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Virginia Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones once remarked on shooting the then-Virginia House Speaker in texts with another lawmaker: the latest example of charged political rhetoric some have called the politics of "rage."

Texts obtained by Fox News Digital on Friday showed an August 2022 conversation between Jones — then a recently departed delegate from Norfolk — and another lawmaker following the death of Del. Joe Johnson, D-Bristol, at age 90.

"Hence the glowing tributes from the Rs. Damn, that (message) was for Mark," Jones texted Del. Carrie Coyner, R-Chester.

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At the time, several House Republica

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