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With less than two weeks until Election Day, Jay Jones, Virginia’s Democratic nominee for attorney general, has a brand new scandal to juggle. Jones, who already made national headlines for texting violent fantasies about murdering a Republican politician and his children, now faces criminal investigation over his community service arrangement following a 2022 reckless driving conviction.
Andthisguywantstobethestate’stoplawenforcementofficer?
Theracethatoncelookedlikeatoss-upisincreasinglytiltingtowardincumbentRepublicanAttorneyGeneralJasonMiyares,who’swatchinghisopponentself-destructinspectacularfashion.
AsPJMediareadersknow,theoriginalscandalthatkickedoffJones’sOctobernightmareinvolvedtextmessagesfrom2022inwhichhesuggestedthatformerVirginiaHouseSpeakerToddGilbertdeserved“twobulletstothehead”andfantasizedaboutscenariosinvolvingGilbert’swife“holdingtheirdyingchildreninherarms,”inthehopesofchangingGilbert’sviewsonguncontrol.
Thataloneshouldhavebeendisqualifying.ButJones,beingaDemocrat,se
