‘Beyond Disqualifying’: Glenn Youngkin Says Democrat AG Candidate’s Texts Are ‘Where The Violent Left Is’

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia told “Fox and Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade Monday that he initially thought someone was playing a joke when he heard about violent texts from Democratic Attorney General candidate Jay Jones of Virginia.

Jones texted about shooting then-Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Todd Gilbert in an exchange with Republican Del. Carrie Coyner of Virginia in 2022, drawing calls for Jones to exit the race. Youngkin said that the content of the messages and a later phone call in which Jones wished for Gilbert’s children to die was “beyond belief.”

“I thought… this was a joke, because no one could write this, this is demented and here we have the Democrat candidate running for attorney general, the top cop in Virginia, wishing not only that he had two bullets to put in a guy’s head, but then wishes death on his children,” Youngkin said. “Todd Gilbert has small kids and for Jay Jones to wish death on his small children is beyond belief, but that is where the violent left of the Democrat Party is. This is where these folks are.”

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“We had Charlie Kirk assassinated and so many folks celebrated on the far left. We’ve had two Democrats threaten to murder two of our delegates running for office in Virginia and now Jay Jones comes out and says he has two bullets for Todd Gilbert’s head and wants to see his children die,” Youngkin continued. “This is unbelievable, and what’s shocking also is that after calling for the normal apology, the Democrat candidates, Abigail Spanberger and the rest of them were out campaigning this weekend like it was nothing. They have got to call for this guy to resign, step down, get out of this race in disgrace, because this is beyond disqualifying.”