Far-left Democrat Jay Jones’ besieged campaign for Virginia attorney general took a turn for the worse again with the resurrection of a social media post in which he called upon a GOP opponent for the House of Delegates to drop out of the race for a so-called antisemitic remark.
In 2021, Jones demanded on X that Hahns Copeland end his campaign for the House after he posted a comment on X about the size of then-House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn’s nose.
Multiple X users have replied to the four-year-old advice from Jones, who is under fire for saying former GOP House Speaker Todd Gilbert should be murdered, and that his wife should see her children murdered. Jones is also alleged to have said cops should be shot.
The latest rhetorical grenade tossed into Jones’ lap blew up in the last day or so. It goes back to 10:03 p.m. on September 17, 2021 when, again, Jones told Copeland he had to quit his race for the House of Delegates 89th District, which is based in Norfolk.
As The Washington Post explained, Copeland tweeted this unfortunate remark about Filler-Corn: “I was surprised to see a pair of eyes and a mouth with that NOSE.”
Filler-Corn is Jewish.
“Copeland’s tweet was soon deleted, but screenshots of it lingered, and Democrats said it was an antisemitic attack on Filler-Corn,” the Post reported:
Copeland apologized in another tweet to his roughly 120 followers late Friday, calling the earlier tweet “immature and impulsive.”
“It was never intended to be anti-Semitic or reference her ethnicity or religion,” Copeland’s tweet said, but he conceded his earlier tweet was “inappropriate and insensitive.”
“I apologize to anyone I may have offended,” Copeland said in an email Friday night to The Washington Post. “My comment is not an accurate reflection of the totality of my character or the beliefs and values of me and my family.”
That wasn’t enough for Jones, who was quite concerned about Copeland’s political hygiene.
“You should drop out of the race,” Jones wrote:
And delete your account.
Hate has no place in this Commonwealth, my guy.
As they often say on social media, that didn’t age well.
“How about that,” wrote The Daily Signal’s Tony Kinnett.
Wrote Va. state Senator Glen Sturtevant, “Update?”
“Mr. Jones, I’ve come from the future to ask you some questions about this anti-hate stance you were claiming here,” another user wrote.
Wrote a fourth, “Jay you should take your own advice. Hate has no place in the AGs office.”
“Is that so?” Beach City Cop wrote over screenshots of the text in which Jones said Gilbert should be murdered.
Jones’s campaign against incumbent GOP Attorney General Jason Miyares crashed when GOP Delegate Carrie Coyner confirmed the authenticity of texts from Jones that wished death upon Gilbert.
Jones told Coyner that if he had to choose between murdering Gilbert or two dictators, “he’d shoot Gilbert ‘every time.’”
“Gilbert, hitler, and pol pot,” Jones wrote, “Gilbert gets two bullets to the head.”
He continued:
Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time
As well, Jones told Coyner that he “wished Gilbert’s wife could watch her own child die in her arms” because of her husband’s position on gun control.
“Yes, I’ve told you this before,” he told Coyner:
Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.
That remark referred to an earlier conversation with Coyner over Jones’ bill to end qualified immunity for cops, which protects them from actions taken in the line of duty.
Coyner explained to Jones that police needed qualified immunity because they “have to make a split-second decision about whether or not to shoot a gun to protect themselves or protect others.” Without that immunity, they will wonder whether protecting themselves or others will end in their losing everything.
“Well, maybe if a few of them died, that they would move on, not shooting people, not killing people,” Jones replied.
Jones apologized for the murderous comments about Gilbert and his family, but denied he said cops should be shot.
While most Democrats have not called for Jones to drop out of the race, the Virginia Police Benevolent Association (VAPBA), which has endorsed Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger, said that Jones cannot take office if he defeats Miyares.
“The VAPBA has not endorsed Jay Jones in this election,” the group said:
Mr. Jones is now on the ballot for statewide office, and voting is already underway. Even if he were to withdraw, his name would remain, and he could still win the election. Voters now have the full picture of Mr. Jones’ character and must weigh that information carefully as they cast their ballots.
We believe Mr. Jones must take full responsibility for his words. If he were to win, he should decline to take office. Leaders cannot serve effectively when their own conduct has undermined their credibility.
Violent as opposed to merely insensitive rhetoric is familiar territory for Democrats, who have not only encouraged violence in general, but also fantasized about harming President Donald Trump.
“If we were in high school, I’d take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him,” former President Joe Biden told a crowd in Miami in 2018.
“I will go and take out Trump tonight!” said Rep. Maxine Waters (Calif.) in 2017. She also repeatedly encouraged supporters to harass and intimidate Trump administration personnel.
Said Former Senator Jon Tester of Montana of Trump, “I think you need to go back and punch him in the face.”
On the far-left celebrity side, has-been actor Robert DeNiro said he too would “like to punch him in the face.”
In 2017, washed-up comedienne Kathy Griffin held up a model of Trump’s bloody, decapitated head.
Then there was Johnny Depp, who wondered, “When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?”
“I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House,” singer Madonna declared.
H/T: Fox News