Commentary
Richmond, VA—The definition of winsome is “sweetly or innocently charming: winning, engaging.”
The lieutenant governor of Virginia, Winsome Sears, is all of these, but she is also tough and has convictions on issues that matter to her and thinks should matter to Virginians and the nation.
As President Biden last Saturday commemorated “Slave Remembrance Day,” Sears told me during an interview in her office, “If you want to live in the past, go ahead, just don’t drag me back with you.” On election night last November, she brought cheers from her supporters when she noted how much has changed since the start of the civil rights movement: “We (meaning people of color) own the water fountains. We’ve had a black president elected twice …”…