Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) would not answer whether she still endorses Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones at the Virginia gubernatorial debate on Thursday amid the fallout over his violent texts, but she did not call on him to exit the race.

Spanberger was asked by the moderators whether she was aware of Jones’s text messages before they were released and whether she would continue to endorse him.

“The comments that Jay Jones [made] are absolutely abhorrent,” Spanberger said. “I denounced them when I learned of them and I will denounce them every opportunity that I........

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