Virginia Gov. Youngkin says Jay Jones’ texts are ‘beyond disqualifying’
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin Jay Jones, a state democratic chief prosecutor, said that he should leave a former Virginia House speaker in the texts with another deputy in the texts.
Texts obtained by FOX News Digital On Friday, August 2022, Jones-a delegate, which recently left Norfolk, made a speech containing Carrie Coyner. At one point, Jones, then the host speaker Todd Gilbert, R-Shhenandoah, “Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler and Pol Pot. Gilbert is taking two bullets on his head.”
In Youngkin on Saturday, “beyond this violent, disgusting rhetoric disqualification targeting an elected official and his children.” “Jay Jones said, ‘Gilbert takes two bullets on his head’ and then he hoped that his children would die. Read these words again.”
“God here, I’m sorry ‘. Jones has no morality or character to leave this race, and every democrat in Abigail Spanberger, Ghazala hashmi and Virginia have no courage to get away from this campaign.”
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Virginia Chief Prosecutor Candidate Jay Jones, left and former Virginia House Republican leader Todd Gilbert, right. (Via Trevor Metcalfe/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service Getty Images; Bill O’Leary/Washington Post) Getty Images)
Coyner’s campaign spokesman first confirmed the accuracy of the texts reported by National Review and said, “disturbing and disqualification for anyone who wants to search for a public office.”
“Jay Jones wished violence against a colleague and joke to hit Todd Gilbert. Any public official is disgusting and unstable.” He said.
Jones runs against the Virginia Chief Public Prosecutor Jason Miyares, A Republican.
Republican Lawyers General Association (RAGA) called Jones “inferiority short messages” to “withdraw from the race immediately”.
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Virginia Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones, Sol and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. (Via Maxine Wallace/Washington Post; Al Drago/Bloomberg Getty Images)
“There is no place for political violence, including a joke about it – especially an elected official. Jay Jones should leave the race. He said.
In a statement He went to the media, “I take full responsibility for my actions and I want to give my deepest apology to the speaker Gilbert and his family.” He said.
“Reading these words back to me in my stomach. I was embarrassed, embarrassed and sorry. I reached Gilbert directly to him to apologize to his wife Jennifer and his children.
A text message from Jay Jones to Del Carrie Coyner. (Fox News obtained by Digital)
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“The Virginians deserve honest leaders who admit that they are wrong and admit that they have mistakes. This was a great mistake, and every day I will try to prove that I will fight the people of Virginia as a prosecutor.”
Danielle Wallace and Charles Creitz of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
