Let’s see: Democrat AG candidate Jay Jones wanted the GOP Speaker of the Virginia House to be shot and his small children to be killed as well – supposedly in order to change the guy’s policies. Nothing like a little murder to bring you over to the Democrats.

Jones was also convicted of reckless driving and instead of serving time he did community service – with his own PAC.

But guess what? He didn’t have permission to do that:

… Jay Jones, the reckless driving and reckless texting Democrat running for attorney general in Virginia, may be in even more trouble. Restoration News has learned Jones did not have authorization to complete his community service time for reckless driving with his own political action committee (PAC). …

Court documents obtained by Restoration News show Jones waived his arraignment, with the first hearing in his case set for April 26, 2022. Then, Jones somehow got a continuation on his case six separate times—including because of a previously scheduled court matter, his wife getting called out of town, and Jones’ attorney not being available. The hearing— conveniently for Jones—finally happened after Jones had completed so-called “community service” and a driver improvement course.

Jones’ community service attestation included a letter from an organization called Meet our Moment (MOM)—oddly enough, Jones’ own PAC. The letter states that MOM’s mission is to “train civic leaders.” MOM’s website says it “recruits and trains minority Democratic candidates to run for and win state and local offices.” The attestation letter to the court appears to be a clear misrepresentation of the group’s purpose.

Not only is MOM a political group, but it’s also Jones’ own organization that has donated directly to the Democratic Party.

How did Jones, whose father was a prominent Virginia judge and former state legislator, get by with what appears to be special treatment? It took over two years for his case to be resolved and he completed community service for his own political organization.

Seems the Democrats should have vetted Jones just a mite better. Then again, so far they’re standing by their man. But there is a hint of something brewing on that front:

Virginia Democratic Attorney General candidate Jay Jones abruptly canceled a fundraising event Thursday night amid intense backlash from leaked text messages he sent calling for the Republican former state House speaker to be shot. …

Donors who reserved spots at the event were contacted by Jones’ campaign and told their donations would be refunded, sources told the outlet.

When I said that Democrats were still standing by him, I meant this sort of thing:

Most Virginia Democrats have condemned Jones’ comments — but many are still publicly backing him in the race against his opponent, incumbent Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares.

Kaine told reporters on Tuesday that he is “still a supporter,” of Jones — but called Jones’ comments “indefensible,” according to Axios.

“Indefensible” – but I’m defending him and want him as the state’s top legal mind.

I think it’s pretty simple: if Jones’ polls drop enough, and if they were able to replace him with someone else, they’d abandon him. But since they aren’t allowed to replace him – it’s too late – I think they won’t do much of anything.

And in fact, it’s even possible that he might win.