A Democrat Calls For Jay Jones To Drop Out Of Virginia AG Race Over Despicable Texts

[ad_1] One lone Democrat has stepped as much as name for Jay Jones, Democratic nominee for state lawyer basic in Virginia, to drop out of the race over a number of textual content messages he despatched calling for the assassination of a political opponent.

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) spoke with Hugh Hewitt concerning the texts Jones despatched to a Republican colleague, then-Delegate Carrie Coyner, through which he’d urged then-state Home Speaker Todd Gilbert must be shot and that he’d prefer to “piss on the graves” of different Republicans.

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Congressman @RoKhanna calls on VA Democratic nominee for AG Jay Jones to drop out of the race, for Katie Porter to carry a protracted press convention, and for presidency to reopen although it took a very long time to get to the final level. pic.twitter.com/JJKbYaGQEn

— HughHewittShowLinks (@HHSLinks) October 9, 2025

Hewitt requested the query level clean: “Ought to that man, Jay Jones, drop out of the race?”

“Properly, it’s horrific. There’s no excuse for it,” Khanna started. “I totally condemn it. And yeah, I haven’t adopted all the main points, but when he was truly saying that, I actually wouldn’t assist him.”

Whereas many Democrats have come ahead to sentence Jones’ remarks, they've repeatedly stopped in need of calling for him to exit the race — and a few have even defended him staying within the race both by claiming that regardless of these texts, he was nonetheless a better option for lawyer basic than the Republican incumbent, Legal professional Common Jason Miyares. Khanna grew to become the primary outstanding member of the occasion to interrupt with Jones.

Even former Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) tried to separate the infant, telling CNN anchor Dana Bash that whether or not or not Jones ought to go away the race was a call finest left to leaders in Virginia — after which mentioned that since he’d no less than apologized, “What I perceive is they are saying, on steadiness, he's a greater individual to be Legal professional Common.”

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CNN: “The Democrat candidate for Legal professional Common in Virginia mentioned a Republican deserved two bullets in his head… Ought to he get out of the race?”