House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) announced on Thursday that he stands by Democrat Jay Jones in his race for Virginia Attorney General despite past text messages that showed him apparently fantasizing about a Republican lawmaker being fatally shot.
Speaking with reporters on Capitol Hill, Jeffries said the apology from Jay Jones is sufficient.
“The attorney general candidate has appropriately apologized for his remarks, and I know his remarks have been condemned across the board by Democrats in the commonwealth [of] Virginia and beyond,” Jeffries said. “And that’s the right thing to do.”
Jones sent the text messages on August 8…
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