The Virginia governor’s race has entered a critical stage, with early voting already underway. Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears is hammering Abigail Spanberger on the same issue that helped propel Glenn Youngkin to victory in 2021: whether biological males should be allowed into women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports.
At a Fairfax County rally this weekend, Spanberger was pressed face-to-face on the matter by a local ABC affiliate reporter who had tried for months to get a straight answer.
“Since July, I’ve been asking Abigail Spanberger’s campaign team an email, where does she stand on this issue, and her campaign has not directly answered that question. Now, this issue of students at school using locker rooms and bathrooms based on their gender identity versus their biological sex has literally become a federal case involving the five largest school systems in Northern Virginia.”
When finally asked directly whether she supports biological males in women’s spaces, Spanberger pivoted into talking points about Donald Trump and education dollars, without answering the question.
“So can you tell us directly? Do you support biological males who say they’re women, using women’s locker rooms and bathrooms and competing in women’s sports?”Spanberger: “Well, the circumstances this legal case plays out is really one of… there needs to be much clearer guidance in terms of what is an executive order’s binding assessment of Title IX, versus what has been a decision of a court. But ultimately, the real impact here is, once again, it is the Trump administration taking dollars away from Virginia, threatening education dollars to our public schools.”
The reporter tried again:
“But do you personally support these policies? Support them?”
Instead of clarity, Spanberger offered no direct response.
Another overlapping video shows her dodging repeated, blunt questions from the same reporter.
“Do you support these locker room or bathroom policies? Congresswoman, why can’t you answer this question directly? Congresswoman, Congresswoman, do you support these bathroom and locker rooms? Why can’t you answer these questions directly?”
She never did.
This refusal is no small matter. Bathroom and locker room policies, along with transgender participation in women’s sports, became flashpoints in Virginia politics four years ago, fueling parental outrage that helped elect Youngkin. Now, Winsome Sears is betting the same issue could close what polls show is a significant gap between her and Spanberger.
Early voting began yesterday. With Spanberger unwilling or unable to answer a simple question on where she stands, the controversy is already being wrapped tightly around her campaign.
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