WASHINGTON — Condemnation for Jay Jones from fellow statewide Democratic candidates after texts appear to show the attorney general candidate comparing the former Speaker of The Virginia House of Delegates Todd Gilbert saying he would shoot and kill him and comparing the Republican to Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot.

Jones had served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for District 89, which covers parts of Norfolk, from January 2018 until January.

The text messages were shared by Del. Carrie Coyner, a Republican from Chesterfield County. Coyner said the conversation happened on Aug. 8, 2022, after Jones had left office as a delegate. Her office told WUSA9 they shared the texts with Gilbert when it happened to let him no. As for why they were releasing them publicly now, they said be

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