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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin<\/u><\/a> said state Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones should abandon his campaign “in disgrace” after he once remarked on shooting a former Virginia House speaker in texts with another lawmaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Texts obtained by Fox News Digital<\/u><\/a> on Friday showed an August 2022 conversation involving\u00a0Jones \u2014 then a recently departed delegate from Norfolk \u2014 and\u00a0Delegate Carrie Coyner, R-Chester. At one point, Jones, referencing then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah, wrote: “Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This violent, disgusting rhetoric targeted at an elected official and his children is beyond disqualifying,” Youngkin wrote in an X post Saturday. “Jay Jones said that \u2018Gilbert gets two bullets to the head\u2019 and then hoped his children would die. Read those words again.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“There is no \u2018gosh, I\u2019m sorry\u2019 here. Jones doesn\u2019t have the morality or character to drop out of this race, and his running mates, Abigail Spanberger, Ghazala Hashmi, and every elected Democrat in Virginia don\u2019t have the courage to call on him to step away from this campaign in disgrace,” he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

VIRGINIA AG FLAMES OPPONENT FOR SUPPORTING SEX-CHANGE ID LAW HE BLAMES FOR LATEST PEDOPHILE CASES<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Coyner’s campaign confirmed the veracity of the texts first reported by National Review, saying they were “disturbing and disqualifying for anyone who wants to seek public office.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Jay Jones wished violence on the children of a colleague and joked about shooting Todd Gilbert. It’s disgusting and unbecoming of any public official,” the spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jones is running against incumbent Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares,<\/u><\/a> a Republican.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) also called on Jones to “immediately withdraw” from the race following “his abhorrent text messages.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

AFTER DEATH THREAT, VIRGINIA LAWMAKER SAYS ABIGAIL SPANBERGER CAN\u2019T ESCAPE \u2018RAGE\u2019 REMARKS<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“There is no place for political violence, including joking about it \u2014 especially from an elected official. Jay Jones should drop out of the Attorney General\u2019s race. His comments are not acceptable from someone who wants to represent law enforcement,” RAGA Chairman Kris Kobach said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a statement released to the media,<\/u><\/a> Jones said, “I take full responsibility for my actions, and I want to issue my deepest apology to Speaker Gilbert and his family.” \u00a0<\/p>\n

“Reading back those words made me sick to my stomach. I am embarrassed, ashamed, and sorry. I have reached out to Speaker Gilbert to apologize directly to him, his wife Jennifer, and their children. I cannot take back what I said; I can only take full accountability and offer my sincere apology,” Jones continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0“Virginians deserve honest leaders who admit when they are wrong and own up to their mistakes. This was a grave mistake, and I will work every day to prove to the people of Virginia that I will fight for them as Attorney General,” he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Danielle Wallace and Charles Creitz contributed to this report.<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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