Democratic Party attorney general nominee Jay Jones has issued a second, more detailed, statement on the awful story regarding the text messages from 2022 that surfaced today in which he mused about the former House Speaker, Todd Gilbert, being shot, and worse, that his kids would meet the same fate.
The statement:
“I take full responsibility for my actions, and I want to issue my deepest apology to Speaker Gilbert and his family. Reading back those words made me sick to my stomach. I am embarrassed, ashamed, and sorry.
“I have reached out to Speaker Gilbert to apologize directly to him, his wife Jennifer, and their children. I cannot take back what I said; I can only take full accountability and offer my sincere apology.
“Virginians deserve honest leaders who admit when they are wrong and own up to their mistakes. This was a grave mistake, and I will work every day to prove to the people of Virginia that I will fight for them as Attorney General.”
The ball would seem to be in Gilbert’s court in terms of publicly accepting the apology.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for that one.
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