A debate between the gubernatorial candidates in Virginia turned into a humiliating defeat for Democrats after their nominee refused to withdraw her endorsement of scandal-ridden attorney general candidate Jay Jones.

Democrats have been shoved into an untenable position after leaked texts showed Jones had wished violence on his political opponent as well as his children.

'Would it take him pulling the trigger? Is that what would do it? And then you would say he needs to get out of the race, Abigail?'

Republican gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears used the issue as a cudgel to hammer away at Democrat Abigail Spanberger during their debate Thursday at Norfolk State University. Spanberger vehemently denounced the comments but tried in vain to derail the conversation and

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