On Monday, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin repeated his call for Democrat Jay Jones to exit the Virginia attorney general race. He told Fox News the resurfaced 2022 texts where Jones wished death on a rival and his children are “beyond belief.”
“This is beyond disqualifying,” Youngkin said on “Fox & Friends.”
“And that’s why the Democrats have to come together and figure out where their moral compass is, because they don’t have one right now… this is a ticket that, in fact, is allowing someone to stay on the ticket who wants children to die, and I can’t believe Virginians for a second will allow this to happen.”
BREAKING: Glenn Youngkin GOES OFF on Virginia Democrats and Abigail Spanberger for SUPPORTING Jay Jones for attorney general – despite Jones saying he wants to ASSASSINATE GOP officials and their children.
“They have got to call for this guy to RESIGN, step down, get OUT of… pic.twitter.com/XmOkgOvj5I
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 6, 2025
Jones, running against Republican incumbent Jason Miyares in the bellwether race, made violent remarks in a 2022 text exchange with GOP House Delegate Carrie Coyner about shooting former Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert.
“Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head,” Jones wrote in part.
“Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time,” he added.
Jones eventually made remarks suggesting violence toward Gilbert’s young children, which Coyner called out in their exchange.
“You were talking about hopping [sic] Jennifer Gilbert’s children would die,” she said.
Jones replied, “Yes. I’ve told you this before. Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.”
This violent, disgusting rhetoric targeted at an elected official and his children is beyond disqualifying.
Jay Jones said that “Gilbert gets two bullets to the head” and then hoped his children would die. Read those words again.
There is no “gosh, I’m sorry” here. Jones… https://t.co/kOJD0cexlh
— Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) October 4, 2025
Jay Jones’s text messages became public and making him an attorney general would be an abomination.
Jay Jones: Your priorities come into focus when you’re a parent. My highest priority will always be the safety of our families.
Also Jay Jones: I want my political opponents to watch their children die.
This man should be nowhere near an elected office of any kind. pic.twitter.com/HidSt1p5Sf
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) October 6, 2025
The NAACP, now just another leftist propaganda organization, helped him avoid jail after driving 116 mph.
The hacks at Morning Joe saw the polls and have their Come to Jesus moment.
The DNC hacks over at Morning Joe are now calling for Jay Jones to get out of the race.
The propaganda press is suddenly turning on Jones after being mum all weekend. https://t.co/3i4obiuWZG pic.twitter.com/ZBVGAC2SIQ
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) October 6, 2025
If the Republican Party would just use clips like these for their campaign. that would be nice.
Par for the Democrat course…