Staffers occupying a variety of posts within the Trump administration , officials trusted with administering key government services, public school teachers, and Democratic political committees collectively donated nearly $1 million to Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones after leaked text messages revealed that he fantasized about murdering a fellow lawmaker and their children.

On Oct. 3, National Review broke the story that Jones said he would shoot Republican lawmaker Todd Gilbert twice if given two bullets and an opportunity to shoot Gilbert, Pol Pot, or Hitler. Jones went on to state that it would be a good thing if Gilbert’s children were killed as well.

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