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While even Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin previously called on Winsome Earle-Sears\u2019 running mate, John Reid, to drop out after it surfaced<\/a> that an account allegedly linked to Reid has repeatedly<\/a> shared<\/a> pro-Nazi and racist content on his social media account, Winsome Earle-Sears still refuses to condemn Reid\u2019s posts or call on him to drop out as more details have come to light. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, <\/em>DNC Spokesperson Albert Fujii released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWinsome Earle-Sears\u2019 refusal to condemn her running mate\u2019s pro-Nazi, racist rhetoric is deeply disturbing and disqualifying, yet ultimately unsurprising. While Earle-Sears continues to refuse to condemn Donald Trump and John Reid\u2019s extreme behavior that harms Virginians, Abigail Spanberger is fighting to make Virginia more affordable and welcoming to everyone. Virginians deserve a champion like Spanberger who will fight for them, and not Donald Trump and his creepy buddies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While even Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin previously called on Winsome Earle-Sears\u2019 running mate, John Reid, to drop out after it surfaced that an account allegedly linked to Reid has repeatedly shared pro-Nazi and racist content on his social media account, Winsome Earle-Sears still refuses to condemn Reid\u2019s posts or call on him to drop out […]<\/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-1056394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWinsome Earle-Sears Refuses to Condemn Running Mate\u2019s Pro-Nazi, Racist Social Media Posts - 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\/winsome-earle-sears-refuses-to-condemn-running-mates-pro-nazi-racist-social-media-posts\/\" \/>\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=\"2025-10-03T20:39:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-03T20:39:38+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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/winsome-earle-sears-refuses-to-condemn-running-mates-pro-nazi-racist-social-media-posts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/winsome-earle-sears-refuses-to-condemn-running-mates-pro-nazi-racist-social-media-posts\/\",\"name\":\"Winsome Earle-Sears Refuses to Condemn Running Mate\u2019s Pro-Nazi, Racist Social Media Posts - 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