Winsome Earle-Sears leads GOP ticket in final 'elevator pitch' to voters before Election Day

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears led the state's Republican ticket in delivering a final message to voters ahead of Ballot Day on Monday Earle-Sears and her fellow candidates made the comments during a gaggle with reporters at a campaign event inside a Virginia diner A reporter sought Earle-Sears what her elevator pitch would be to convince any Virginia voter who still remains on the fence about her race against Democrat Abigail Spanberger Do you like what we've been doing in Virginia Well Abigail Spanberger was never part of it She hasn't been part of creating any of these jobs She hasn't been part of helping Virginia to remain safe and secure Earle-Sears disclosed calling Spanberger soft on crime She then handed the question off to Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares who is running to keep his position Miyares pointed to extensive economic and job rise that has been secured under the leadership of Gov Glenn Youngkin and Earle-Sears as lieutenant governor WINSOME EARLE-SEARS REBUKES SPANBERGER PLAN TO UNDO VIRGINIA S ICE PACT THIS IS NOT HARD We've seen the majority remarkable four-year turnaround that any state has seen in modern American history Miyares declared We've gone from almost the bottom in job creation we've been one of the last to open our schools We had eight straight years up until of more individuals moving out of Virginia than moving to Virginia something that had not happened in over years And you've seen this remarkable turnaround billion in new funding that's coming to Virginia That's greater than the last four governors combined One and a half job openings for every Virginian looking for a job The highest labor force participation rate we've ever seen he added Miyares went on to point to his own record as the state's top prosecutor saying he slashed murder rates that were at a -year high when he entered office and put more cops on the streets to target repeat violent offenders SPANBERGER DEFENDS ABORTION AD CRITICIZING SEARS AFTER BERNIE WARNS AGAINST HIGHLIGHTING ISSUEMonday morning's campaign event came after Spanberger held a rally in Falls Church Virginia on Sunday night featuring Virginia Sens Tim Kaine and Mark Warner The final days before Balloting Day have seen Democrats trying to keep Earle-Sears off of the campaign trail by forcing her to remain in the state's capital Her husband Terrance Sears blasted Democrats at a rally last week as legislators tied down the gubernatorial candidate with redistricting efforts I was pissed off because of what the Democrats have done to my wife Sears a retired Marine Corps lieutenant at the Oct rally And let me tell you that I'm thoroughly pissed off now She would've loved to have been here with you but you see the games that they re playing and the shenanigans that they re pulling to keep her off the campaign trail If you do not want to become Maryland or California then you need to get out there and vote he announced Fox News' Charles Creitz contributed to this document