As Democrats continue their internal debate over transgender rights, Abigail Spanberger, the party’s nominee for governor of Virginia, is directly responding to Republican ads that echo the commercials run against Kamala Harris last year.

“I’m Abigail Spanberger, mom to three girls in public school,” Spanberger says in a new campaign ad that shows her daughters on screen. “Nothing matters more to me than the safety of all our kids, and as a law enforcement officer, I went after child predators, so it really angers me to hear these lies about who I am.”

“I believe we need to get politics out of our schools and trust parents and local communities. As a mom and as your governor, I will be focused on making our schools the best in the nation.”

Spanberger’s Republican opponent, Winsome E

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