Virginia leaders condemn racist sign aimed at Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears over bathroom policy

Virginia leaders from both parties have condemned a racist sign aimed at Lt Gov Winsome Earle-Sears which was raised during a protest outside a school board meeting where she was speaking Earle-Sears the Republican nominee in the state s gubernatorial race spoke at the Arlington County school board meeting on Thursday which was reviewing its transgender bathroom strategy Outside the meeting where a transgender rights rally was being held a person displayed a racist sign directed at Earle-Sears The protester's poster which has gone viral on social media and sparked outrage from across the political spectrum read Hey Winsome if trans can t share your bathroom then Blacks can t share my water fountain POLITICAL ACTIVIST CJ PEARSON SAYS WHITE LIBERALS ARE STARTING TO FEAR THEY'RE LOSING 'POWER' OVER BLACKSGovernor Glenn Youngkin defended Earle-Sears on X on Thursday blasting what he labeled as the hypocrisy of the liberal left Winsome is so much bigger than this idiocy Youngkin added Attorney General Jason Miyares joined in writing on X This is wrong Winsome Earle-Sears and Virginia deserve better VIRGINIA LT GOVERNOR ON WHY HER STATE IS AT JEOPARDY OF LOSING FEDERAL FUNDING OVER TRANSGENDER BATHROOMSVirginia state Sen Ghazala Hashmi who is also the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor denounced the poster saying it evokes the pain of racism segregation and Jim Crow-era ugliness These sentiments are unacceptable Hashmi mentioned on X We each have a responsibility to move our communities to unity and to reject all forms of bigotry In a post to X Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones echoed the other leaders' sentiments calling the sign a horrific display of racism VIRGINIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS PROMOTION FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS' RIGHTS IN GOVERNOR'S RACE SPOTLIGHT My parents grew up during the height of segregation in America Jones explained This horrific display of racism is wrong and unacceptable It has no place in our communities or politics period Republican lieutenant governor nominee John Reid wrote on X There s no place for hate here in Virginia This is wrong Will Abigail Spanberger or Ghazala Hashmi condemn racist attacks like this Sen Minority Leader Ryan McDougle took to X to write The tolerant left strikes again In an X post Sen Schuyler Van Valkenburg wrote Two wrongs don t make a right Been teaching my kids and students that for years In the age of Trump it s easy to get in the gutter We should insist on betting the better angels of our nature CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPDel Mike Cherry R-Chesterfield reported on X Wow Sad Earle-Sears' opponent former Rep Abigail Spanberger D-Va also condemned the sign calling it racist abhorrent and unacceptable but Earle-Sears felt that her response should have been stronger A very weak response from a very weak person who we know cannot lead Virginia as governor Earle-Sears asserted She's certainly come out of hiding when she should have a long time ago come out and defended so numerous things that are so wrong and she's been absent