"At the time of writing, Jones was the Democratic Party's candidate for attorney general in the state. According to a report from The National Review, Jones sent a series of violent messages about then-Virginia Speaker Todd Gilbert. In those texts which he accidentally sent to a Republican colleague Jones said that if he had two bullets and was standing in front of Gilbert, Adolf Hitler, and Pol Pot Gilbert gets two bullets. The Republican on the receiving end urged Jones to stop, but Jones continued."
"I think the president himself made his position very clear; and I think anyone could agree the messages that were sent by this Democrat nominee for Attorney General in Virginia are really shocking, alarming, and completely unacceptable. He was threatening to kill his opponent and his opponent's children, and that type of rhetoric has zero place in our country; and the president was absolutely right to condemn that."
Leaked texts show Jay Jones sent violent messages about then-Virginia Speaker Todd Gilbert, accidentally delivered to a Republican colleague. One text described a scenario in which, if Jones had two bullets and stood before Gilbert, Adolf Hitler, and Pol Pot, Gilbert would get both bullets. Jones expressed that Republican lawmakers need to feel the pain of their policy decisions and said he wished Gilbert's wife could watch her child die so Gilbert might reconsider his views. The Republican recipient urged Jones to stop, but Jones continued. President Donald Trump called for Jones to drop out, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt condemned the messages as shocking, alarming, and completely unacceptable.
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