I'm not certain that Abigail Spanberger is in deep trouble--the gamblers at Polymarket and Kalshi give her about a 95% chance of winning, but at the very least, we know that her campaign is doing badly. Her electoral prospects are buoyed by the government shutdown and Virginia's tendency to switch the party in power every gubernatorial election.
The pundits at MSNBC are worried, though, and they think they know why Spanberger's message, such as it is, is landing with a thud: misogyny.
Morning Joe: The reason Abigail Spanberger is struggling is because Americans are sexist; "other countries have no problem electing women" pic.twitter.com/3CmMLhQKKD
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 22, 2025
No. Really. Voters aren't enthusiastic about this personality-free candidate with radical positions on social issues because they think poorly of women.
Winsome Sears has something to say about that.
Who wants to tell them? https://t.co/oYIEsTA8dF
— Winsome Earle-Sears (@winwithwinsome) October 22, 2025
Democrats have three answers to every problem: racism, sexism, and transphobia are the root of all their problems. Americans are not enlightened enough to see that the Democrats are the party of compassion and tolerance, which is obviously why the only solution is to shoot us all in the neck.
🚨WOW 😵💫. The woman caught MOCKING Charlie Kirk’s assassination has been identified as Lucy Martinez — a Chicago Public School teacher.
— Lenka White (@white_lenka) October 19, 2025
How can such people be teaching kids or be anywhere near them???? pic.twitter.com/EzZKMuK2Ds
When Amy Curtis wrote about this conversation this morning, I was a bit taken aback until I thought about it. If Winsome Sears were a Democrat running for governor and she had hit a tough patch in her campaign, we would hear the same complaint, only with a dash of "racism" thrown into the mix, right?
"Virginians are too intolerant to elect a black immigrant woman!" She would be the dream candidate for Dems, right? Except that she is a Republican, and therefore neither black nor female, since these are ideological and not biological categories in the Democrats' mind. Black Republicans literally do not exist, because being "black" requires being a Democrat, just as being a "woman" is. Or, for that matter, being gay requires you to be a Democrat.
Notice how not a one of those panelists even thought to question the idea that Spanberger isn't exactly loved because of her gender. It obviously could have nothing to do with her being a personality-free radical running on a platform of "rage" and putting sex offenders into girls' locker rooms.
Abigail Spanberger voted against parents knowing if their child is being transitioned, falling behind, or facing violence.
— Winsome Earle-Sears (@winwithwinsome) October 22, 2025
I’ll always stand with parents. Abigail never will. pic.twitter.com/16HtcCAvfj
Spanberger would be in deeper trouble if Winsome Earle-Sears were a better campaigner. While she is solid on the issues and well-loved among Republicans, she just hasn't connected with the voters in the middle. That is partly due to the shutdown, of course. Virginia has a ton of federal workers, but it is partly due to her not being as smooth a talker as Glenn Youngkin, the current governor. Youngkin is a conservative who sounds like a moderate, while Sears is a conservative who sounds like a conservative.
Winsome Unleashed: Earle-Sears Dominates With Takedowns of Abigail Spanberger and a 'Boss' New Adhttps://t.co/MLuDwujnR3
— RedState (@RedState) October 22, 2025
Northern Virginians shudder at the idea of anybody proudly holding an AR-15, even if they had been a Marine.
Spanberger is, on paper, more their speed. She's softer, and the professional class likes that. If only she could answer questions and not be so AWFL.
WATCH: Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger when asked about why she supports men being in girl’s locker rooms responds with 2 minute and 45 second word salad.
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) October 12, 2025
She even goes as far as to defend NoVa schools that are full of sex pests like Richard Cox:
“They are following the… pic.twitter.com/CwKYSlkcZp
If Spanberger loses—I sincerely hope she does—it will be despite the fact that she is a woman, not because of it. It is not her gender that is the problem, but her inability to separate herself from Jay Jones and her radical positions on social issues.
Leftists can't look that reality in the eye, so they grasp for their standard answer to all their troubles: Americans suck. If only we were more enlightened, the AWFLs would rule the world.
Imagine Mika Brzezinskis in every office.
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