Virginia Democratic AG Candidate Arrested in 2023 for Driving 116 MPH on I-64

[Anonymous]

I just came from a gathering of local Ds who would prefer he dropout and encourage write ins, but as the early voting is already happening, that makes things difficult.

Most of the volunteers out there no longer want to vote for him after this, but we are somewhat stuck by the process.

[Anonymous]

Jones’ comments are disqualifying. Spanberger and Hashmi need to get him to stand down or they disqualify themselves as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just came from a gathering of local Ds who would prefer he dropout and encourage write ins, but as the early voting is already happening, that makes things difficult.

Most of the volunteers out there no longer want to vote for him after this, but we are somewhat stuck by the process.

Your integrity is not dependent on any process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jones’ comments are disqualifying. Spanberger and Hashmi need to get him to stand down or they disqualify themselves as well.

Yeah, we're not quite at that point where wishing for the death of children is OK provided said children have parents whose politics you disagree with.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s October. These are the candidates on the ballot. Deal with it like an adult instead of throwing a tantrum.

And own it if you are ok with MAGA. No one is forcing you. There is a better option.

You said the same thing when we were staring at the Biden v. Trump choice. At some point how are Democrats not learning to put up better candidates instead of berating voters about casting a ballot for their terrible candidate or else MAGA. Do better. This is why the party is so unpopular even in the era of Trump.

So to “teach” Democrats a lesson you’re going to fck us all over.

So irrational.

Grow TF up.

Nope, the Dems f*cked us all over by putting up Jay Jones for AG. I am not voting for Jay Jones because he is completely unfit for the job that he is running for. I am not going to eat a sh!t sandwich to cover for the Dems inability to run a qualified person for AG. And I’m not the only one with this perspective, but keep screaming into the void. *Shrug*

Go nuts. At least admit that you think MAGA is an acceptable outcome.

And Jay Jones is?

Yes. He got a speeding ticket and sent a text. It wasn’t an actual threat, just bad taste.

Get a grip.

It wasn’t a threat he wanted to shoot
Someone and their kids? How far will you go to rationalize that this person is not fit to be AG?

Was he actually threatening to shoot anyone? Hitler? No, it was obviously a hypothetical.

Poor taste but not an actual threat.

Here is some of the texts you think aren't so bad:

Jones then mused about a scenario in which he had two bullets and could choose to fire them at Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot — the brutal Cambodian dictator — or then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert (R).

“Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time,” Jones wrote, according to the screenshot.

The text conversation continued after the call ended. In those further texts, Coyner suggested that Jones had also talked about Gilbert’s children dying in the arms of their mother, Jennifer.

“You weren’t trying to understand,” Coyner texted. “You were talking about hopping [sic] jennifer Gilbert’s children would die”
“Yes, I’ve told you this before,” Jones replied. “Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.”

If a Republican said this about any Democrat you would be screaming to high heavens. The fact you think this isn't so bad says more about you are your willingness to excuse this.

I am guessing his point was around gun violence. Would it take having their own kids shot to convince Rs to support common sense gun control?

We don’t know exactly what was said or the context.

Speeding and bad taste texts? I’d still take him over MAGA.

The bar is truly so low now thanks to the Republicans that he honestly still has a lot of leeway.

The texts were posted. They were exactly what was said. There’s no context this is acceptable. The fact you are trying to downplay this is just ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Speeding and bad taste texts? I’d still take him over MAGA.

Reckless driving is not just "speeding." Three miles it took the police to pull him over. 116 miles per hour.
He did "community service" with his own PAC and had his paid employee sign off on it. That is also troubling--a PAC is not "non-profit."

And, the texts in "bad taste?" Really PP?

[Anonymous]

He needs to withdraw or he’s going to bring all of Virginia down with him. Have kaine or Warner said anything? This is outrageous.

[Anonymous]

from Mark Warner on X:

"Political disagreements must be resolved through debate and elections, not through threats or violence.

The comments attributed to Jay Jones are appalling, unacceptable, and inconsistent with the person I’ve known."

[Anonymous]

Who leaked them?

[Anonymous]

Lean into it. Would a Republic apologize and drop out?

No way. Jones can just say he’s following the lead of our President’s advocacy for “2nd Amendment solutions.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jones’ comments are disqualifying. Spanberger and Hashmi need to get him to stand down or they disqualify themselves as well. [/quote
Wrong. I call hypocrite troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lean into it. Would a Republic apologize and drop out?

No way. Jones can just say he’s following the lead of our President’s advocacy for “2nd Amendment solutions.”

this.

The purity required from the left is what is killing this country

[Anonymous]

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Speeding and bad taste texts? I’d still take him over MAGA.

Reckless driving is not just "speeding." Three miles it took the police to pull him over. 116 miles per hour.
He did "community service" with his own PAC and had his paid employee sign off on it. That is also troubling--a PAC is not "non-profit."

And, the texts in "bad taste?" Really PP?

You sure he’s not a republican, but this is stuff republicans have been doing for over a decade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jones’ comments are disqualifying. Spanberger and Hashmi need to get him to stand down or they disqualify themselves as well.

Of course they won’t. Louise Lucas and Mamie Locke quickly jumped in to support Jones and send the message that Tidewater Democrats would treat any efforts to get Jones off the ticket as anti-Black.

Now the Democrats have to wait and see if Jones sinks the entire ticket the way McAuliffe did four years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:He needs to withdraw or he’s going to bring all of Virginia down with him. Have kaine or Warner said anything? This is outrageous.

No he is not. Democrats lose because they are always willing to throw their hands in the air and give up. Not this time. Don’t let the republicans guilt trip you into doing something they would never consider, such as withdrawing from a political race. Double down Jay.