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Republicans condemned the electoral victory of Attorney General-elect Jay Jones on Tuesday after Jones won the race despite a scandal over texts he sent hoping a Republican politician’s children would die.
“A deranged lib murders Charlie Kirk, and Democrats respond by electing a sociopath who – in his own words – wants his political opponents and their *children* dead. Truly demonic,” reacted Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), while Fox News contributor Guy Benson tweeted, “Blue sweeps are not at all surprising, but this sociopath winning is dark.”
“Democrats have sent a clear message in recent weeks that they would like us dead. But no message is clearer than electing this animal,” weighed in Daily Wire host Michael Knowles – a sentiment echoed by many other conservatives on social media, Tuesday.
Several prominent conservatives criticized Republicans for spending the past few weeks complaining about Tucker Carlson and a leaked Young Republicans group chat instead of focusing on the race in Virginia.
“While conservatives were opening fire on each other over group chats and interviews Democrats were turning out into elect a man who was literally wishing death on your children,” wrote The Blaze host Auron MacIntyre. “Democrats are a real political party, the GOP is a set of beautiful losers.”
“God save Republicans and their children in VA,” Megyn Kelly declared.
Jones’ campaign was plagued with controversy after several text messages were released, showing him fantasizing about killing a Republican politician and watching his children die.
In one text message to a former colleague, Jones fantasized about putting “two bullets” into Republican politician Todd Gilbert’s head.
“Jay… Please stop,” the former colleague replied. “It really bothers me when you talk about hurting people or wishing death on them.”
In another exchange, the former colleague complained about Jones “talking about hopping [sic] jennifer Gilbert’s children would die,” to which Jones responded, “Yes, I’ve told you this before. Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.”
Jones apologized over the comments during a debate last month, claiming he was “ashamed” and “embarrassed” for sending the text messages.
“I am sorry to Speaker Gilbert, I am sorry to his family. I’m sorry to my family and I’m sorry to every single Virginian,” he said. “I cannot take back what I said, but you have my word that I will always be accountable for my mistakes.”
