{"id":1056399,"date":"2025-10-05T14:15:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056399"},"modified":"2025-10-05T14:15:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:15:56","slug":"dnc-statement-on-trump-parachuting-into-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-trump-parachuting-into-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Trump Parachuting Into Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to Donald Trump parachuting into Virginia today after throwing Virginia\u2019s economy into crisis, <strong><em>DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWinsome Earle-Sears doesn\u2019t care that Donald Trump has single-handedly thrown Virginia\u2019s economy into crisis. She continues to defend Trump and his mass-firing of veterans in Virginia, who he has called \u2018suckers and losers,\u2019 and remains silent on her running mate\u2019s racist, pro-Nazi social media posts. While Earle-Sears is focused on defending Trump and his billionaire backers at all costs, Abigail Spangberger is fighting to lower costs for Virginia families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A reminder of Donald Trump\u2019s devastating record for Virginians:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Under Donald Trump, Virginia is on track to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/article\/news\/local\/virginia\/virginia-economy-uva-report-projects-flat-job-growth-2026\/291-9a97c73c-17af-4c30-ad01-e93fb00b9ea5\">virtually no job growth<\/a> in 2026.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/laus.toc.htm\">new unemployment data<\/a>, which shows that in Virginia, the unemployment rate skyrocketed to 3.6%, a 0.6% increase since Trump took office.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Virginia saw unemployment rise for seven consecutive months in 2025.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u2019s devastating budget betrayal puts 350,000 Virginians at risk of losing their health care.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three rural clinics in Virginia have closed services since Trump\u2019s budget betrayal with at least six rural hospitals still at risk.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rural communities in Virginia will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/medicaid\/how-might-federal-medicaid-cuts-in-the-enacted-reconciliation-package-affect-rural-areas\/\">lose $5.95 billion<\/a> in Medicaid funds over the next 10 years \u2014 the fourth highest in the country.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winsome Earle-Sears threw hard-working Virginians under the bus last week by refusing three times to tell Trump not to fire Virginians.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experts believe Virginia will lose jobs this year and is at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/map-states-high-risk-recession-2119285\">\u201chigh risk\u201d<\/a> for a recession.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now, amidst the government shutdown, Donald Trump is gearing up to fire even more federal workers, disproportionately harming Virginians even more.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Donald Trump parachuting into Virginia today after throwing Virginia\u2019s economy into crisis, DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cWinsome Earle-Sears doesn\u2019t care that Donald Trump has single-handedly thrown Virginia\u2019s economy into crisis. She continues to defend Trump and his mass-firing of veterans in Virginia, who he has called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC Statement on Trump Parachuting Into Virginia - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-trump-parachuting-into-virginia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-05T18:15:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-trump-parachuting-into-virginia\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-trump-parachuting-into-virginia\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Statement on Trump Parachuting Into Virginia - 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