Jay Jones’s GOP Opponent Burns Dem AG Candidate Over Violent Fantasies: ‘He Wouldn’t Pass the Background Check’

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) delivered a blistering rebuke of Democratic challenger Jay Jones during Friday’s edition of Fox’s America Reports, saying Jones “wouldn’t pass a background check” in his attorney general’s office.

“If Jay Jones were applying to be a line prosecutor in my attorney general’s office — in fact, any attorney general’s office in all 50 states — he wouldn’t pass the background check for the job,” said Miyares to Fox’s Sandra Smith and John Roberts.

Jones has faced mounting scrutiny over past conduct, including 2022 text messages in which he fantasized about shooting then–House Speaker Todd Gilbert (R) and wished harm upon Gilbert’s children. Around that same time, he was caught driving 116 mph on Virginia’s I-64 and later sidestepped jail by fulfilling community service hours.

“There were four people in court that day, all going around the same speed,” Miyares continued. “Three out of four of those people got active or suspended jail time. The only person who didn’t was Jay Jones because he’s a politician. And then he did the community service hours to get out of a jail sentence for his own political action committee, which obviously isn’t a charity.”

On Thursday, during a debate between the two candidates, Jones apologized for his past conduct, saying he was “ashamed” and “embarrassed.” He added that Miyares “is going to try to make this race about my mistakes, but this race has always been about more… and the stakes of this race are too high for it to be about anything else.”

Watch the clip above via Fox News.