{"id":2494734,"date":"2025-10-04T18:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T22:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-calls-on-jay-jones-to-drop-out-of-virginia-attorney-general-race-after-violent-text-messages-leak\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T18:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T22:02:12","slug":"vance-calls-on-jay-jones-to-drop-out-of-virginia-attorney-general-race-after-violent-text-messages-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-calls-on-jay-jones-to-drop-out-of-virginia-attorney-general-race-after-violent-text-messages-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance calls on Jay Jones to drop out of Virginia attorney general race after violent text messages leak"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The article reports that JD vance, Vice President and political figure, has urged Virginia Democratic Attorney General candidate Jay Jones to withdraw from the race after violent and threatening text messages<\/a> from Jones were leaked. In these messages, Jones reportedly expressed wishes to shoot former virginia House Speaker Dan Gilbert and even targeted GilbertS children with violent statements. Vance condemned Jones as “very deranged” and called for his resignation from the race.<\/p>\n

The messages sparked bipartisan criticism. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin called Jones’s texts “beyond disqualifying,” while Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger expressed disgust and urged Jones to apologize. Despite calls for him to drop out, no prominent Virginia Democrats have demanded his withdrawal, and Jones cannot officially exit the race as ballots are already printed and early voting underway. Jones issued an apology, taking full responsibility and apologizing directly to Gilbert and his family.<\/p>\n

The incident is expected to negatively impact Jones’s campaign, where he had been leading against the incumbent Republican Jason Miyares. The article notes that the Washington Examiner sought comment from Miyares’s campaign but received no response.

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