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A turning point in the Virginia Election.

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By:  vic-eldred  •  last year  •  12 comments

A turning point in the Virginia Election.
Things are not as lopsided as people may have thought a few months ago," he said. "It is probably too close to call. Youngkin only won by less than two percent a couple of years ago, so the idea that 'Virginia can't vote republican,' or that 'It's going to only vote for democrats,' I think that both of those are not good lessons to go by."

A recent poll in the Virginia Gubernatorial race had shown that Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) narrowed Rep. Abigail Spanberger's lead from 17 to 7 points. The race has always been either a lean or likely for Spanberger the democrat to win it. The problem for Virginia is the northern portion of the state which has become a suburban haven for many federal government workers & officials who tend to be democrats.

However, a single unexpected even has occurred which may get the uninterested, suddenly interested (as far as voting.) 

One of the Spanberger supporters may have shown us all how the progressive left actually thinks.

This sign has gone viral:

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There it is: the party that wanted people to make race essential and have you vote based upon nothing else.

Will it turn independents against democrats?

Will it get people out to the polls?

Time will tell. We aren't that far from election day.


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Vic Eldred
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1  author  Vic Eldred    last year

I'm hoping that people notice.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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2  JohnRussell    last year
co-pilot

This image captures a provocative protest scene tied to the Virginia gubernatorial race, specifically involving Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, a Republican candidate. The central sign in the image reads:

“HEY WINSOME, IF TRANS CAN’T SHARE YOUR BATHROOM THEN BLACKS CAN’T SHARE MY WATER FOUNTAIN”

It’s a deliberately inflammatory statement meant to draw a parallel between modern anti-trans policies and Jim Crow-era racial segregation. The signholder appears to be criticizing perceived hypocrisy in civil rights discourse—suggesting that denying transgender individuals access to public facilities echoes the logic of racial exclusion.

🧠 Political Context

  • The image went viral in September 2025, during a heated phase of the Virginia election.

  • It was reportedly held by a Spanberger supporter, referencing Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate.

  • Conservative commentators seized on the image as evidence of what they called “extreme progressive rhetoric”, while others defended it as a civil rights analogy.

🔥 Online Reaction

  • The image sparked intense debate across social media and news platforms.

  • Some saw it as a powerful critique of anti-trans legislation; others viewed it as racially insensitive or politically manipulative.

  • It’s being used as a flashpoint in discussions about identity politics, bathroom access laws, and campaign messaging.

If you’d like, I can unpack how this fits into broader trends in protest symbolism or how bathroom laws have evolved in state politics.
 
 
 
JohnRussell
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2.1  JohnRussell  replied to  JohnRussell @2    last year

I dont understand why anyone thinks the image on one placard is relevant to anything. 

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2.1.1  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  JohnRussell @2.1    last year

A democrat threatening to bring back Jim Crow to a Black candidate isn't relevant?

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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2.1.2  JohnRussell  replied to  Vic Eldred @2.1.1    last year

I dont think you understand the purpose of the sign. 

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2.1.3  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  JohnRussell @2.1.2    last year

Wow, that's incredible.

Why not just accept the simple message: MS Earle-Sears, you either accept our trans people in the bathrooms they choose, or we will go back to denying the basic civil rights of black Americans.  

It seems that along with the threat, the left has also somehow equated somebody going into the bathroom of another's sex with race.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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2.1.4  JohnRussell  replied to  Vic Eldred @2.1.3    last year
MS Earle-Sears, you either accept our trans people in the bathrooms they choose, or we will go back to denying the basic civil rights of black Americans.  

Because that not what the message means. 

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2.1.5  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  JohnRussell @2.1.4    last year

Then explain it to us.

What does it mean?

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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2.1.6  JohnRussell  replied to  Vic Eldred @2.1.5    last year

support civil rights

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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2.1.7  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  JohnRussell @2.1.4    last year
Because that not what the message means

What?  What possible "other" meaning could that have?  

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2.1.8  author  Vic Eldred  replied to  JohnRussell @2.1.6    last year

Clearly it does not.

1) A black woman was threatened with her civil rights.

2) A biological boy in a girl's bathroom is not a civil right.


This is why democrats are polling so badly/


 
 
 
Nerm_L
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3  Nerm_L    last year

Not a good sign for Democratic candidates.

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(Sign.  As in protest sign.  Get it?  Sometimes I crack myself up.)

 
 

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