Trump tells Miyares attorney general opponent Jay Jones to drop out immediately over ‘demented jokes’

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President Donald Trump on Sunday told Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee running to defeat incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares, to immediately drop out of the Virginia race after the former state delegate made “demented jokes” wishing death upon a Republican and his family.

Texts from 2022 surfaced on Friday, showing Jones fantasizing about then-Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Todd Gilbert getting “two bullets to the head.” Jones also made murderous threats against Gilbert’s wife and children, whom he called “little fascists.”

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