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Winsome Earle-Sears: “The people of Texas, we owe them a debt of gratitude because…”

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Published October 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 12:58

Don't believe it. They're not really doing that. No, no. Your eyes are fooling you. So I wanted to see. And let me tell you, The people of Texas, we owe them a debt of gratitude because they spent $15 billion of their own tax money to protect us. Money that the Biden administration never returned to them. Never. Can you imagine you and your tax money being used to protect the border? Isn't that a federal function? Exactly. (12:58–13:10)

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“The battery life, by the way, for solar and for wind, 46 hours.”
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“We've already given you back $9 billion and we're going to keep doing that.”
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“In Maryland, folks with a Democrat governor, they are now $3 billion in the hole.”
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“We had a $10 billion surplus so far since we've been in office.”
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“We're finally going to get rid of the car tax.”
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“Governor Youngkin put it in his budget to get rid of [the car tax].”
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“Democrats said no [to eliminating the car tax].”
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“Democrats always want more of your tax money because when they won back the House and kept the Senate last year, they immediately put in a…”
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“It's costing you almost a million dollars because you got to pay us to show up, you got to pay us to lodge, you got to pay us for travel…”
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“Abigail Spamberger was offered $150,000 by the Democrat Redistricting Organization.”
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“Abigail Spamberger sold out for Virginia for $150,000.”
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“Abigail voted to keep our borders open.”
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“Drugs came across, fentanyl, which was killing so many Virginians every week, child sex trafficking came across.”
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“Money that the Biden administration never returned to them.”
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“My father had to prove that he was not going to be a burden on the American people.”
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“Abigail Spamberger voted against that when she voted against again the Lake and Riley Act.”
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“She also voted to lessen the penalties when crimes are committed in dc.”
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“I have more than 80 plus sheriffs all over our great commonwealth who are supporting me.”
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“We decompressed their pay and gave them more pay and made them know that we care about them.”
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“She voted to take money from AOC's PAC, which said, sign here that you are Going to defund the police.”
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“She voted for a bill which defunded the police and also got rid of their qualified immunity.”
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“Merck is investing $3.5 billion in Virginia.”
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“AstraZeneca is investing $4.5 billion in Virginia.”
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“Every single Democrat voted for what we call the Clean Economy act in Virginia, and it immediately drove up our energy costs.”
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“I will repeal the Virginia Clean Economy act because all it's doing is cleaning out our pocketbooks.”
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