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American politician in Virginia (born 1970)
The phrase , in which he fantasized about shooting then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert; the phrase did not come from the new Virginia attorney general as a public quote. Multiple contemporaneous reports d...
Jay Jones did not, in the reporting summarized here, appear to reference a specific incident or named organization when texts surfaced in 2022 that fantasized about violence involving an opponent and ...
Jay Jones sent private text messages in August 2022 in which he reportedly fantasized about shooting then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert and wrote that Gilbert’s children should “die in their mother’s arm...
Jay Jones is reported to have made a specific, disturbing remark in 2022 during a follow-up phone call to Carrie Coyner: he said Todd Gilbert’s wife “could see her child die so her husband could recon...
Leaked text messages attributed to Jay Jones date from 2022—several reports specify August 2022—and include violent, graphic language directed at then–House Speaker Todd Gilbert and references to harm...
Jay Jones was reported to have sent private text messages in August 2022 in which he fantasized about violence directed at then–House Speaker Todd Gilbert and described Gilbert’s children dying in the...
Officials, law enforcement and political actors reacted swiftly and sharply after leaked 2022 texts showed Jay Jones fantasizing about shooting then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert and wishing death on his...
Available reporting shows Jay Jones was the subject of a scandal over resurfaced 2022 text messages in which he fantasized about shooting then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert and referenced harm to Gilbert...
The phrase often summarized as the "two bullets" quote traces to private text messages written in 2022 by Democratic attorney‑general candidate Jay Jones, where he wrote that then‑House Speaker Todd G...
Jay Jones issued apologies for violent text messages in multiple settings in October 2025, but reporting diverges on the precise . Contemporary accounts point to an on-stage apology during the Virgini...
Jay Jones is the Democratic victor in Virginia’s 2025 attorney general race and a central figure in a controversy over private 2022 text messages that fantasized about shooting then-House Speaker Todd...
The leaked Jay Jones text messages were sent in August 2022 and do correspond to official events or meetings in 2024–2025; they are private-era messages whose disclosure reshaped the 2025 Virginia att...
Jay Jones did issue an explicit apology over the contested texts, repeatedly calling himself and stating he would take responsibility for his words while apologizing to Speaker Todd Gilbert and his fa...
Jay Jones’s disputed remarks about children appear in ; major accounts say the texts were viewed by outlets such as The Washington Post after initial reporting by National Review and were central to c...
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares did not originate the phrase ; that language came from Democratic candidate Jay Jones in resurfaced 2022 text messages. Miyares repeatedly Jones’s “two bullets ...
Jay Jones publicly apologized for 2022 text messages that referenced shooting former Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert, saying he was “ashamed, embarrassed, and sorry” and taking “full accountabilit...
The leak contains violent and graphic private messages from Jay Jones, including a line suggesting a former Virginia House speaker should receive and other disturbing wishes about a speaker’s family, ...
Leaked text messages attributed to Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones reportedly contain violent language — including a line about going to opponents’ funerals “to piss on their graves” and...