Democratic nominee apologizes for fantasizing killing Republican
(MENAFN) Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general Jay Jones has issued an apology after text messages from 2022 surfaced in which he fantasized about harming a Republican politician, according to reports.
The messages, published on Friday, revealed Jones criticizing then–Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert, who was honoring the recently deceased moderate Democratic state politician Joe Johnson Jr.
“If those guys die before me, I will go to their funerals to piss on their graves” to “send them out awash in something,” Jones reportedly wrote to Republican politician Carrie Coyner.
He also wrote, “Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler, and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head. Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time,” according to reports. In a subsequent phone call, Jones allegedly told Coyner that he wished Gilbert’s wife could watch her child die so Gilbert might reconsider his political views.
Jones, who is running against incumbent Republican Jason Miyares, said he takes “full responsibility” for his statements but refused to drop out of the race.
“Reading back those words made me sick to my stomach... I have reached out to Speaker Gilbert to apologize directly to him, his wife Jennifer, and their children,” he said, adding that “Virginians deserve honest leaders who admit when they are wrong.”
Vice President J.D. Vance called Jones a “very deranged person” and urged him to exit the race.
The controversy comes amid heightened political tensions, with Republicans blaming violent rhetoric from Democrats and left-leaning activists for the assassination of conservative organizer and podcaster Charlie Kirk last month. Dozens were reportedly fired or suspended for celebrating or mocking Kirk’s death.
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