Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general once suggested a top Republican should get 'bullets to the head,' text messages show

nation • 10/4/2025

Jay Jones made the remark about then-speaker of the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert in resurfaced text messages from 2022. Jones apologized Friday.

Virginia’s Democratic nominee for attorney general faced bipartisan backlash Friday night after text messages from 2022 surfaced in which he suggested the top Republican in the state House of Delegates “gets two bullets to the head.” The messages by ... [3726 chars]