Former Virginia delegate Jay Jones faces scrutiny over violent messages about a Republican lawmaker as he prepares for Thursday’s debate against Jason Miyares.
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FormerVirginiastateDel.JayJones’escalatingscandal—overmessagesenvisioningthemurderofaRepublicanlawmakerandhisyoung“fascist”children—isexpectedtodominateThursday’sattorneygeneraldebateattheUniversityofRichmond.
ThetentaclesofthescandalhavealreadyreachedfarbeyondthehomeoftheSpiders,asPresidentDonaldTrumpandRepublicanleadersacrossthecountryhavelatchedontothemessagingfromJones,D-Norfolk,andthemutedresponsefromfellowDemocrats.
ThemostrecentFoxNews-approvedpoll,conductedbyChristopherNewportUniversityonOct.3beforethescandalbroke,showedJonesleadingRepublicanAttorneyGeneralJasonMiyaresbysixpoints,withotherDemocratsonthestatewideticketenjoyingsimilarmargins.
Butanecdotalevidencepointstoatighteningrace,asMiyareshaslargelyputthethree-seatRepublicanticketonhisshoulderswhileJones’campaignfalters.
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