CHANTILLY, VA –-(Ammoland.com)- Virginia elected the first woman of color to the Lt. Governor position in the Commonwealth. And she is pro-gun and pro-liberty.
Winsome Sears caused a stir earlier in the campaign cycle when she posed for her campaign picture with her personal AR-15. Her opponent, Hala Ayala, and the Democrat party attacked her for the picture, but she leaned into it instead of backing away from her pro-gun stance. She refused to apologize for her no-compromise stance on gun rights.
Sears was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1964. When she was six years old, her father chose to emigrate to the United States with $1.75 in his pocket to chase his American dream. He took any odd job he could in the Bronx as he continued with his education with hopes of working his way out of poverty.
Her family instilled a sense of American pride in Sears, so much so that she joined the United States Marine Corps. She served as an electrician and diesel mechanic in the Corps. Her father’s emphasis on education was passed onto Sears. She obtained B.A. in English with a minor in economics from Old Dominion University, and a master’s in organizational leadership from Regent University.
After her service to the country was complete, she felt the need to continue giving back to her adopted country. She ran a homeless shelter where she helped people in their most dire time of need. This service wasn’t enough for Sears, and she wanted to continue to give back to her community and her state.
Lieutenant governor-elect Sears has a history of breaking down walls in elections. She was the first woman of Jamaican origin to win any state seat in Virginia. In 2002, she defeated incumbent Billy Robinson (D) to win the House of Delegate seat for the 90th District.
After she chose not to seek reelection, Sears served on the Virginia Board of Education. She would take a national position when then-President George W. Bush appointed her to the U.S. Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Women Veterans. She also served as the national chair of Black Americans to Re-elect the President in 2020.
After years of service, Sears opened a plumbing, electrical, and appliance repair business in Winchester, VA. But she was drawn back into the political world when she felt a calling to run for Lieutenant Governor. Virginia was a blue state, and it would take a herculean effort to win the office, but she was convinced she could turn Virginia red.
But Sears is a Marine, and Marines improvise. She turned out the vote by standing by her beliefs. That includes the right to bear arms. Instead of walking the line on guns, she let everyone know where she stood. Over and over again, she would tell reporters that she was an “ardent supporter” of gun rights and opposed things like red flag laws.
With Sears as the Lt. Governor, Youngkin as Governor (I was promised in his campaign office that he would be the most pro-gun Governor in Virginia history, and I intend to keep him to it), Jason Miyares as Attorney General, and the House of Delegates in Republican control, we can start pushing for pro-gun bills in Virginia.
Next year, we take back the Virginia Senate!
About John Crump
John is a NRA instructor and a constitutional activist. John has written about firearms, interviewed people of all walks of life, and on the Constitution. John lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and sons and can be followed on Twitter at @crumpyss, or at www.crumpy.com.
To the author, obviously not a Marine: It’s Marine, not marine. And, it’s Corps, not corp. We are not a corporation.
Otherwise, a fine description of a fine American and her family is equally admirable; her husband als is a Marine and their two daughters reflect the qualities of their parents.
As expected, the communists are vilifying and excoriating Ms. Sears. Par for the course for patriotic minorities who choose to think, not follow the herd.
Ralph
USMC 1958-’61
Everything that her family and she did … that is the way to revolt!
nancy polosi called Lt Col. Alan West that nigger from florida in front of naacp in comifornia they cheered, so there are lots of stupid people glad Virginia has some smart and free thinking ones
someone needs to build her a red white and blue ar black barrel and recoil tube , lady liberty would be a good name for it
Is she a member of nra ,?
Has she given her permission for the nra to high jack her pic for its own shameless self promotion?
The nra has become a criminal organization, not at all unlike Jesse Jackson’s rainbow coalition.
The nra is so impotent it has to resort to attaching its self to unaffiliated successes like a blood sucking leech..
You guys should be ashamed.
But the nra has no shame.
Now that there is funny.