In a 2022 text exchange between Democratic candidate for attorney general Jay Jones and Del. Carrie Coyner, R-Chester, Jones said that in a hypothetical scenario with former Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert, Adolph Hitler and Pol Pot he would shoot Gilbert twice.

“Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time,” Jones said, according to reporting from the National Review .

“It really bothers me when you talk about hurting people or wishing death on them,” Coyner said in response.

Coyner said the texts are authentic.

“On August 8, 2022 I had a text conversation with Jay Jones,” she said in a statement. “What he said was not just disturbing but disqualifying for anyone who wants to seek public office.”

At the time, Jones

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