"The event, scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., comes as Spanberger, a three-term former congresswoman and the Democratic nominee for governor, escalates her contrast with Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, who has repeatedly said she opposes marriage equality on "moral and religious grounds." During the candidates' recent televised debate, Earle-Sears said that her opposition to marriage equality and to protections against firing LGBTQ+ people because of who they are was "not discrimination.""
"The clash over LGBTQ+ rights and the backlash to President Donald Trump's second term have placed Virginia's off-year election into the national spotlight. A spokesperson told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that "Pete knows and understands the stakes for the election this November," describing the race as pivotal for working families and for protecting health care access amid federal spending cuts and the ongoing government shutdown."
Pete Buttigieg will join Abigail Spanberger at a Charlottesville get-out-the-vote rally on October 21, two weeks before Virginians elect a governor. Spanberger, a three-term former congresswoman and the Democratic nominee, is highlighting contrasts with Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, who has opposed marriage equality on "moral and religious grounds." Earle-Sears told voters that opposing marriage equality and protections against firing LGBTQ+ people was "not discrimination." Spanberger's campaign released an ad linking those comments to Earle-Sears's past handwritten note opposing same-sex marriage. The race has drawn national attention and is framed as pivotal for working families and health care access.
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