Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger releases first ad, slams 'political nonsense'

The Virginia Democrat moving to replace Gov. Glenn Youngkin released her archetypal TV advertisement Thursday slamming what she described arsenic "political nonsense" successful nationalist service. 

"Too galore politicians speech erstwhile they should listen. And disagreement alternatively of unite. Enough is enough. I’m Abigail Spanberger. I judge that nationalist work is excessively important for governmental nonsense," the erstwhile U.S. House typical said. 

"When I was successful instrumentality enforcement and past moving counterterrorism astatine CIA, we didn’t bash politics. We did our jobs. I broke down immoderate of the divides, stood up to some parties and was named the astir bipartisan subordinate of Congress from Virginia," she added. "As governor, I’ll enactment to little costs, fto radical support much of their wealth and marque Virginia schools the champion successful the nation." 

Spanberger is moving against Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, a Republican, successful this November’s gubernatorial race. Representatives for some Youngkin and Earle-Sears did not instantly respond Thursday to requests for remark from Fox News Digital. 

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Spanberger has faced pushback from some Earle-Sears and the Department of Homeland Security aft condemning the "shocking" execution of an ICE raid astatine a Virginia courthouse successful April that netted 2 transgression amerciable immigrants. 

"I deliberation what we’ve seen astir shocking, including present successful Charlottesville, has been cases wherever radical haven’t provided recognition and person been successful immoderate cases masked and successful plain clothes," Spanberger told the Daily Progress earlier this month, aft an ICE raid astatine Albemarle County Courthouse led to the apprehension of 2 amerciable immigrants.  

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Democrat Abigial Spanberger, right, is moving against Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, a Republican, left, successful the state's governor's contention this year. (Getty)

Earle-Sears property caput Peyton Vogel aboriginal told Fox News Digital that "Abigail Spanberger’s outrage implicit transgression amerciable immigrants being taken disconnected our streets is everything Virginians request to cognize astir what benignant of politician she’d beryllium -- criminals first, victims last." 

The Earle-Sears run has besides accused Spanberger of failing to see her relation arsenic a trustee successful fiscal disclosure reports portion she was a subordinate of Congress. 

Former President Joe Biden poses with then-Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., arsenic helium departs aft delivering the State of the Union code successful March 2024. (Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz)

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The run for Earle-Sears called the incomplete disclosures "a calculated lie," not an "accident." But, according to Spanberger's campaign, the lone plus contained successful the spot is Spanberger's idiosyncratic residence, which is not required to beryllium disclosed. 

Fox News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller and Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.