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Fellow Democrats are standing by Virginia state attorney general candidate Jay Jones , with none calling for him to exit the race despite his horrific text messages which have recently surfaced.

In 2022 text messages to a colleague, Jones said he hoped former Republican House Speaker Todd Gilbert’s children would die. In a series of messages he doubled down, saying that such grief might be "a good thing" if it advanced his politics. Democrat gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger condemned the messages, but stopped short of calling for him to end his campaign.

"I will always condemn violent language in our politics," Spanberger said, adding that she had spoken "frankly" with him after the texts surfaced.

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