As RedState reported, the fallout from the Jay Jones texting scandal continues to rock the race for attorney general in Virginia, with new polling from Trafalgar Group showing GOP Attorney General Jason Miyares now leading the embattled Democrat nominee by six points after trailing him by four points in their previous poll.
There has also been an "up-ballot" effect as well, with notable movement in the gubernatorial race and the lieutenant governor race, with both races now in statisitcal ties and within the margin of error compared to Trafalgar's prior poll that was taken just a few days before the scandal broke, and before the sole gubernatorial debate between Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) and Abigail Spanberger (D) took place.
The texts Jones sent in August 2022 included him expressing fantasies about killing then-Virginia Speaker of the House Todd Gilbert (R) with "two bullets to the head," and of Gilbert’s children dying in his wife Jennifer’s arms. Though Jones has acknowledged sending them, he has denied allegations that he expressed in a phone conversation that maybe if a few police officers were killed as a result of not having qualified immunity, law enforcement would change their tactics with suspects.
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With that and Spanberger's disastrous debate performance undoubtedly in mind, the Virginia Democrat Party is in a panic and is desperately reaching for any excuse they can to get out of explaining why none of them have urged Jones to drop out of the race and/or have pulled their endorsements.
In the final few weeks before Election Day, and with early voting underway, some of them have predictably latched onto "whataboutism" as a way to try and downplay the seriousness of Jones' remarks.
Among them is Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), a former lieutenant governor who has served in Congress for 10 years. He made this insulting closing argument for Jones when asked about the texts (Instagram video):
"You know, what Jay said was awful. It's no worse than what Donald Trump says almost every day, and the things JD Vance has said, when you compare it to the other evil things. People make mistakes. I very much hope he prevails."
Hmm. Really? That's interesting. I pay attention to the news every day, and I have never heard Trump or Vance express the desire to murder their political opposition and see the children of their Democrat opponents die.
It simply hasn't happened. There have been politically motivated attempts on Trump's life, however, as we saw during the 2024 presidential campaign.
For Democrats to resort to playing the "But Trump/Vance" card in light of all of this is absolutely pathetic and, as I noted earlier, insulting to Virginia voters who know the difference between spirited political sparring and wishing you could shoot your colleague on the other side of the aisle in the head and see their young children die in their mother's arms.
One has to wonder if Beyer knows deep down that what he claimed about Trump and Vance isn't true. Is he sticking by Jones in part because, disturbingly, there appears to be a growing number of Democrat voters who agree with the sentiment expressed by Jones, including, apparently, voters in Virginia, as we've previously covered?
The sickening messages we heard and read from some of them after Charlie Kirk's assassination lend credence to that point, in my opinion. Prove me wrong.
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