1Richmond, VA – Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears says Virginia Democrats missed their chance to end one of the state’s most unpopular taxes — the annual car property tax.

Speaking at Norfolk State University, Sears said Governor Glenn Youngkin had included a proposal in his budget earlier this year to eliminate the car tax, but Democratic lawmakers rejected the measure.

Sears accused her political opponents of hypocrisy after Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger recently vowed to repeal the tax if elected governor.

The lieutenant governor argued that Democrats had already had the opportunity to do so, noting that “we had the money” and that the governor’s budget would have allowed for its repeal without cutting essential services.

What the car property tax is

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