Washington (DC News Now) — The debate over whether the Democratic Candidate for Virginia’s Attorney General, Jay Jones, should drop out of the race continues. The National Review first reported the text messages that Jones sent in 2022, suggesting a colleague should be shot. Jones has apologized to the colleague and said he “takes full responsibility for my actions.”
Larry Sabato, Director of the Center of Politics at the University of Politics joins Capitol Review.
UPDATE: This article has been updated to include a new statement issued by Jay Jones later Friday evening. RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Democratic nominee for attorney general Jay Jones sent text messages to Republican delegate Carrie Coyner saying, in a hypothetical scenario, former House Speaker Todd Gilbert would be shot.…
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Attorney General Jason Miyares addressed the controversial text messages sent by Jay Jones, his opponent in the upcoming November election, calling them "disqualifying" at a press conference on Saturday. "Politics aside, just to speak to you as a human being, you have to be coming from…
VIRGINIA (DC News Now) -- After text messages Democratic nominee for attorney general Jerrauld "Jay" Jones reportedly sent describing the hypothetical shooting of a former GOP House speaker came to light Friday, leaders from across the political aisle are speaking out to condemn his language. In the text messages, initially…