You may recall the controversy over Democrat Jay Jones' resurfaced texts in which he fantasized about the death of political opponent former Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert and his children.
Despite that, he won the race for attorney general in Virginia, which has to make you wonder what the people who voted for him were thinking. That was just one of the problematic issues about Jones, as my colleague Teri Christoph explained.
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Jones did not get off to a good start. On his first day, he issued an opinion, using his predecessor's letterhead.
Virginia’s new AG Jay Jones, who took office today out with an opinion on the constitutionality of the proposed redistricting amendment (so quick, in fact, that his letterhead still has his predecessor’s name). https://t.co/llRZEYoKoL pic.twitter.com/sexiQJHAcp
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) January 17, 2026
His predecessor, Republican Jason Miyares, had some fun with that.
I said what???? https://t.co/4Tz21c58i0
— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) January 18, 2026
That was funny enough. But Jones wasn't done yet embarrassing himself.
Jones earned a lot of mockery with a post he made, defending Virginia's in-state tuition law for illegal alien students. He had a very glaring mistake in the post when it comes to his title.
I'm an attoney! pic.twitter.com/X12WF1pFWL
— Bruce ████ 🇺🇲🇨🇦 (@BBIC0N) January 22, 2026
Maybe if you're holding a position, you should know how to spell it? I mean, that's just a thought, but it seems reasonable.
But, given the issues Jones already had, it's perhaps not surprising that he couldn't even get such basic things right.
The Virginia GOP offered a sharper jab, saying it "took him a whole day to fix this," suggesting the mistake lingered longer than it should have.
The Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) mocked both Jones' error and the timing of the correction.
"Jay Jones is struggling," RNLA posted. "This time he moved so quickly to change the letterhead from his last embarrassment that he forgot how to spell his new title."
People had a lot of fun mocking that embarrassing gaffe.
Miyares had a great response.
Go easy folks. Perhaps someone on the staff was just saying “Hey, Tony” in a Jersey accent? pic.twitter.com/XdyRF3JGTv
— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) January 22, 2026
"Go easy folks," Miyares replied. "Perhaps someone on the staff was just saying ‘Hey, Tony’ in a Jersey accent?"
Even WJLA reporter Nick Minock reported how people were having fun with it on their Facebook, including asking if Jones got his degree from the Quality Learing Center (the Minnesota daycare that drew so much attention).
People are having fun with Jay Jones’ “Attoney General” post.
— Nick Minock (@NickMinock) January 22, 2026
One of the comments on my Facebook page: “He got his degree from the Quality Learing Center.” https://t.co/pFEUtkwPYW pic.twitter.com/bxx2glC9cX
National Review's Jim Geraghty put it in context.
The thing is, misspelling "attorney" probably isn't even in the worst 200 things that Jay Jones has ever sent electronically. https://t.co/6QxmXyUlHR
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 22, 2026
Perhaps, although admittedly unlikely Jay subconsciously accepts he needs to "atone"?
— Sven10077 (@sven10077) January 23, 2026
Perhaps the best cutting remark came from Fox political analyst Guy Benson.
In fairness, Jones has made his support for killing R’s quite clear https://t.co/lAh6vDzH7q
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 22, 2026
Right on target.
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