Jay Jones’s GOP Opponent Burns Dem AG Candidate Over Violent Fantasies: ‘He Wouldn’t Pass the Background Check’

Kathryn Wilkens Oct 17th, 2025, 3:45 pm

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) delivered a blistering rebuke of Democratic challenger Jay Jones during Friday’s edition of Fox’s America Reports , saying Jones “wouldn’t pass a background check” in his attorney general’s office.

“If Jay Jones were applying to be a line prosecutor in my attorney general’s office — in fact, any attorney general’s office in all 50 states — he wouldn’t pass the background check for the job,” said Miyares to Fox’s Sandra Smith and John Roberts .

Jones has faced mounting scrutiny over past conduct, including 2022 text messages in which he fantasized about shooting then–House Speake

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