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Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, R-Va, appeared on "Fox & Friends" on Friday to break down why her state is at risk of losing federal funding over transgender bathrooms.

Earle-Sears, who is currently running for governor of Virginia as a Republican, told Fox News' Brian Kilmeade that she stands in solidarity with parents against transgender school policies, and explained why it's so important that schools in her state abandon transgender ideology and abide by federal law.

Kilmeade asked Earle-Sears why some Virginia schools are struggling to understand President Donald Trump's executive order signed earlier this year, which barred transgender students from participating in sports outside their birth-assigned gend

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