House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries defends Virginia Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones despite violent text messages about killing his GOP rival in 2022.
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HouseMinorityLeaderHakeemJeffries,D-N.Y.,stoodbyVirginia’sembattledDemocraticattorneygeneralcandidateJayJones,whosenttextmessagesfantasizingaboutputting“twobullets”inhisRepublicanrival’sheadandalsosuggestedhis“fascist”childrenshoulddieaswell.
AsJonesfacesmountingcallstodropoutofhisracebecauseofthetextscandal,withhisGOPopponentgoingsofarassayingheshoulddisqualifyhimselfataThursdaynightdebate,JeffriessuggestedthatJoneshasalreadyditherightthingbyapologizing.
“Theattorneygeneralcandidatehasappropriatelyapologizedforhisremarks,andIknowhisremarkshavebeencondemnedacrosstheboardbyDemocratsinthecommonwealth[of]Virginiaandbeyond,”saidJeffries,adding,“Andthat’stherightthingtodo.”
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