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Winsome Sears has the makings of a GOP superstar

&NewLine;<p>Among the various specific results of the November 2<sup>nd<&sol;sup> election that are under-reported by the left-leaning news media is the election of Winsome Earle Sears to the office of Lt&period; Governor in the Commonwealth of Virginia&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You would likely have seen and heard a lot more about her election if she was a Democrat&period;&nbsp&semi; But nooo&period;&nbsp&semi; Sears is a REPIBLICAN … a BLACK Republican … a black FEMALE Republican … a black female CONSERVATIVE Republican&period;&nbsp&semi; In fact&comma; Sears is the first black woman – the first woman&comma; period &&num;8212&semi; to win statewide election in Virginia … ever&period;&nbsp&semi; The first foreign born woman&period;&nbsp&semi; She – like my own daughter – was born in Jamaica&period;&nbsp&semi; And she is a former Marine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Those bits of reality garner limited attention from CNN and MSNBC because they throw a lot of cold water on the left’s narrative that the GOP has no appeal to black Americans – or any minority American&period;&nbsp&semi; That blacks are monolithically liberal Democrats – so sayeth … Democrats&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>She may be a newcomer to the national spotlight&comma; but she has been making waves in Virginia in the past&period;&nbsp&semi; In 2002&comma; she joined the House of Delegates by defeating twenty-year incumbent Billy Robinson&comma; Jr&period; – who was figuratively given the seat when his daddy&comma; Billy Robinson&comma; Sr&period;&comma; died in 1981&period;&nbsp&semi; Sears ended 40 years of Robinson family dynasty in the House of Delegates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Upon being sworn in as a Delegate back in 2002&comma; Sears was the first Jamaican&comma;&nbsp&semi;first female veteran&comma; and the first naturalized citizen to serve in the Virginia House of Delegates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If you did happen to see her on FOX&comma; you are likely to believe that Winsome Sears will not be so easily ignored in the future&period;&nbsp&semi; She is a dynamo – a tour-de-force&period;&nbsp&semi; She could be a formidable senate candidate in 2024&comma; when incumbent Democrat Senator Tim Kaine would be up for re-election&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Having served as Vice President of the Virginia Board of Education and a presidential appointee to the U&period;S&period; Department of Veterans Affairs&comma; Sears could be a Cabinet member in a future Republican administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If Republicans miss the chance to give her a role in reaching out to black and minority voters&comma; the GOP will again be trying to prove that they are the stupid Party in American politics&period;&nbsp&semi; Even the GOP cannot be that stupid&period;&nbsp&semi; Right&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In the meantime&comma; keep an eye on Winsome Sears&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>So&comma; there &OpenCurlyQuote;tis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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