{"id":1056351,"date":"2025-10-02T14:19:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056351"},"modified":"2025-10-02T14:19:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:19:25","slug":"as-trump-gears-up-for-mass-firings-winsome-earle-sears-refuses-to-tell-trump-not-to-fire-federal-workers-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-gears-up-for-mass-firings-winsome-earle-sears-refuses-to-tell-trump-not-to-fire-federal-workers-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"As Trump Gears Up for Mass Firings, Winsome Earle-Sears Refuses To Tell Trump Not To Fire Federal Workers in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As Donald Trump and his administration gear up<\/a> to fire federal workers en masse in \u201cthe next day or two,\u201d Winsome Earle-Sears once again threw hard-working Virginians under the bus this week by refusing<\/a> three times to tell Trump not to fire Virginians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make no mistake, after already assaulting Virginia\u2019s workforce through DOGE, the looming cuts will disproportionately harm the Commonwealth, which is home to hundreds of thousands<\/a> of federal employees. Virginia is not only the state with the third-largest<\/a> number of federal employees, but it also has the largest number<\/a> of federal contractors, whom Trump also continues to target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A reminder: Over 32,000<\/a> hard-working Virginians are on track to lose their jobs thanks to DOGE. Meanwhile, Earle-Sears stumped<\/a> with one of the chief architects of DOGE this month, and earlier this year, she callously remarked that losing a job \u201chappens all of the time.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, <\/em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWinsome Earle-Sears doesn\u2019t care about the hundreds of thousands of Virginians who are terrified that they are about to be fired en masse by Donald Trump. Instead, Earle-Sears continues to defend Trump and his billionaire-first agenda, which has already forced Virginia\u2019s economy into crisis. Trump\u2019s assault on the federal workforce is a direct assault on the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Winsome Earle Sears\u2019 refusal to hold him accountable is disqualifying. Virginians deserve a champion who will create opportunity, make Virginians\u2019 lives easier, and make the Commonwealth more affordable \u2014 and that leader is Abigail Spanberger.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Donald Trump and his administration gear up to fire federal workers en masse in \u201cthe next day or two,\u201d Winsome Earle-Sears once again threw hard-working Virginians under the bus this week by refusing three times to tell Trump not to fire Virginians. Make no mistake, after already assaulting Virginia\u2019s workforce through DOGE, the looming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAs Trump Gears Up for Mass Firings, Winsome Earle-Sears Refuses To Tell Trump Not To Fire Federal Workers in Virginia - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-gears-up-for-mass-firings-winsome-earle-sears-refuses-to-tell-trump-not-to-fire-federal-workers-in-virginia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-02T18:19:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jared Carmeli\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jared Carmeli\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-gears-up-for-mass-firings-winsome-earle-sears-refuses-to-tell-trump-not-to-fire-federal-workers-in-virginia\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-gears-up-for-mass-firings-winsome-earle-sears-refuses-to-tell-trump-not-to-fire-federal-workers-in-virginia\/\",\"name\":\"As Trump Gears Up for Mass Firings, Winsome Earle-Sears Refuses To Tell Trump Not To Fire Federal Workers in Virginia - 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