Last week, a liberal woman held up a racist sign to protest Winsome Sears, the current Lieutenant Governor of Virginia who is running for governor there this fall.
Abigail Spanberger, the Democrat running for governor, offered a tepid response to the sign through her campaign.
The incident brought some great news for Sears, however. Robert Johnson, the billionaire founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), just donated $500,000 to the Sears campaign. Not bad. Not bad, at all.
Politico: “Robert Johnson, the co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, has donated $500,000 to GOP Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign for governor after she was targeted by a racist sign at a recent campaign rally” https://t.co/fs8eBzcRxJ
— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) August 29, 2025
The Washington Times reports:
Racist sign prompts BET co-founder Robert Johnson to give Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign $500K
Robert L. Johnson, the billionaire co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, has donated $500,000 to Virginia Lt. Governor Winsome-Sears’ gubernatorial campaign after she was targeted by a racist sign at a school board meeting.
Ms. Winsome-Sears’ campaign said Mr. Johnson made the donation and condemned the “useful idiot” who displayed the sign at an Arlington County school board meeting.
“Madam Lt. Governor, I was so appalled by the racist diatribe displayed by a useful idiot at a recent press event that I choose to show all the voters of Virginia how Black Brothers stand up to defend and support Black Sisters when confronted with unadulterated racism. I have always been a good investor and that’s why I’m investing in you,” Mr. Johnson told Ms. Earle-Sears, according to her campaign.
A spokesperson for Mr. Johnson and his business, RLJ Companies, did not respond to a request for comment.
The sizeable donation comes one week after Ms. Earle-Sears was confronted by a protester hoisting a sign that said: “Hey Winsome, if trans can’t share your bathroom, then Blacks can’t share my water fountain.”
Abigail Spanberger has been leading in the polls on this race for weeks, but Winsome Sears has closed the gap just in the last ten days. The race is now almost a tie.
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