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Virginia Second Gentleman Terence Sears rallied with the GOP ticket in his wife’s stead on Friday, as Democrats continued to pull Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears off the campaign trail in order to have her preside over their last-minute redistricting amendment session.
The typically soft-spoken Sears fumed at party politicking as he headlined an event at the Obenshain family farm in Montgomery County – not far from Virginia Tech.
The rally was supposed to feature his wife, who was instead stuck 200 miles further down US-460 at the state capitol.
Sears said a similar situation occurred in Fredericksburg on Thursday, during which – while Richmond is only an hour south along I-95 – Democrats’ activities kept Earle-Sears in the Senate president’s chair.
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Virginia Second Gentleman Terence Sears looks on during a rally in Vienna, Va., July 1, 2025. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“I was pissed off because of what the Democrats have done to my wife,” Sears, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant, said.
Sears said Earle-Sears was looking forward to the rally – hosted by a prominent Virginia Republican family, whose kin currently represent Blacksburg, Shawsville, Harrisonburg and Luray in the legislature.
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“She would’ve loved to have been here with you – but you see the games that they’re playing and the shenanigans that they’re pulling to keep her off the campaign trail … If you do not want to become Maryland or California, then you need to get out there and vote,” he said, adding that he came all the way from their home in Winchester, several hours north near the Old Line State itself, to stump in Southside Virginia.
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Sears said that his wife and fellow ticket-mates would help Virginia remain a safe place to live and put a focus on educational advancement.
Del. Chris Obenshain, R-Blacksburg, and Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., were also featured at the event.
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Griffith – who could be the only remaining Republican in Virginia’s congressional delegation if a map highlighted by Senate President pro-tem L. Louise Lucas comes to pass – lambasted the current redistricting effort and special session being held as people are already actively voting.
Before he introduced lieutenant governor candidate John Reid, Griffith offered an aside about Reid’s father he said rang true amid the current partisan turmoil in Richmond.
Griffith said former House Minority Whip Jack Reid, R-Powhatan, found Democrats’ behavior to become such that Jack Reid began handing out “B.S. Deflector” sunglasses during session – and suggesting they could be useful in the current controversial situation.
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“When the speaker does something really stupid, we’re going to put on these B.S. Deflectors,” Griffith recounted Reid telling the GOP conference back when they were in the state House together.
It wasn’t too long after that the shades became needed, Griffith recounted.
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“Jack gives us all the signal, we put on these sunglasses. The media wants to know what’s going on and Jack goes out and says ‘we call B.S. when we see – and that ruling by the speaker was B.S’.”
“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” Griffith quipped, introducing John Reid.
