Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones faces more pressure to drop out of the race after reports surfaced that he is under investigation concerning a prior reckless driving conviction.

Jones' campaign was already battling a scandal when leaked text messages from 2022 revealed that he had wished death upon a Republican lawmaker and his children.

In the texts, Jones stated that, in a hypothetical situation where he had only "two bullets" and had to choose between shooting then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert (R), Adolf Hitler, and Pol Pot, he would shoot Gilbert twice. He also claimed that Gilbert and his wife were "breeding little fascists," referring to their children, and wished harm on them. None of Jones' fellow Democrats called on him to exit the race over the texts.

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