WASHINGTON — Democrats are shamelessly standing by the party’s scandal-scarred Attorney General nominee for Virginia, Jay Jones , after vile texts surfaced of him fantasizing about then-Republican state House Speaker Todd Gilbert being assassinated.
Virginia Beach Dems insist Jones will serve with “integrity and accountability,” and gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger has refused to disavow him — despite sickening text messages where Jones fantasized about Gilbert getting “two bullets to the head” and called his young children “little fascists.”
“Recent press may have spotlighted past mistakes,” Virginia Beach Democrats declared in a statement . “We say, let those without sin cast the first stone.” 4
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“Jay Jones has taken responsibility, apologized, and shown he is com