The novel left’s violent fantasies are so pronounced that they might have a possible affect on a essential race in November.
On Friday, Nationwide Overview broke an explosive story that revealed Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for Virginia lawyer common, despatched a surprising collection of early-morning textual content messages again on August 8, 2022.
Jones was furious over how state politicians have been mourning the demise of former state legislator Joe Johnson Jr, a longtime centrist Democrat. Republican politicians similar to Home Speaker Todd Gilbert made elegant statements honoring Johnson, and a few of these statements have been shared in state legislative group chats.
Jones, who had just lately resigned from the state Home, later texted his outrage over the eulogies to his former colleague, Republican Home Delegate Carrie Coyner. Nationwide Overview obtained the textual content messages.
Within the first message, Jones slammed Johnson for being too ‘reasonable’ and mocked the “glowing” tributes made by Republicans.
Jones wrote: “If these guys die earlier than me, I’ll go to their funerals to piss on their graves” to “ship them out awash in one thing.”
Jones then mentioned in a hypothetical state of affairs, he would kill then-Speaker of the Home Todd Gilbert as an alternative of murderous tyrants Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot. This prompted Coyner to plead with him to cease.
Listed here are the disturbing texts courtesy of Nationwide Review:
Jones: Three folks, two bullets
Gilbert, hitler, and pol pot
Gilbert will get two bullets to the top
Spoiler: put Gilbert within the crew with the 2 worst folks you already know and he receives each bullets each time
Coyner: Jay
Please cease
Jones: Lol
Okay, okay
Coyner: It actually bothers me whenever you discuss hurting folks or wishing demise on them
It isn’t okay
Irrespective of who they’re
Nevertheless it will get even worse. Nationwide Overview notes Jones doubled down after calling Coyner, claiming that politicians “should really feel ache themselves,” just like the agony that oldsters really feel once they watch their youngsters get killed.
Jones additionally mentioned he wished Gilbert’s spouse may watch her personal baby die in her arms in order that Gilbert would possibly transfer to the left politically. Infuriated by his wretched comment, Coyner hung up the telephone.
After the Nationwide Overview Story was revealed, Jones accused his GOP opponent, Virginia Lawyer Basic Jason Miyares, of operating a “smear marketing campaign via Trump-controlled media organizations.” On the identical time, he unconvincingly expressed remorse for the textual content alternate.
Here’s a assertion from Jay Jones in response to this story: https://t.co/Qx89kg1ih4 pic.twitter.com/FOQkPR5dLI
— Brandon Jarvis (@Jaaavis) October 3, 2025
Jones at the moment holds a slender lead in his race to develop into the Commonwealth’s subsequent lawyer common. One can solely hope this new revelation will assist wake voters up.
