Voters Shun Democrat Jolanda Jones Who Ranted About Slashing Republicans’ Necks

Voters in Texas’ 18th congressional district’s Tuesday special election rejected Democratic Texas state Rep. Jolanda Jones, who used violent language in calling for the “wipe out” of Republicans on CNN in October.

Jones finished third in the all-party primary to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died in March after just two months in office, the Associated Press (AP) projected early Wednesday morning. The state lawmaker was therefore locked out of advancing to a runoff election that will feature the top two vote-getters, Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards.

With 78% of the vote in, Menefee had won 29.4% of the vote, compared with 25.7% for Edwards and 18.7% for Jones, according to the Associated Press (AP).

“So, if you hit me in my face, I’m not going to punch you back in your face,I’m going to go across your neck, because we can go back and forth fighting each other’s faces. You’ve got to hit hard enough where they won’t come back,” Jones told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Oct. 22.

The Democratic lawmaker’s remarks came just over a month after the Sept. 10 assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who died after being shot in the neck.

“And so, yeah, for the same way I went to New York and spoke with Governor Kathy Hochul