DOG BITES MAN: Gun control group gave six-figure donation to Dem candidate who fantasized about shooting GOP lawmaker.
Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones, running alongside gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger, received $200,000 from Everytown for Gun Safety in August, campaign finance records reviewed by Fox News Digital show.
Jones has been facing calls to drop out of the race after a National Review report exposed text messages in 2022 where Jones compared one of his Republican colleagues, former Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert, to Hitler and Pol Pot and said that if he was given two bullets, he would use both against the GOP lawmaker.
Jones also made remarks suggesting his desire to see violence happen against Gilbert’s young children.
Everytown for Gun Safety endorsed Jones in June.
“Ghazala Hashmi and Jay Jones are committed gun sense champions, and we’re proud to endorse them today,” John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, said in a press release at the time.
“Preventing gun violence is a winning issue in Virginia, and Everytown will go all out to make sure voters know which candidates are making public safety a top priority.”
When will Everytown ask for their money back from this proponent of gun violence against children?