Speaking in Virginia at an event for the US Navy’s 250th anniversary Sunday, President Donald Trump did not mention the state’s lieutenant governor, who is the Republican nominee for governor. It was a noteworthy snub of Winsome Earle-Sears, a retired Marine, during a speech in which Trump praised some Virginia Republicans who have served in the Navy, including Reps. John McGuire, Rob Wittman and Jen Kiggans. Earle-Sears has campaigned heavily in the Hampton Roads area where Trump spoke. And she faces a larger deficit in public polls than other Republicans running statewide in November, while also grappling with concerns from within the GOP about whether she’s running an effective campaign. Trump earlier in the day made an endorsement on social media in a down-ballot race – backing Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares in his bid for reelection. The endorsement came after text messages his Democratic opponent Jay Jones sent in 2022 suggesting a colleague should be shot surfaced about a month before Election Day. Without mentioning Earle-Sears, Trump in the same post took aim at her Democratic opponent, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, saying she has refused to acknowledge Jones’ actions, despite her statement condemning the texts. Even as Trump has not embraced Earle-Sears, she has been characterized as a “MAGA Republican” by Spanberger in campaign ads criticizing her rival as “so far right she’s wrong for Virginia.” CNN has reached out to the White House and Earle-Sears campaign. Beloud