Virginia’s 2025 attorney general race just took a dark turn, and it’s not just political mudslinging—this is about a man who wants to be the Commonwealth’s top law enforcement officer but can’t stop fantasizing about political assassinations and dead police officers. Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee, has been caught in a web of his own words, exposing a reckless, bloodthirsty streak that should make every Virginian pause before casting a ballot.
Let’s start with 2022, when Jones, then a state delegate, let his mask slip in a text exchange with Republican Del. Carrie Coyner. Furious over then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert’s condolence message for a fallen Democrat, Jones didn’t just vent—he went full grim reaper. He texted Coyner a twisted hypothetical: two bullets, three targets—Gilbert, Hitler, and Pol Pot—with Gilbert taking both shots to the head. As if that wasn’t vile enough, he mused about Gilbert’s kids dying in their mother’s arms, all to push the Republican toward gun control. Coyner, horrified, called him out: “It really bothers me when you talk about hurting people or wishing death on them.” Jones didn’t flinch, doubling down in a phone call about how “pain” would force policy shifts.
Jones later whimpered an apology on WRIC, claiming he’d reached out to Gilbert’s family and wished he could take it back. Too late. Those texts aren’t a one-off; they’re a window into a guy who sees violence as a political lever. And it gets worse.
Back in 2020, during the heated debate over qualified immunity—the legal protection that keeps cops from being personally bankrupted by lawsuits over split-second decisions—Jones showed his true colors again. In a tense phone call with Coyner, who sat on the Courts Committee, he pushed hard to strip that shield from law enforcement. Coyner argued it would paralyze officers, forcing them to hesitate in life-or-death moments, potentially getting themselves or others killed. Jones’s response? Bone-chilling. “Well, maybe if a few of them died, that they would move on, not shooting people, not killing people,” he allegedly said, per Coyner’s account to Virginia Scope. Coyner called it “insane,” but Jones stood firm, insisting personal pain was the only way to change police behavior. He even sponsored bills to gut qualified immunity, a move that would’ve left Virginia’s officers hung out to dry.
Jones denies the cop-killing remark, issuing a canned statement to Virginia Scope: “I did not say this. I have never believed and do not believe that any harm should come to law enforcement, period.” Sure, Jay. But the pattern’s clear: whether it’s wishing death on a Republican speaker or shrugging off dead cops as collateral damage, Jones’s rhetoric screams a dangerous obsession with “pain” as a policy tool. His 2022 texts even referenced that 2020 call, with a smug “I’ve told you this before,” tying his violent fantasies together in a neat, toxic bow.
This isn’t just a bad look—it’s a disqualifier. The attorney general doesn’t just enforce laws; they set the tone for justice in Virginia. Jones’s track record suggests he’d rather see blood than balance. And let’s not forget his own brush with the law: in 2022, he got nabbed doing 116 mph in a 70 mph zone on I-64, a reckless driving charge that could’ve meant jail time. Instead, this well-connected Dem skated with a $2,500 fine, no conviction, no points on his license. Accountability? Not for Jay.
The blowback’s been fierce. Gov. Glenn Youngkin called his words “beyond disqualifying,” a “violent, disgusting” betrayal of public trust. Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears demanded Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger boot Jones from the ticket, slamming his rhetoric as a stain on the entire party. Incumbent AG Jason Miyares, Jones’s opponent, put it bluntly on X: “If you believe it is okay to wish death upon a political opponent… vote for my opponent.” Even President Trump and VP JD Vance piled on, branding Jones a “Radical Left Lunatic” whose fantasies threaten the Commonwealth’s safety.
Spanberger called the texts “abhorrent” in private but hasn’t cut ties, and local Dems are mumbling about “context” while the Republican AG Association keeps the receipts live at jayjonestexts.com. Meanwhile, Virginia’s at a crossroads. Jones is neck-and-neck with Miyares in a race that could tip the state’s future. Do we want an AG who dreams of dead cops and murdered rivals, or one like Miyares, who’s taken on Big Tech and cartels without resorting to violent fever dreams?
Virginians, this isn’t about politics—it’s about sanity. Jones’s apologies ring hollow when his words keep circling back to bloodshed. We need a top cop who upholds the law, not one who cheers its collapse. Dump him, Dems, or own the chaos you’re courting.
*With thanks to *Virginia Scope* and X users for keeping the truth in the spotlight.*
