Multiple lawmakers have denounced racist messages aimed at Virginia’s Lt. Col. Wyn Earl Sears.
Among those who condemned the signs were Virginia Governor Glen Youngkin (R), Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R), Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), and Burgess Owens (R-UT), all reacting to the signs that targeted Earl Sears.
One side of a sign read, “Hey, you have a gender-neutral bathroom in your home.” The other side claimed, “If trans people can’t share your bathroom, black people can’t share my water fountain.”
Protesters organized demonstrations outside an Arlington Board of Education meeting. Earl Sears expressed, “We opposed Arlington Public Schools’ transgender locker room and bathroom policy,” as reported by ABC7 News.
“I’m here with you. I’m going to tell you what’s going on in our schools,” Earl Sears addressed the school board. “It’s dangerous, it’s insane, and it must be stopped. The reality is: There are two genders—boy and girl.”
Outside the board meeting, protesters supported the policy supporting bathroom access based on chosen gender identity.
“Liberal hypocrisy is on display again,” Youngkin remarked in a post on X.
“This kind of garbage has no place in America,” wrote Kemp.
“My family endured Jim Crow and survived. Now, the left is playing dress-up with it,” noted Scott.
“Growing up in Jim Crow South, I was directed to specific water fountains,” Owens shared. “The left is keen to send boys into girls’ bathrooms, even using the horrors of racism to push their agenda.”
“The sheer foolishness of the sign is evident,” commented Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). “But where are the leading Democrats to address this? Are they in agreement or hiding?”
In a post on X, Earl Sears expressed being “fed up, but not surprised,” adding, “There’s no room for this vile hatred in our Federation.”
“I’m exhausted by it, but not caught off guard,” she said. “This is what the so-called ‘tolerant’ left stands for. I am the sitting lieutenant governor, a former Marine, and most importantly, a human being. Hatred has no place here.”
Former Representative Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat challenging Earl Sears in the Virginia governor race, labeled the signs seen in Arlington as “racist and appalling.”
“As I mentioned yesterday, the signs displayed in Arlington were deeply racist,” stated Spanberger. “Many Virginians remember the segregated fountains, schools, and other aspects of our state’s recent past. Regardless of one’s beliefs, these messages risk recalling the era of Jim Crow.”
“The message on this sign brings back the anguish associated with racism and segregation,” Virginia Senator Ghazala Hashmi (D) remarked. “We all have a duty to foster community unity and reject every form of prejudice.”
