‘Gilbert Gets Two Bullets’: Dem Nominee for Virginia AG Fantasized About Murdering GOP Lawmaker and Urinating on Graves

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Jay Jones, the Democratic Party’s nominee for attorney general in Virginia, fantasized about murdering Todd Gilbert, the former Republican speaker of Old Dominion’s House of Delegates, back in 2022.

According to National Review’s Audrey Fahlberg, Jones accidentally sent a message to a former Republican colleague, Carrie Coyner. Even after he realized he had addressed his message to the wrong intended recipient, though, Jones pressed on.

“If those guys [Republican lawmakers] die before me,” mused Jones. “I will go to their funerals to piss on their graves.”

The text conversation continued:

JONES: Three people, two bullets

JONES: Gilbert, hitler, and pol pot

JONES: Gilbert gets two bullets to the head

JONES: Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time

COYNER: Jay

COYNER: Please stop

JONES: Lol

JONES: Ok, ok

COYNER: It really bothers me when you talk about hurting people or wishing death on them

COYNER: It isn’t ok

COYNER: No matter who they are

In a subsequent call between Jones and Coyner, the former reportedly “doubled down on the call, saying the only way public policy changes is when policymakers feel pain themselves, like the pain that parents feel when they watch their children die from gun violence. He asked her to provide counterexamples to disprove his claim.”

“At one point,” reported Fahlberg, “he suggested he wished Gilbert’s wife could watch her own child die in her arms so that Gilbert might reconsider his political views, prompting Coyner to hang up the phone in disgust.”

After the National Review story went live, Jones issued the following statement acknowledging the authenticity of the texts and blaming his opponent, incumbent Republican Jason Miyares, for their publication.

“Like all people, I’ve sent text messages that I regret and I believe that violent rhetoric has no place in our politics,” began Jones. “Let’s be clear about what is happening in the Attorney General race right now: Jason Miyares is dropping smears through Trump-controlled media organizations to assault my character and rescue his desperate campaign. This is a strategy that ensures Jason Miyares will continue to be accountable to Donald Trump, not the people of Virginia. This race is about whether Trump can control Virginia or Virginians control Virginia.”