The Republican Prosecutor General of Virginia Jason Miyares said on Monday that the candidate of the Prosecutor General of the Democratic Party Jay Jones issued “false” apologies for the desire for death to his political opponent and his children.
Jones He made an apology on Saturday after the chain of text messages from August 2022 showed that he openly fantasized about the shooting of the then speaker of the House of Todd Gilbert, and wished violence for his children, saying that he was “embarrassed” and “shame” with his previous comments. Miyares said in America News that Jones had no repentance for his previous comments and did not have enough temperament to serve the next state prosecutor.
“Listen, my work as a general prosecutor, as the main prosecutor in Virginia, your work is to stop violence. I can’t imagine that someone ran into this office, which actually advocated violence, ”Miyarez said. “Not only against a colleague, someone, with anyone he worked. But he receives children. He literally, in his text messages that were posted on the Internet, when he was called for his rhetoric, he actually, instead of apologizing, doubled, and when you said that “you literally want the children of Jennifer Gilbert to die in her hands,” he said. Yes. The fact that pain arises, pain arises. ” Think about this thinking, politics aside, this is the incredibly dark place from which you should come to wish [for] By the way, the death of the young children with whom he met. ” (Related: Jay Jones used public works from reckless condemnation for driving to promote his own political career)
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Jones made these comments during the message of the Republican Virginia del. Carrie Coiner, who general A conversation with a national review. After she told Jones to cease the desire for violence from people, Jones said that politicians make changes only when they themselves cause pain, according to a national review. At some point, he suggested that Gilbert’s wife held her dead children in her arms to put pressure on Gilbert in order to change his mind to violence with the use of weapons.
Jones Stated That he takes “full responsibility” for his comments and apologized to Gilbert's family.
“Reading these words made me feel sick to the stomach. I am ashamed, ashamed and sorry, ”Jones said. “I cannot return what I said; I can only take full responsibility and offer my sincere apologies. ”
Miyares warned that the leadership of Jones would not be the basic “politeness” and “decency”, and stated that his apology is completely insincere.
“I think that his apologies are false,” continued Miyarez. “Because he was called at the time he wrote this to a colleague. [She] He said: “It doesn't fit,” and he doubled it. He apologizes, he tries to save his political career, because he is a politician, he is not a prosecutor. Because I can tell you right now, Dana, I met victims. As a prosecutor, I actually had to sit at the autopsy of a minor child who died of a gunshot wound. I can’t imagine whether you will meet the mother who has lost the child, I will tell you this. There is no scream, like a cry of a mother who has lost her child. Nobody.”
“It’s just so soulful to defend this, kill the children of a political opponent, he is completely disqualified for this position. Because when I took this position, I did not swear the political party, but to protect all the Virzhinians. Republicans, democrats and independent, ”added the prosecutor general. “I can’t imagine that anyone is looking for this office, and the responsibilities that come to this position are the main prosecutor who a) never pursued the court in his life, obviously never met victims, and then playing for the death of children. In my opinion, he is disqualified that the ministry as the general prosecutor Virginia, and I think that voters will disqualify him. ”
Republican governor Virginia Glenn Yangkin said Jones comments “Outside the disqualification” for the Prosecutor General.
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