Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) lamented text messages sent by Democratic state attorney general candidate Jay Jones talking about violence against former state House Speaker Todd Gilbert (R), calling the correspondence "demented."

“I thought this was a joke because no one could write this. This is demented and here we have the Democrat candidate running for attorney general, the top cop in Virginia, wishing not only that he had two bullets to put in a guy’s head but then he wishes death on his children,” Youngkin said in an interview Monday on “Fox & Friends.”

“But that is where the violent left of the Democrat Party is. This is where these folks are,” he continued.

The messages, which were sent in 2022, were first reported by the National Review, and the texts were later published by the Republican Attorneys General Association.........

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