know what that really means: shielding criminal aliens from deportation, hamstringing local police, and making the Commonwealth less safe. This is not compassion—it is abdication. For a former intelligence officer who has seen the classified briefings on cartel networks, terrorist infiltration routes, and the criminal pipelines that run through our borders, this stance is indefensible. She knows better. And yet she chooses politics over protection.

Spanberger loves to lean on her CIA background as if a résumé line from Langley can erase the reality of her voting record today. The truth is, she’s traded in the discipline of intelligence work for the soft cowardice of political convenience. She knows the threats America faces but votes as if she doesn’t. It’s the worst kind of hypocrisy: a leader who understands the stakes but still sides with the same crowd undermining our security.

On economics, she’s just as reckless. Her prize accomplishment is voting for the Inflation Reduction Act, the biggest climate boondoggle in history, shoveling billions into green projects while families in Virginia struggle with higher energy bills. She brags about her perfect score from environmental lobbyists like it’s a badge of honor. For working families, it’s a warning sign. Under her watch, affordability gets tossed aside for ideological crusades.

Spanberger’s entire brand is a con. She presents herself as reasonable while dutifully advancing the same policies that gave us weak borders, higher taxes, dangerous energy experiments, and soft-pedaled foreign policy. Strip away the CIA aura, and what’s left is a politician indistinguishable from Pelosi’s San Francisco machine. Virginians deserve better than a fraud in centrist clothing.

Winsome Earle-Sears, by contrast, doesn’t hide behind talking points. She’s a Marine who knows what service means. As lieutenant governor, she has already fought to expand school choice, to cut suffocating taxes, and to stand with law enforcement when it mattered. Her “Axe the Tax” campaign isn’t a slogan—it’s a promise to give Virginians their money back. And when she presides over the Senate, she does what Spanberger never could: lead decisively.

Spanberger represents the worst of Washington—slick, packaged, and hollow. Earle-Sears represents what Virginians actually want—security, prosperity, and leadership grounded in duty, not ambition. The choice is clear. If Virginia wants a governor who will protect families, defend borders, and govern with backbone, the answer is Winsome Earle-Sears. If Virginians want someone who knew better, saw the threats with her own eyes, and still chose to enable them, then Spanberger will be waiting with her talking points and her rubber stamp.

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