Amanda Chase, self-described 'Trump in heels,' files for Virginia governor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : "If you like what President Trump and DOGE is doing, you'll love Amanda Chase because I plan to do the same thing here in Virginia," Chase said in an interview with The Washington Post on Thursday, when she officially filed papers for the race.
57% : " While Earle-Sears has statewide name recognition, the endorsement of outgoing Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) and more than $2 million on hand in campaign cash, her new primary rivals could force her to more tightly embrace Trump in a state where he has been broadly unpopular but still holds the GOP primary electorate in his sway.
50% : "Trump supporters have been calling me, saying, 'We want a Trump candidate in Virginia.'
49% : Chase, like LaRock, vowed to replicate Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service by forming a "Virginia DOGE" to slash state spending.
45% : RICHMOND -- Former state senator Amanda F. Chase, a MAGA provocateur who bills herself as "Trump in heels," entered the GOP primary for Virginia governor Thursday, one day after another ex-legislator jumped in, further scrambling Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears's prospects for winning the nod.
41% : Earle-Sears has spoken in favor of Musk's DOGE, which stands for Department of Government Efficiency, as a way to root out wasteful spending in Washington, expressing confidence that displaced federal workers can find new employment in the private sector.
39% : Earle-Sears supported Trump in 2016 and traveled the country to promote his reelection in 2020, but she said he had become a liability for the party in 2022, after candidates he endorsed in congressional midterms underperformed.
36% : End of carousel Trump lost Virginia all three times he ran for president.
3% : Chase said Trump supporters urged her to run because they have not forgiven Earle-Sears for her past criticism of Trump.

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