MANASSAS, Virginia — When a Republican lawmaker in Virginia spoke kind words about a Democrat who was less liberal than Jay Jones, Jones responded by texting that he wished to kill him. He also wished death on the children of gun-rights supporters, while their mothers held the dying children in their arms. He also said he wanted to urinate on the graves of Republicans.

It’s deranged. Normal people have never sent or received text messages that violent, certainly not in response to eulogizing a deceased politician who slightly disagrees with you.