Jay Jones is having a week, and it's not a good one. As RedState reported, the Democratic Party nominee for Attorney General of Virginia was recently plunged into scandal after texts revealed him fantasizing about murdering Republican Todd Gilbert, who was Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates at the time. He went on to message that he'd like to see Gilbert's children killed as well. When the person he was texting objected, he allegedly called her to argue his deranged case further.
SEE: VA Dem AG Candidate Jay Jones Dreamed of Putting 'Two Bullets to the Head' of GOP House Speaker
In the initial aftermath, Jones was largely undeterred, lashing out at current Virginia AG Jason Miyares while bashing Donald Trump instead of offering a direct apology. With the backlash building, he then put out a second statement in which he showed some remorse while suggesting it was common for people to wish murder on their opponents and their children. Since then, he's pledged to stay in the race, with major Democrats, including Democrat gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger, rushing to reaffirm their support.
As is so often the case in situations like this, though, Jones reportedly has more skeletons in his closet. According to Virginia House Delegate Carrie Coyner, who was the recipient of the texts and ultimately decided to release them to the public, the embattled Democrat also allegedly told her over the phone that police officers dying would be a good thing because "they would move on, not shooting people, not killing people." That was in response to Coyner expressing concern over the possible removal of qualified immunity for law enforcement.
🚨 Virginia Democrat AG nominee Jay Jones allegedly said police officers dying would stop them from killing
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) October 6, 2025
Carrie Coyner, who released text showing Jones fantasized about shooting a GOP leader & his children being killed, said Jones made the remarks about police on the phone pic.twitter.com/UU7YTrMTxi
At this point, the better question isn't who Jones wants dead. It's who Jones doesn't want dead. He's building quite the list at this point.
At this point, we should be asking if there's anyone @jonesjay doesn't wish to see dead.
— Christian Heiens 🏛 (@ChristianHeiens) October 6, 2025
Reminder that this guy is the Democratic Party's nominee for the highest law enforcement office in Virginia. And he's currently favored to win, too. pic.twitter.com/6XPgagnPNE
As the above poster points out, this is currently the guy favored to be the top law enforcement official in Virginia. How long he remains in the pole position is an open question as this scandal engulfs him, but it's depressing that he ever gained it in the first place. This is a guy who was convicted in 2022 of going 116mph, at which point he got a sweetheart deal to avoid jail time before allegedly using half his sentenced community service to work on his own political campaign. Between that and all the murder wishes, Jones presents as a certified psychopath.
🚨 DAMNING: Abigail Spanberger is standing by Jay Jones after he was exposed for saying “maybe if a few cops died, they’d stop shooting people.”
— Winsome Earle-Sears (@winwithwinsome) October 6, 2025
All this AFTER he fantasized about murdering a dad and his two kids. pic.twitter.com/i4F7OCMKqM
Virginia voters need to take a long, hard look in the mirror and ask themselves whether they really want to hand their state back to the Democratic Party, much less someone as crazy as Jones. Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears, and AG Jason Miyares have delivered, and there is no reason to turn things over to the likes of Spanberger and Jones. Virginians, please, do the right thing.
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