Jeffries says Jay Jones has ‘appropriately apologized’ for what he said in leaked texts

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) appeared to stand by Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones in comments to reporters outside the Capitol on Thursday.

Jeffries said Jones has “appropriately apologized” for the incendiary texts, in which he suggested a former Virginia House speaker and his children should be killed.

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