Winsome Earle-Sears: “If we had had just, what, seven senators who are Democrats…”

“Speaking of the economy, President Trump recently announced thousands of new federal layoffs, many of which are certain to impact Virginia families. Do you support the cuts? Here's what I support. We need to get rid of the government shutdown. If we had had just, what, seven senators who are Democrats who came forward and said we're going to keep federal workers working, then none of this would be happening. We wouldn't be talking about this right now. My opponent, on the other hand, Abigail Spamberger, all summer long has been running ads claiming that she loves federal workers more than anybody else.” (04:54–05:06)

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