Overview
- A spectator in JMU gear was caught on video yelling "go back to Haiti" and "traitor" toward Virginia lieutenant governor and GOP gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears during Saturday’s game against Old Dominion.
- Earle-Sears responded publicly, noting she is Jamaican and stating she refuses to be a victim as she continues her campaign.
- Lockheed Martin said it was urgently reviewing the situation and later confirmed Zeta Associates investigated and the individual is no longer employed.
- James Madison University Athletics condemned the conduct as violating its fan code of conduct and suspended the person from attending future athletics events.
- Earlier reports, citing NOVA Campaigns, identified the man as Scott Pogorelc with ties to Zeta Associates and donations to several Democratic figures, a characterization Fox News did not independently confirm.