President Donald Trump has just weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Virginia Attorney General candidate Jay Jones (D). 

Trump, according to Breitbart News, is joining those who are calling for Jones to drop out of the race.

This comes following the release of text messages that show Jones seemingly calling for violence against Republicans.

Donald J. Trump Truth Social Post 11:43 AM EST 10/05/25

It has just come out that the Radical Left Lunatic, Jay Jones, who is running against Jason Miyares, the GREAT Attorney General in Virginia, made SICK and DEMENTED jokes, if they were jokes at all, which were not funny, and…

— Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 5, 2025

Background

In case you missed it, Jones has landed himself at the center of a serious scandal after the release of his private text messages from August 2022.

The Daily Caller reports:

Jones, a former Virginia state delegate, told Republican House Delegate Carrie Coyner that he would give former Republican Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert “two bullets to the head” and urinate on his grave...

The outlet goes on to provide the contents of the remaining messages.

Jones wrote:

If those guys die before me . . . I will go to their funerals to piss on their graves . . . [to] send them out awash in something, Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, hitler, and pol pot, Gilbert gets two bullets to the head. Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time.

In recent days, as the controversy grew, Jones decided to "apologize" for the texts. "I am embarrassed, ashamed, and sorry," Jones claimed.

Trump weighs in

Trump weighed in on the situation over the weekend.

The president wrote:

It has just come out that the Radical Left Lunatic, Jay Jones, who is running against Jason Miyares, the GREAT Attorney General in Virginia, made SICK and DEMENTED jokes, if they were jokes at all, which were not funny, and that he wrote down and sent around to people, concerning the murdering of a Republican Legislator, his wife, and their children. Abigail Spanberger, who is running for Governor, is weak and ineffective, and refuses to acknowledge what this Lunatic has done. Even Democrats are saying it is “RESIGNATION FROM CAMPAIGN” TERRITORY.

The president went on to call for Jones to drop out of the race, and he put his support behind Miyares for the Virginia attorney general position.

Trump continued:

Democrat Jay Jones should drop out of the Race, IMMEDIATELY, and the People of Virginia must continue to have a GREAT Attorney General in Jason Miyares who, by the way, has my Complete and Total Endorsement — JASON WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!

At the time of this writing, there is no sign that would suggest that Jones is on the verge of dropping out of the running.