Virginia lieutenant governor nominee scrubs extreme views on guns, abortion from website

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : It affirmed her support for "parental school choice" to use public funding to allow parents to send their children to any "private school, public school, or charter school."
58% : " It noted her promise to "defend our 2nd Amendment right to bear arms" and that "Gun control laws DO NOT deter crime; rather it is gun ownership that deters crime."
46% : She also favors legislation aimed at curbing gun violence, funding public education, and expanding voting rights protections.
43% : So you'll never hear me support Planned Parenthood, what you'll hear me talk about is actually taking back the radical abortion policies that Virginians don't want."
42% : Earlier this summer, Winsome Sears, the GOP nominee for lieutenant governor of Virginia, made clear on her website issues page that she was a fierce opponent of abortion rights and gun control and a strong supporter of school vouchers and voter suppression legislation.
37% : The Hill reported that in a Sept. 3 interview with Newsmax, Sears endorsed a Texas-style ban on abortion starting as early as six weeks into pregnancy.

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