Dem AG nom Jay Jones joked about killing wife, children of Virginia GOP lawmaker, tries to apologize after getting caught

Jones wants to be the top cop in Virginia who enforces the law in a nonpartisan manner, yet his personal beliefs are that people with whom he politically disagrees are worthy of "bullets" and so is their family. Apologies were not offered to the family he joked was deserving of murder until after the expose was published.

It was revealed this week by National Review that Jones is a man who revels in politically motivated violence. In 2022, he sent texts to a colleague in which he joked about shooting former VA House Speaker Todd Gilbert.

Jones comments came in the wake of the death of former state legislator Joe Johnson Jr. Gilbert publicly honored Johnson's legacy and Jones shared with GOP House Delegate Carrie Coyner his derision for Johnson and his wish for Gilbert to be shot to death.

National Review shared the screenshots. Jones sent the texts to Coyner, but indicated that they were intended for someone else. Coyner was horrified by the messages and asked Jones to stop.

"If those guys die before me I will go to their funerals to piss on their graves," Jones wrote. "Send them out awash in something."

"Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, hitler and pol pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head. Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time."

Coyner said, "Jay Please stop." Jones did not. Coyner said she was bothered that he was talking "about hurting people or wishing death on them."

Jones called Coyner and in that call, per a source to National Review, Jones said, "The only way public policy changes is when policymakers feel pain themselves, like the pain that parents feel when they watch their children die from gun violence. He asked her to provide counterexamples to disprove his claim.

"Then at one point, the source said, he suggested he wished Gilbert’s wife could watch her own child die in her arms so that Gilbert might reconsider his political views, prompting Coyner to hang up the phone in disgust."

Coyner hung up and Jones returned to texting her. She pointed out that he was "talking about hopping jennifer Gilbert's children would die" [sic]

Jones said, "Yes, I've told you this before. Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy." He went on to say, "I mean do I think Todd and Jennifer are evil? And that they're breeding little fascists? Yes."

Coyner hasn't spoken to Jones since, other than a brief exchange on policy.

He gave a comment to a local NBC affiliate, blaming President Donald Trump for the dust up over his yen for his colleague's brutal murder. After saying he has "regret" over sending the messages, he claims that he "believe[s] that violent rhetoric has no place in our politics." He claimed that his words now make him "embarrassed, ashamed, and sorry."

They he went on to blame "Trump-controlled media organizations," saying, "Let me be clear about what is happening in the Attorney General race right now: Jason Miyares is dropping smears through Trump-controlled media organizations to assault my character and rescue his desperate campaign."

To another outlet, he elaborated on that comment, saying, "This is a strategy that ensures Jason Miyares will continue to be accountable to Donald Trump, not the people of Virginia. This race is about whether Trump can control Virginia or Virginians control Virginia."

This week, a man who was convicted of attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sentenced to only eight years in prison. Conservative youth leader Charlie Kirk was murdered by a politically motivated assassin on Sept. 10, leaving behind a wife and two children.

While on the campaign trail, a leftist would-be assassins attempted to steal the life of President Donald Trump. In June, a man believing he was working on orders from Democrat Mayor Tim Walz murdered a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, injuring two others.

In Dallas, a leftist took to a rooftop, inspired by the murder of Charlie Kirk, and set his sights on murdering ICE agents outside a federal facility. He instead killed two illegal immigrants and injured one other before taking his own life.

Politically motivated violence is a joke for Jones, but it's a reality for politicians and leaders who face threats of death daily.