US EditionYoungkin, Johnson calll for AG candidate to withdraw after violent texts emerge
JD Vance urges Jay Jones to quit Virginia AG race after 2022 texts revealed violent threats against a political rival, sparking bipartisan calls for withdrawal.
- Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin urged Jay Jones to withdraw after text messages surfaced in which Jones wished violence against Republican lawmaker Todd Gilbert and his family, calling them "violent" and "disgusting."
- Jay Jones acknowledged sending the texts, stating, "I take full responsibility for my actions" and expressed he was "embarrassed, ashamed, and sorry" for his words.
- Jones's comments have received bipartisan condemnation, with figures like Vice President JD Vance asserting they are "plainly disqualifying" for anyone seeking public office.
- The controversy regarding Jones's text messages adds tension to the Virginia election season, drawing calls for accountability from both Republican and Democratic officials.
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Youngkin Slams Jay Jones Texts Scandal as “Disgraceful”
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has called on Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones to withdraw from the race after leaked text messages surfaced showing Jones mocking the death of former Republican House Speaker Kirk Cox. The texts, reportedly sent in 2021, referred to Cox’s passing as “good news,” sparking bipartisan outrage and calls for accountability. Youngkin said the remarks “disgrace the office” Jones seeks and show “a complet…
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conservatics.comTrump Calls for Democrat Attorney General Nominee Jay Jones to Drop Out of Race Over Leaked Texts Fantasizing About Children of Conservatives Being Murdered
President Donald Trump is calling for Democratic Attorney General nominee Jay Jones to drop out of the race over his resurfaced 2022 text messages that reveal an obsession with violence against Republicans, including fantasizing about their children being murdered.
Dem AG candidate reportedly said he'd put two bullets in Republican rep's head, 'piss on' his grave AlphaNews.org
Share This Story(Daily Caller News Foundation) — Democratic Virginia Attorney General candidate Jay Jones once sent disturbing texts to a former colleague in August 2022 about wanting to kill a Republican lawmaker, according to National Review. Jones, a former Virginia state delegate, told Republican House Delegate Carrie Coyner that he would give former Republican Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert “two bullets to the head” and urinate on his …
VP Vance calls on Jones to withdraw over texts
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares on Saturday called Jay Jones' texts fantasizing about violence to Virginia's speaker of the House "disqualifying" while GOP officials from Vice President JD Vance to the U.S. Speaker of the House called on the Democrat…
Vance Calls On Prominent Dem Candidate To Drop Out Over 'Deranged' Messages
Vice President JD Vance joined the chorus of elected officials calling on Jay Jones, the Democratic Party nominee for attorney general of Virginia, to step aside after a number of disturbing, violent text messages resurfaced. Jones, who previously served two terms in the Virginia House of Delegates, sent a series of disturbing text messages to a former colleague in which he suggested the state’s then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert should be shot and…
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