Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) claimed that Virginia Democrat candidate for Attorney General Jay Jones pondering the shooting of a Virginia Republican lawmaker is “no worse” than what President Donald Trump says “almost every day.”

When asked by Michael O’Connor, a reporter with The Dogwood news, if Beyer had a comment about Jones, Beyer expressed that Jones’s comment entertaining a hypothetical situation of shooting former Virginia Speaker of the House of Delegates Todd Gilbert was “awful.”

Beyer continued to state that he hopes Jones “prevails” in the upcoming election against current Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, the Republican candidate for attorney general.

“How about Mr. Jones? Any kind of comment on what’s happening with them?” O’Connor asked.

“You know, what Jay said was aw

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