Youngkin again addressed the text messages sent by Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, to Delegate Carrie Coyner three years ago. In the texts, Jones described a thought game in which he said he'd save two bullets for then House Speaker Todd Gilbert and then wished harm upon Gilbert's children.

Coyner has confirmed Jones sent her texts in 2022 that read:

Coyner responded:

Jones replied:

A day after speaking to Fox News about it, Youngkin said the comments were disqualifying and Jones's party needs to do something about it.

"I believe that the entire ticket and Democrat leadership across the state needs to tell Jay Jones to step down from this race in disgrace. And the fact that they haven't, seems to me that they are, in fact, condoning what he said," Youngkin said.

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