MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS Richmond Times-Dispatch

The candidate described in Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign ad for governor immigrated to a nation that barely exists anymore.

“A U.S. Marine. A mom. A first-generation American,” says Gov. Glenn Youngkin in the commercial . “Winsome lived the American dream and will fight for it every day, just like she has her whole life.”

If that’s the case, the Marine veteran is fighting on the wrong side.

Virginia politics at the moment has other noteworthy immigrant stories, including State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, and Richmond Mayor Danny Avula. Attorney General Jason Miyares is the son of an immigrant. But the MAGA movement is reducing the American dream to a nightmarish cautionary tale.

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