Virginia Democrats have spent months trying to convince voters they’re the party of law and order.
But one shocking revelation just blew that narrative to pieces.
And a Virginia Democrat attorney general candidate got caught making sickening comments about dead police officers that will make your blood boil.
Republican lawmaker exposes Jay Jones’ disturbing pattern
Virginia attorney general nominee Jay Jones thought his disgusting comments about police officers would stay buried forever.
He was dead wrong.
Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner just dropped a bombshell that exposes exactly what Jones really thinks about the men and women in blue – and it’s even worse than anyone imagined.
During a heated 2020 phone call about removing qualified immunity protections for police officers, Jones allegedly told Coyner that "maybe if a few of them died, that they would move on, not shooting people, not killing people."¹
Let that sink in for a moment.
A man who wants to be Virginia’s top law enforcement officer suggested that dead cops might be good for public policy.
Coyner revealed the shocking exchange during an interview with Virginia Scope, explaining that Jones was trying to convince her to support legislation stripping qualified immunity from police officers.²
When Coyner pushed back and warned that officers would get killed if they had to second-guess split-second decisions, Jones allegedly responded with his vile suggestion about officer deaths.
The disturbing pattern Democrats don’t want you to see
This isn’t Jones’ first rodeo when it comes to wishing death on political opponents.
August 2022 text messages surfaced last week showing Jones telling Coyner that then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert should get "two bullets to the head" and expressing hope that Gilbert’s children would "die in their mother’s arms."³
The messages were so shocking that even some Democrats called them "disqualifying."
Now we’re learning this sick pattern goes back even further to 2020.
The qualified immunity debate shows Jones wasn’t just having a bad day when he sent those 2022 death texts – this is how he actually thinks about political opposition.
Here’s what makes this even more disturbing.
Jones’ running mate for governor is Abigail Spanberger, who told supporters in June to "let your rage fuel you" – and has repeated the phrase multiple times on the campaign trail.⁴
So we’ve got a Democrat ticket where one candidate suggests dead cops might solve policing problems and the other tells supporters to be fueled by rage.
What could possibly go wrong?
Jones scrambles for damage control as early voting begins
Of course, Jones is now claiming he never made the 2020 comments about dead police officers.
"I did not say this," Jones said in a statement. "I have never believed and do not believe that any harm should come to law enforcement, period."⁵
But here’s the problem with that denial.
Jones already admitted to sending those 2022 death wish texts about Speaker Gilbert and his family, so we know he’s perfectly capable of making these kinds of statements.
And Delegate Coyner has absolutely no reason to fabricate a story about a private phone call from 2020 that only became relevant because of Jones’ other documented pattern of wishing death on political opponents.
The timing couldn’t be worse for Jones and Virginia Democrats.
Early voting is already underway across Virginia, and voters are getting their first real look at what a Jones-Spanberger administration would actually mean for public safety.
Here’s what Virginia voters need to understand
Look, qualified immunity is a legitimate policy debate that reasonable people can disagree on.
But suggesting that dead police officers might improve law enforcement behavior?
That’s not policy discussion – that’s the mindset of someone who fundamentally doesn’t understand what it means to serve and protect.
Police officers make split-second decisions in life-or-death situations every single day.
They need to know they won’t be bankrupted by frivolous lawsuits when they protect innocent people from violent criminals.
When Jones allegedly suggested that a few dead cops might change police behavior, he revealed exactly how little he understands about the realities of law enforcement.
And when you combine that with his documented history of wishing death on political opponents, you get a clear picture of someone who simply isn’t fit to be Virginia’s attorney general.
The Virginia Fraternal Order of Police has already called for Jones to drop out of the race over his violent rhetoric.⁶
Even President Trump weighed in, calling Jones a "Radical Left Lunatic" and giving his "Complete and Total Endorsement" to current Attorney General Jason Miyares.⁷
Virginia families deserve better than a candidate who views dead police officers as acceptable collateral damage in his political agenda.
They deserve an attorney general who will work with law enforcement, not against them.
Early voting continues across Virginia, giving voters the chance to reject this disturbing pattern of violent rhetoric from the Democrat ticket.
The choice couldn’t be clearer.
¹ Virginia Scope, "Virginia Dem AG Candidate Under Fire Again, This Time Over ‘Dead Cops’ Comments," October 7, 2025.
² Ibid.
³ Virginia Mercury, "’Beyond disqualifying’: Jay Jones controversy jolts Virginia’s pivotal 2025 elections," October 5, 2025.
⁴ Fox News, "Earle-Sears slams Spanberger over ‘let your rage fuel you’ comments," September 24, 2025.
⁵ Virginia Scope, "Virginia Dem AG Candidate Under Fire Again, This Time Over ‘Dead Cops’ Comments," October 7, 2025.
⁶ Fox News, "Virginia lawmaker claims Jay Jones said if more police were killed it would reduce shootings of civilians," October 6, 2025.
⁷ Virginia Mercury, "’Beyond disqualifying’: Jay Jones controversy jolts Virginia’s pivotal 2025 elections," October 5, 2025.
