RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Attorney General Jason Miyares addressed the controversial text messages sent by Jay Jones, his opponent in the upcoming November election, calling them "disqualifying" at a press conference on Saturday.

"Politics aside, just to speak to you as a human being, you have to be coming from an incredibly dark place to say what you said, not about a stranger, but about a colleague -- someone that you have served with, someone that you have worked with," Miyares said. "I've said that my role as attorney general is to be the people's protector. One of my main jobs is to stop violence. I can't imagine now that we're even debating an opponent that has advocated for violence."

The text messages, first shared by the National Review on Friday, were sent to Carrie Coyner (R-Che

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