Why Aren't/Weren't The Dems Supportive of a Black Woman In The Virginia Governor Race?
When Kamala Harris was running Obama said vote for the Black Woman who is a life long politician. Now he goes to Virginia and says don't vote for the Black Woman who is a Marine, an Immigrant Jamaica, and 2nd in command in Virginia ... where former Confederate Capitol was located.
Obama is a slick talking MOUTHPEICE.
Lt. Gov Winsome Earle-Sears (R-VA) family didn't own slaves. Kamala Harris' and Obama's family owned slaves. Just so ya know!!!
#Obama #WinsomeEarleSears #EarleSears
The Virginia Lesson: When Liberal Identity Politics Met Reality
In the wake of the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial race, a curious narrative emerged from progressive circles, seeking to explain the defeat of their candidate, Terry McAuliffe. The question they posed was: “Why weren’t the Democrats supportive of a Black woman in the Virginia governor race?” The implication, of course, was that a latent racism or sexism within the electorate, or perhaps within the Democratic Party itself, was to blame.
This line of inquiry, while predictable, fundamentally misreads the situation. From a conservative viewpoint, the lesson of Virginia was not about a failure to support a Black woman, but a resounding rejection of the radical ideology she represented. The issue was never the messenger’s identity, but the message itself. The Democratic Party’s problem is not a lack of loyalty to its candidates based on race or gender, but a profound disloyalty to the common-sense values of the American people.
The candidate in question, former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, chose a Black woman, Hala Ayala, as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor. To suggest that her identity was a liability is to ignore the conscious and calculated effort by the Democratic Party to lead with identity politics. For years, the left has operated on a credo: that demographic characteristics are the primary measure of a candidate’s value and a voter’s motivation. They project a vision of America where people vote based on skin color or gender, because that is the reductive lens through which they view the world.
Conservatives, in contrast, have long argued that character, policy, and competence are what truly matter. This principle was vividly demonstrated in Virginia. The electorate wasn’t evaluating Hala Ayala based on her identity, but on the platform she and McAuliffe championed—a platform that had grown increasingly radical and out-of-touch with the concerns of everyday Virginians.
The real story of the 2021 race was the parental uprising. While Democratic strategists were focused on crafting the perfect demographic ticket, parents of all races, backgrounds, and political stripes were showing up at school board meetings, furious. They were angry about prolonged COVID-related school closures, about the insertion of divisive Critical Race Theory concepts into classrooms, and about policies that undermined parental authority. When Terry McAuliffe famously stated during a debate, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,” he didn’t merely commit a gaffe. He revealed the philosophical core of modern progressivism: a top-down, elitist governance that trusts bureaucrats over families.
This was the albatross around the neck of the entire Democratic ticket. Hala Ayala was not running as a moderate with a unique agenda; she was a stalwart supporter of this very platform. The problem wasn't that she was a Black woman; the problem was that she was a proponent of policies that many Virginians, including a surprising number of traditional Democratic voters, found alarming. To blame her defeat on identity is to insult the intelligence of the voters, suggesting they are incapable of looking past race and gender to evaluate the ideas a candidate promotes. It is a form of soft bigotry, a low expectation that ignores agency and principle.
Furthermore, this narrative exposes a deep hypocrisy within the Democratic Party. They claim to champion diversity, but it is a diversity of appearance, not of thought. A Black woman who is a conservative—a Candace Owens, a Tim Scott, a Justice Clarence Thomas—is not celebrated but vilified, dismissed as a “token” or an “Uncle Tom.” Their support is conditional, reserved only for those who pledge absolute fealty to a progressive orthodoxy. The party that presents itself as the vanguard of inclusion has become the most rigid in enforcing ideological conformity.
The conservative movement, for all the left’s attempts to paint it as monolithic, has made significant strides by focusing on the power of ideas. We saw this with the historic election of Winsome Sears, a Black immigrant woman, as Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor—on the Republican ticket. Ms. Sears did not win in spite of being a Black woman, nor did she win simply because of it. She won because her message of school choice, Second Amendment rights, and economic opportunity resonated with a broad coalition of Virginians. She spoke to universal American aspirations, not narrow identity-based grievances. Her victory, on the same night Ayala lost, completely dismantles the left’s argument. It proves that when a candidate champions freedom, empowerment, and common sense, the electorate—a diverse electorate—will respond positively.
The attempt to frame the Virginia loss as a failure to “support a Black woman” is ultimately a deflection. It is a way for the Democratic Party to avoid a much-needed and much more difficult introspection. They must ask why their relentless focus on race-based ideology, their disdain for parental rights, and their embrace of soft-on-crime policies are driving away the very communities they claim to represent.
The conservative answer is clear. Americans are tired of being divided into categories and pitted against one another. They are weary of a political party that sees them first as members of a demographic group and only second as individual citizens with shared hopes and concerns. The people of Virginia looked past the identity of the candidates and judged the content of their agenda. They chose the promise of liberty and parental authority over the reality of government overreach and ideological mandate. That is a lesson in true equality—one the left has yet to learn.