From Fox News: A resurfaced social media post is adding fuel to the fire of a viral scandal that rocked the Virginia attorney general race last week after an explosive report exposed the violent 2022 text messages that were sent by the Democratic attorney general nominee to a colleague.
“@ForHahns you should drop out of the race,” Jay Jones posted on X in 2021, calling on Hahns Copeland, then-Republican candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates, to drop out of the race over a controversial social media post where Copeland criticized the appearance of Virginia’s Democrat house speaker that was deemed by some as antisemitic.
“Hate has no place in this Commonwealth, my guy,” Jones added.
It was recently revealed that Jones fantasized in 2022 text messages about shooting now-former Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert in the head while also suggesting that harm should come to that Republican’s young “fascist” children.
Jones is now being mocked for his old tweet from four years ago.
Mr. Jones, I’ve come from the future to ask you some questions about this anti-hate stance you were claiming here…
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) October 8, 2025
@jonesjay you should drop out of the race. And delete your account.
Hate has no place in this Commonwealth, my guy.— StillTodd (@JustTodd24) October 8, 2025
Here’s something that didn’t age well.
— Scott McKay (@TheHayride) October 8, 2025
The Republican Attorneys General Association declared, “Jay Jones, you should drop out of the race. And delete your account. Hate has no place in this Commonwealth, my guy.
.@JonesJay you should drop out of the race. And delete your account.
Hate has no place in this Commonwealth, my guy. https://t.co/MoGvcrk09e pic.twitter.com/dbw1InKU7Z
— RAGA (@RepublicanAGs) October 8, 2025
Several people are throwing up current headlines in response to the old tweet.
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) October 8, 2025
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) October 8, 2025
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) October 8, 2025
Is that so? pic.twitter.com/EnCPFor14w
— Beach City Cop (@VBStrong_67) October 8, 2025
Care to revisit this one Mr. Jones? https://t.co/VDlQC45Q8I
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) October 7, 2025
“drop out”
“hate has no place in this Commonwealth” https://t.co/31T96tKh0i— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) October 8, 2025
You cannot make this stuff up. Have we ever had a more reckless, arrogant, hateful, and hypocritical major-party nominee seek statewide office in Virginia? https://t.co/x9kauoPseU
— Richard M (@rlmcca) October 8, 2025
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