Earle-Sears urges Spanberger not to be a ‘coward’ in talking about shutdown

Virginia s Republican nominee for governor Lt Gov Winsome Earle-Sears reported her Democratic opponent Abigail Spanberger requirements to put her money where her mouth is when it comes to standing up for federal workers Earle-Sears described WTOP s Nick Iannelli on Friday that the regime shutdown affecting federal employees across the state and particularly in Northern Virginia is not about politics but leadership It comes just a couple days after WTOP spoke with Spanberger who explained Earle-Sears should be focused on standing up for Virginia jobs as lieutenant governor instead of blaming Democrats for the shutdown Listen to Earle-Sears full conversation and read the transcript below toggle audio on and off change volume download audio Virginia's Republican Lieutenant Gov and nominee for governor Winsome Earle-Sears speaks with WTOP's Nick Iannelli about the ruling body shutdown and its impact on the gubernatorial polling function ' wtop-audio-container fa-play' on 'click' function var audio filename 'div wtop-audio-file' figures mp -url if typeof gtag function gtag 'event' 'post audio' 'play' audio filename 'permalink' window location href The transcript below has been lightly edited for clarity Source