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Virginia lieutenant governor nominee scrubs extreme views on guns, abortion from website
By Josh Israel -September 13, 2021 12:15 PM
Winsome Sears' website quietly removed mentions of her opposition to abortion rights, gun safety, and voting rights in recent weeks.
Earlier this summer, Winsome Sears, the GOP nominee for lieutenant governor of Virginia, made clear on her website issues page that she was a fierce opponent of abortion rights and gun control and a strong supporter of school vouchers and voter suppression legislation.
Now none of those positions are even mentioned.
Sears, a far-right activist who won a single term in the state legislature in 2001 before running unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives, won the nomination for lieutenant governor on May 8 during ranked voting at the state Republican Party's nominating convention.
Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.
https://americanindependent.com/anti-abortion-virginia-lieutenant-governor-election-winsome-sears-hala-ayala-glenn-youngkin/