"Jones added: Let me be very clear I am ashamed, I am embarrassed, and I am sorry. I am sorry to Speaker Gilbert, I am sorry to his family. I'm sorry to my family and I'm sorry to every single Virginian. I cannot take back what I said, but you have my word that I will always be accountable for my mistakes, and you also have my word that I will spend every waking moment fighting for you."
"The attorney general candidate received fierce backlash this month after a series of text messages were leaked showing him endorsing violence and fantasizing about murdering former Virginia House of Delegates speaker Todd Gilbert. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head, wrote Jones in one message to a former colleague. Jay Please stop, the former colleague replied. It really bothers me when you talk about hurting people or wishing death on them It isn't ok No matter who they are."
Jay Jones apologized during a debate for sending texts that fantasized about murdering former Virginia House speaker Todd Gilbert and referenced harm to Gilbert's children. Jones said he was ashamed, embarrassed, and sorry, and apologized to Speaker Gilbert, Gilbert's family, his own family, and all Virginians. Jones pledged to be accountable for his mistakes and to continue fighting for Virginians. The messages were leaked and prompted fierce backlash after showing endorsements of violence and references to urinating on the graves of dead Republican lawmakers. A former colleague admonished Jones that talking about hurting people or wishing death on them is not acceptable.
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