Virginia GOP Mails Voters Explicit Material on Democrat Susanna Gibson Amid State House Campaign

Virginia's Republican Party leverages explicit past of Democratic candidate Susanna Gibson; Gibson counters with claims of diversion from GOP's "extreme agenda".

Virginia's Republican Party has been mailing explicit material about Democratic state House candidate Susanna Gibson to voters in the state's 57th district, revealing her past sexual activity on a public pornographic website.
Gibson, who was previously involved in a scandal where sexual activity with her husband was livestreamed for tips, has been subject to the revenge tactics with the circulation of her videos and screenshots by the Republican Party.
The explicit material, contained in a mail piece, corrects Gibson's claims that her private videos were leaked, using already-published mainstream media news accounts and quotes from Gibson's own public words, according to the Republican Party of Virginia Chairman, Rich Anderson.
Gibson's campaign denounced this release of explicit material as a move to divert attention from the Republicans' extreme agenda, accusing them of planning to ban abortion, defund schools, and allow violent criminals to access weapons of war.
While Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin defended the need for Gibson to explain her personal life, experts highlighted that the Virginia GOP's use of explicit mailers may indicate that the race for the Virginia House of Delegates is still closely contested.