AG Nominee Apologizes for "Two Bullets" Texts
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Virginia's Democratic Attorney General nominee, Jay Jones, faces bipartisan condemnation for surfaced 2022 text messages suggesting House Speaker Todd Gilbert "gets two bullets to the head." Jones has apologized and taken "full responsibility" for the "embarrassing" and "disqualifying" comments. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger expressed disgust, while Republican opponents called the remarks "wholly disqualifying." The controversy emerges amid heightened concerns about political violence in the U.S.
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