ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears and Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor John Reid stopped by the Rockingham County Fairgrounds this afternoon for a rally 5 days ahead of Election Day.

Reid addressed Democratic candidate Ghazala Hashmi at the rally on several topics, one of which was about the October 7th attack in Israel. 

Reid said Hashmi did not invite Jewish people to a hearing to discuss students protesting on college campuses. 

Reid added that he has been called Islamophobic but has lived in the Middle East. 

John Reid. | Photo source: Carolynn Unger

“Don’t you lecture me about the Middle East, I’ve been around this world and I’m not going to allow the conflicts on the other side of the ocean come here and be cultivated in our own population,” said Reid. “You deserve to live in peace; you deserve to live in solidarity.”Republican gubernatorial candidate

Earle-Sears addressed the ongoing redistricting process and said Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger was originally not in support of redistricting. 

Earle-Sears continued by saying that Spanberger was offered $150,000 from the Democratic Redistricting Organization. 

Winsome Earle-Sears | Photo source: Carolynn Unger

“And the very next day, we are now being called into redistricting by all of the Democrats in the House and the Senate,” said Earle-Sears

Earle-Sears continued by saying that Spanberger sold out for $150,000, but Earle-Sears won’t. 

November 1st is the last day for early voting, Election Day is next Tuesday.