President Donald Trump on Sunday told Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee running to defeat incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares , to immediately drop out of the Virginia race after the former state delegate made “demented jokes” wishing death upon a Republican and his family.

Texts from 2022 surfaced on Friday, showing Jones fantasizing about then-Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Todd Gilbert getting “two bullets to the head.” Jones also made murderous threats against Gilbert’s wife and children, whom he called “little fascists.”

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