{"id":2499841,"date":"2025-10-16T21:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-says-jones-appropriately-apologized-for-leaked-texts\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T21:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:03:47","slug":"jeffries-says-jones-appropriately-apologized-for-leaked-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-says-jones-appropriately-apologized-for-leaked-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries says Jones &#8216;appropriately apologized&#8217; for leaked texts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjeffries-says-jones-appropriately-apologized-for-leaked-texts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2499841&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries expressed support for Virginia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-virginia-governor-candidate-snubs-invitation-from-police-union\/\" title=\"Democrat ... Governor Candidate Snubs Invitation From Police Union\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a> candidate<\/a> Jay Jones, stating that Jones has &#8220;appropriately apologized&#8221; for controversial and incendiary leaked texts in which Jones suggested violence against a former Virginia House speaker and his children. Jeffries acknowledged that Jones&#8217;s remarks have been widely condemned by Democrats in Virginia and beyond and emphasized that apologizing was the correct response. Despite Jones&#8217;s apology, his comments have negatively impacted his campaign and drawn bipartisan criticism.Virginia Republicans have leveraged the texts against Jones and gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger,who faced pressure to call on Jones to withdraw but remained silent during a debate. The National Republican Congressional Committee harshly criticized Jeffries&#8217;s defence of Jones, demanding Jones exit the race due to the violent nature of his messages. Jones recently debated Republican Jason Miyares as both seek the position of Virginia&#8217;s attorney general.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jeffries says Jay Jones has &lsquo;appropriately apologized&rsquo; for what he said in leaked texts<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2375144\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) appeared to stand by Virginia attorney general candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jay-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jay Jones<\/a> in comments to reporters outside the Capitol on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries said Jones has &ldquo;appropriately apologized&rdquo; for the incendiary texts, in which he suggested a former Virginia House speaker and his children should be killed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3853497\/sanders-praises-greene-shutdown-despite-rocky-history\/\">Sanders gives Greene blessing on shutdown position despite rocky history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3853164\/capitol-police-investigating-swastika-republican-dave-taylor-office\/\">Capitol Police investigating swastika found in House Republican Dave Taylor&#8217;s office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3852896\/nancy-pelosi-snaps-at-reporter-shut-up-national-guard-jan-6\/\">Nancy Pelosi snaps at reporter to &lsquo;shut up&rsquo; about National Guard on Jan. 6<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The attorney general candidate has appropriately apologized for his remarks, and I know his remarks have been condemned across the board by Democrats in the commonwealth [of] Virginia and beyond,&rdquo; Jeffries said. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s the right thing to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jones has apologized to the former Virginia House speaker, but his comments have plagued his campaign and drawn condemnation across the political spectrum. Virginia Republicans have used his texts to drag down the campaign of gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger, who expressed disgust at his comments.<\/p>\n<p>A notable viral clip came out of the first gubernatorial debate when Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears pressed Spanberger on whether she should call on Jones to drop out. Spanberger stood in silence, declining to answer the question.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Abigail, when are you going to take Jay Jones and say to him, &lsquo;You must leave the race?&rsquo; He has said that he wants to murder his political opponent, and not only that, but his political opponents&rsquo; children,&rdquo; Earle-Sears said.<\/p>\n<p>The National Republican Congressional Committee swiftly condemned Jeffries&rsquo;s comments on Jones.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This tells you everything you need to know about House Democrats,&rdquo; NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>in a statement. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3852949\/obama-spanberger-endorsement-jay-jones-texts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OBAMA HOPES TO BOOST SPANBERGER WITH ENDORSEMENT AS CAMPAIGN BLEEDS OVER JAY JONES TEXTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When a Democrat is caught sending violent, threatening messages fantasizing about murdering children, they don&rsquo;t condemn it;&nbsp;they defend it. That&rsquo;s the Democrat standard: no accountability, no consequences, just excuses. Jay Jones must withdraw from the race,&rdquo; they added.<\/p>\n<p>Jones debated Republican opponent Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares on Thursday night as they seek to be the state&rsquo;s next <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >top law enforcement officer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffries: Jay Jones has &#8216;appropriately apologized&#8217; for texts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2499842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hakeem-jeffries-jay-jones.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5447,50470,3935],"class_list":["post-2499841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-apology","tag-jeffries-2","tag-jones"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hakeem-jeffries-jay-jones.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499841"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499845,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499841\/revisions\/2499845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}