{"id":22389,"date":"2025-11-12T17:31:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=22389"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:31:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:31:59","slug":"calls-to-withdraw-pour-in-after-shocking-texts-from-dem-ag-candidate-discovered-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=22389","title":{"rendered":"Calls to Withdraw Pour In After Shocking Texts From Dem AG Candidate Discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madadaily.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/559751937_829056862980166_3405100547172973353_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/madadaily.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/559751937_829056862980166_3405100547172973353_n-735x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Democratic Virginia Attorney General candidate Jay Jones is facing calls to withdraw from the race after he sent shocking private messages fantasizing about murdering a Republican lawmaker and wishing death on his family.<\/p>\n<p>According to text messages, Jones \u2014 a former Virginia state delegate \u2014 told then\u2013House Delegate Carrie Coyner that he wanted to give former Republican Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert \u201ctwo bullets to the head\u201d and urinate on his grave, Western Journal\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>The disturbing messages were sent in August 2022, months after Jones left the state house. He is now the Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general, running against Republican incumbent Jason Miyares in November.<\/p>\n<p>The National Review first obtained the content of the texts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will go to their funerals to piss on their graves\u2026 [to] send them out awash in something,\u201d Jones allegedly wrote, referring to Gilbert and other Republican colleagues. He added that if given a gun with two bullets and faced with Gilbert and two dictators, \u201cGilbert gets two bullets to the head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time,\u201d Jones texted Coyner.<\/p>\n<p>Coyner urged Jones to stop, \u201cPlease stop. It really bothers me when you talk about hurting people or wishing death on them\u2026 no matter who they are.\u201d Jones dismissed her concerns, replying \u201cLol\u201d and \u201cOk, ok.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1974534501817790754&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Ftexts-dem-95704%2F&amp;sessionId=bfdc2e1c3ef6f110be77ba3264af86a17b26ff74&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1974534501817790754\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jones later called Coyner to elaborate on his views, saying that conservative officials like Gilbert should \u201cfeel pain personally\u201d in order to change policy. He responded, saying Gilbert\u2019s wife should \u201cwatch her child die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I\u2019ve told you this before,\u201d Jones texted after the call, according to the report. \u201cOnly when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coyner confirmed the messages to National Review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn August 8, 2022 I had a text conversation with Jay Jones. What he said was not just disturbing but disqualifying for anyone who wants to seek public office,\u201d she said. \u201cJay Jones wished violence on the children of a colleague and joked about shooting Todd Gilbert. It\u2019s disgusting and unbecoming of any public official.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) quickly condemned Jones in a statement on X, calling on him to exit the race. \u201cConservatives are being executed for their beliefs, and text messages like these are part of the problem,\u201d said RAGA Executive Director Adam Piper. \u201cVirginia deserves far better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson also called for Jones to withdraw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrat candidate for AG in Virginia has been fantasizing about murdering his political opponents in private messages,\u201d Vance posted on X. \u201cI\u2019m sure the people hyperventilating about sombrero memes will join me in calling for this very deranged person to drop out of the race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson echoed that sentiment. \u201cThese text messages are plainly disqualifying for anyone who aspires to public office. There is no conceivable justification for wishing violence against a political opponent and their children. Mr. Jay Jones should immediately withdraw his candidacy, save himself and his party from further embarrassment, and take some time to reflect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The revelations follow another controversy involving Jones\u2019s 2022 reckless driving case. Miyares said Jones satisfied his sentence by claiming 500 hours of \u201ccommunity service\u201d through his own political action committee \u2014 a move that may have violated state law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of taking accountability for his actions, it appears that my opponent submitted a letter to the Court stating that he performed 500 hours of \u2018community service\u2019 for his own PAC, which isn\u2019t a charitable organization under state code, to dodge potential jail time,\u201d Miyares posted Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis raises serious, troubling questions about Jay Jones\u2019 judgment, his ability to uphold the law, and ultimately, his qualifications for Attorney General,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Virginia Attorney General candidate Jay Jones is facing calls to withdraw from the race after he sent shocking private messages fantasizing about murdering a Republican lawmaker and wishing death &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22390,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22389\/revisions\/22390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}