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OPINION: Somehow the Jay Jones texting scandal just got worse
Not The Bee ^ | October 07, 2025 | Peter Heck

Posted on 10/07/2025 6:31:48 AM PDT by Red Badger

It really shouldn't surprise anyone, but the Jay Jones scandal has now escalated far beyond the realm of "tacky texts." It's about a man who openly and shamelessly fantasized about people dying if it helped advance his politics.

Despite the Democrat Media Complex's best effort, most in the political world were already aware of the shocking texts Jones sent, advocating for the assassination of then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert. If he wasn't a Democrat office-seeker, that alone would have ended his candidacy. But now, Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner has revealed that those texts weren't some isolated lapse in judgment. It's a pattern of behavior - a window into how Jones thinks.

Coyner recalled a 2020 conversation with Jones about qualified immunity for police officers. She warned him that ending those protections would get officers killed. His response was appalling, but utterly consistent with what we now know of his character:

Well, maybe if a few of them died, then they would move on, not shooting people, not killing people.

This is the man who wants to be elected Virginia's top cop. A would-be attorney general, shrugging off the potential deaths of police officers as the necessary cost of social engineering.

This isn't some unrehearsed joke, a misstatement, a college kid mouthing off to his friends during a late-night dorm debate, or a poorly phrased tweet. This is a philosophy. It's incumbent upon every Virginia voter to ask themselves, "How can someone speak so casually about death and still ask to be trusted with justice?" The job he seeks demands reverence for life, not reckless indifference to it.

If this is window into how he thinks in private, why would anyone trust him with public power? To be fair, Jones denies the claim and accuses Coyner of misrepresenting him.

I did not say this. I have never believed and do not believe that any harm should come to law enforcement, period.

But the thing about leaked public texts that reveal your sympathy towards public assassination of your enemies and their families? It obliterates your credibility and makes your disavowals sound much more like damage control than truth-telling.

If we've reached a point where this kind of behavior sparks debate instead of outrage, something's deeply broken. This isn't a scandal, it's disqualifying. If you're willing to casually entertain the idea of political opponents being assassinated or police officers dying for your ideology, you have no business leading law enforcement or holding public office at all.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: democrats; domesticenemies; jayjones; violence; virginia

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Just remember this:

THEY WANT US ALL DEAD!............................

1 posted on 10/07/2025 6:31:48 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

And he wanted to MURDER TWO LITTLE CHILDREN!! HE’s PURE EVIL!


2 posted on 10/07/2025 6:32:57 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Red Badger

He might wear a SUIT, but he is PURE GHETTO!


3 posted on 10/07/2025 6:33:55 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Red Badger
Since he is a democrat, his comments will serve to energize their base.

I am sure as Attorney General, he will blindly apply the law in an equal, fair and non-partisan manner..(rolling eyes here).

4 posted on 10/07/2025 6:35:35 AM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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To: Ann Archy

Why in the heck is he not being disbarred for those comments?


5 posted on 10/07/2025 6:39:09 AM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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To: volare737

Why in the heck is he not being disbarred for those comments?

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Because lawyers are amoral?


6 posted on 10/07/2025 6:41:15 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: Red Badger

More like 100% compliant and enslaved so they gain continue to live their lavish lifestyles on our dime. Only kill the ones who threaten to unseat them, but yes that could be all of us.


7 posted on 10/07/2025 6:47:01 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Ann Archy
He might wear a SUIT, but he is PURE GHETTO!

"Ghetto" is too nice. He's pure evil.

8 posted on 10/07/2025 6:49:37 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Chickensoup

If his vile, unconscionable and unbelievably hateful comments aren’t enough to get him disbarred, what comments would be?


9 posted on 10/07/2025 6:50:29 AM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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To: Red Badger

Democrats actions are making me fear for my life. They shouldn’t do that because it could elicit a defensive reaction they might find undesirable.


10 posted on 10/07/2025 6:50:43 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: volare737

WHY??? because he is LEFTISTS BLACK DEMOCRAT!! They are held to NO STANDARDS....STANDARDS ARE TOO WHITE!


11 posted on 10/07/2025 6:53:24 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Red Badger

Virginia DEMOCRAT Attorney General Candidate Fantasized About Assassinating Republican, ‘Wished’ Death On His Kids

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4344225/posts

[Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones remains in the race despite widespread condemnation of a series of 2022 text messages in which he stated he would shoot a Republican politician in the head and fantasized about the children of another Republican being killed.]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4344649/posts


12 posted on 10/07/2025 7:00:11 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

That is just the democrats version of free speech.


13 posted on 10/07/2025 7:01:02 AM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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[Virginia DEMOCRAT JAY JONES - Attorney General Candidate Fantasized About Assassinating Republican, ‘Wished’ Death On His Kids]

[Virginia DEMOCRAT JAY JONES]



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DO NO HARM, Americans
BUT Be situationally-aware

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14 posted on 10/07/2025 7:01:04 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: volare737

And this DEMOCRAT CLOWN 🤡🤡🤡
wants to be Attorney General?


15 posted on 10/07/2025 7:02:32 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris
Yes, and he will be elected. Democrats will rally behind him because he is so virulently anti-Trump.

Virginia will be so very proud to have him as fair, open-minded, non-partisan AG enforcing the law. As a protected minority, I am sure they have greater plans for him in the future also!

16 posted on 10/07/2025 7:06:57 AM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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To: Ann Archy; All

And he wanted to MURDER TWO LITTLE CHILDREN!! HE’s PURE EVIL!


Murder of children is pretty common in the long run of human history. We do not publicly do so much in the West now, because we live in a golden age of incredible wealth for most people in Western Civilization.

Even China has been raised up, through hard work, the theft of intellectual property rights, and a trillion dollars in aid from the West.

A very wealthy civilization can afford to condemn the murder of children.

Humans, by nature, tend to be evil. Every child is a wild animal which must be civilized by religion (preferably Christianity) and society to accept and revere morals and ethics.


17 posted on 10/07/2025 7:09:34 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: SaveFerris

The fact that he’s staying in the race and there is no huge outcry just shows how disgusting society has become.


18 posted on 10/07/2025 7:10:12 AM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: Ann Archy

Oh, come now. I agree with Jay. It’s *clearly* Carrie Coyner that has the credibility problem here, right? I mean, just because we have the actual texts of him fantasizing about the murder and brutal death of his opponents and their children, why should we believe Carrie when she says he said other disgusting stuff?

She’s clearly fabricating it!


19 posted on 10/07/2025 7:11:33 AM PDT by Merrick (Jay's my hero!)
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To: Red Badger

Jay Jones-D evil. Listen to his WORDS,


20 posted on 10/07/2025 7:12:52 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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