Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) denounced Virginia Democratic Attorney General nominee Jay Jones in a social media post Friday after a report revealed Jones wished death on a former state official.
Jones has since apologized, but not before numerous Republican and Democratic Virginia officials called for him to do so. Some have said he should drop out of the race.
“This violent, disgusting rhetoric targeted at an elected official and his children is beyond disqualifying,” Youngkin wrote on X.
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Jones reportedly said he would shoot former Republican Virginia House Speaker Dan Gilbert twice rather than shoot dictators Adolf Hitler or Pol Pot. He’s running against Republican incumbent Jason Miyares.
“Jay Jones said that ‘Gilbert gets two bullets to the head’ and then hoped his children would die.
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