President Donald Trump encouraged people in Virginia to vote “Republican” in the upcoming gubernatorial election, noting that current Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican candidate for governor in Virginia, is “excellent.”

While taking questions from reporters on Air Force One as he traveled back to Washington, DC, Trump was asked if he planned to endorse Earle-Sears in the upcoming election against Virginia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger.

“Mr. President, you haven’t weighed in on the Virginia gubernatorial race that’s in a few weeks,” a reporter asked Trump. “Do you plan to endorse the lieutenant governor?”

“I think the Republican candidate is very good, and I think she should win because the Democrat candidate’s a disaster,” Trump said, adding that he ha

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