One lone Democrat has stepped up to call for Jay Jones, Democratic nominee for state attorney general in Virginia, to drop out of the race over several text messages he sent calling for the assassination of a political opponent.

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) spoke with Hugh Hewitt about the texts Jones sent to a Republican colleague, then-Delegate Carrie Coyner, in which he’d suggested then-state House Speaker Todd Gilbert should be shot and that he’d like to “piss on the graves” of other Republicans.

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Congressman @RoKhanna calls on VA Democratic nominee for AG Jay Jones to drop out of the race, for Katie Porter to hold a long press conference, and for government to reopen though it took a long time to get to the last point.https://t.co/1xXRvtO21s pic.twitter.com/JJKbYaGQEn

— HughHewittShowLinks (@HHSLinks) October 9, 2025

Hewitt asked the question point blank: “Should that man, Jay Jones, drop out of the race?”

“Well, it’s horrific. There’s no excuse for it,” Khanna began. “I fully condemn it. And yeah, I haven’t followed all the details, but if he was actually saying that, I certainly wouldn’t support him.”

While many Democrats have come forward to condemn Jones’ remarks, they have repeatedly stopped short of calling for him to exit the race — and some have even defended him staying in the race either by claiming that despite those texts, he was still a better choice for attorney general than the Republican incumbent, Attorney General Jason Miyares. Khanna became the first prominent member of the party to break with Jones.

Even former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) attempted to split the baby, telling CNN anchor Dana Bash that whether or not Jones should leave the race was a decision best left to leaders in Virginia — and then said that since he’d at least apologized, “What I understand is they say, on balance, he is a better person to be Attorney General.”

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CNN: “The Democrat candidate for Attorney General in Virginia said a Republican deserved two bullets in his head… Should he get out of the race?”

Pelosi: “What I understand is they say, on balance, he is a better person to be Attorney General.”pic.twitter.com/WOgV0EXk0v

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 8, 2025

Federal prosecutors reportedly indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday after a months-long investigation into potential mortgage fraud.

Lindsey Halligan, Trump’s former personal lawyer who the president installed as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia last month, presented the case for the indictment to the grand jury, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Justice Department has investigated James since May over a mortgage she took out in 2023.

The indictment against James accused her of bank fraud, according to WSJ.

In a statement on Thursday, James said that the charges against her are a result of the “weaponization” of a justice system directed at her “all because I did my job as New York state attorney general.”

“These charges are baseless, and the president’s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost,” said James.

To ascend to the office of state attorney general, James campaigned on investigating and prosecuting Trump. She won a civil penalty against the president of $450 million. In the case, James accused Trump of inflating his worth to defraud lenders, though no lenders had claimed that they were defrauded. An appeals court in August tossed the nearly-half billion dollar penalty dropped on Trump in James’ civil suit.

The investigation into James stemmed from an April referral to the Department of Justice made by federal housing regulator Bill Pulte, who said James “falsified records” to get more favorable loan terms on a Virginia property.

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“Based on media reports, Ms. Letitia James has, in multiple instances, falsified bank documents and property records to acquire government backed assistance and loans and more favorable loan terms. This has potentially included 1) falsifying residence status for a Norfolk, Virginia-based home in order to secure a lower mortgage rate and 2) misrepresenting property descriptions to meet stringent requirements for government backed loans and government assistance,” said Pulte’s letter.

Trump appointed Halligan as interim U.S. attorney last month after expressing frustration over the pace of investigations into some of his top political and legal foes, including James and former FBI chief James Comey. Halligan brought charges against Comey last month of allegedly making a false statement and obstructing a congressional hearing.