Winsome Sears calls out racial agitators after Rittenhouse verdict: ‘Media are complicit in this’

Virginia Lt. Gov.-elect Winsome Sears said Sunday that it is time to “stop picking at” America’s racial scabs after a jury returned verdict of not guilty against Kyle Rittenhouse, who was accused of murder for fatally shooting two men and injuring a third during racial justice riots last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Mrs. Sears, a conservative Republican who is the first Black woman to win a statewide election in Virginia, called for healing and for politicians and the news media to stop pitting Americans against each other.“The media are complicit in this,” Mrs. Sears said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“Can we allow this scab to finally heal? Can we stop picking at the wounds?” she added.

“You know what I think? I think we should let the American justice system speak for itself, and I am going to quote our current president, President Biden, and he said it is time to move on,” she said…. (Excerpts from the Washington Times)