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Virginia Republican Governor's candidate Wins Earl-Shirs presented a new campaign on Sunday, connecting her Democratic adversaryAbigail Spanberger, General Prosecutor, hoped Jay Jones, whose recently pop -up text messages attracted a wide negative reaction.
In minute advertising, clips from news are presented, which describe in detail alarming messages sent in 2022 to a colleague. At this place, photos of Spanberger and Jones are also shown and includes the sound of Spnberger, which says: “It was great to be in the campaign with Jay Jones.”
“Jay Jones dreamed of killing two young children and their dad over politics “Abigail Sapberger wants him to be a general prosecutor,” Earl-Sirsi painted in a post accompanying the video.
AD ends with a message on the screen: “Refuse madness. Vote for the Republican. “
The governor of Virginia Wins Erl-Shirs performs on the catwalk on Saturday, October 4, 2025, after the texts of the Democrats Prosecutor General Jay Jones appeared. (Pool)
The texts received by Fox News Digital on Friday demonstrated a conversation in August 2022 with the participation of Jones – then the recently left delegate from Norfolk – refers to the previous Speaker of the Republican Chamber Todd Gilbert, Writing: “Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler and Paul sweat. Gilbert gets two bullets in the head. ”
In another message, Jones reflected on whether Gilbert and his wife Jennifer were “scouting small fascists.”
Jay Jones, who will become the Prosecutor General of Virginia, speaks with the audience during the Ebiegeal -Sanberger bus tour at Faerfax, Virginia, June 26, 2025. (Maxine Washington Post/Getty images)
President Donald Trump He weighed on Sunday, calling Jones “radical left -handed crazy” and urged him to fall out of the race. The president called Spanberger the “weak and ineffective” and praised the enemy of Jones, the General Prosecutor of Virginia Jason Miyares.
“Abigail Sapberger, who is running for the governor, is weak and ineffective and refuses to admit that this crazy did,” Trump wrote in Social. “Even the Democrats say that this is a“ resignation from the territory of the campaign. ” Democrat Jay Jones should immediately throw from the race, and the people of Virginia must continue to have the great prosecutor general in Jason Miyarez, who, incidentally, has my full and complete approval – Jason will never let you down! ”
Spanberger condemned Jones's messages, but stopped calling him to leave the race.
Member of the House of Representatives of Ebigail Sapberger, D-Va., Acting during an interview in his offices of Congress in Washington, February 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)
In a statement published in the media, Jones said: “I take responsibility for my actions, and I want to extract my deepest apologies for the speaker Gilbert and his family.”
“Reading these words made me feel sick to the stomach. I am ashamed, ashamed and regret. I turned to the speaker of Gilbert to apologize right in front of him, his wife Jennifer and their children. I cannot return what I said; I can only take full responsibility and offer my sincere apologies.
“Virzhinians deserve honest leaders who recognize when they are mistaken and adhere to their mistakes. It was a serious mistake, and I will work every day to prove the people of Virginia that I will fight for them As a general prosecutorhe added.
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Earle-Ears, Spanberger and Jones did not immediately respond to the request of Fox News Digital about comments.
Charles Kreutz from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
