A Democrat candidate for Virginia attorney general was grilled about comments he made, pondering shooting a former Republican Virgina House Speaker and allegedly wishing death upon the lawmaker’s children.

In an interview with ABC 8News reporter Tyler Englander, Jay Jones was asked about his comments, and how Virginia could “trust a man who said something so horrific.” Englander’s interview with Jones came after the National Review reported that in 2022, Jones sent messages to Virginia House Delegate Carrie Coyner (R), complaining about his colleagues “eulogizing” a recently deceased Democrat lawmaker, and going on to entertain thoughts of shooting former Virgina Speaker of the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert.

Per the National Review, “text messages” obtained by the outlet showed t

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