The Democrat candidate for Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones fantasized about murdering Republicans in newly released text messages. Despite the egregious messages — Democrats are doubling down on their support for Jones.
In a 2022 exchange with Republican House Delegate Carrie Coyner, Jones said it would be a “good thing” if the children of his former colleague, Republican House Speaker Todd Gilbert, would die.
“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,” Jones said in a message. When pushed back by Coyner about whether Jones was “[hoping] Jennifer Gilbert’s children would die,” Jones confirmed that “Yes” he was.
“Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.”
Jones also called the Gilbert’s young children “little fascists.”
Nonetheless, Jones remains in the race. Notably, Jones is the same person who, in 2021, called for Norfolk, Virginia police lieutenant William Kelly to be fired for donating $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal defense fund. Jones said if Kelly did in fact donate to Rittenhouse’s fund, he must “resign … immediately.”
Despite the disturbing messages, Jones’s colleagues have doubled down on their support of him.