Elizabeth Schultz was a member of the Fairfax County, Virginia School Board and the Republican Party. On 29 October 2016, she attended a Trump rally in Fairfax, where she addressed a crowd of Asian.GOP supporters. She claimed that opportunity for America's children and grandchildren would "disappear" because of "liberty being at risk under corruption", that the people would vote for tyranny if they did not vote for Trump, and said that Americans had prosperity in their hands if they voted for Trump.