Obama sides with scandal-plagued Virginia AG candidate Jay Jones

Former President Barack Obama came under fire from critics after headlining a rally in Norfolk, Virginia, for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger and the statewide Democratic slate that included a somewhat surprise appearance by scandal-plagued attorney general candidate Jay Jones.

Jones, who contemplated the murder of former House Speaker Todd Gilbert and his children — and who is also the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation following his charge of reckless driving at 116 mph — avoided mentioning those scandals and instead criticized President Donald Trump during his remarks.

That appearance linked Obama and Spanberger to Jones — a move that critics say undermines the former president’s past calls for civility and his 2024 comments urging Black voters to support Vice President Kamala Harris.

“They approve of our killing,” Florida political reporter Eric Daugherty said of Obama’s appearance with Jones.

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Abigail Spanberger, left, and Barack Obama, right, squeezed in with Jay Jones, not pictured, in Norfolk on November 2, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“In a disgusting spectacle, Virginia AG candidate Jay Jones – who has called for the murder of Republicans and their children – is cheered at a Barack Hussein Obama rally with gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger,” Daugherty said.

Obama notably did not mention Jones by name, Fox News’ Steve Doocy reported Monday, before questioning Republican Winsome Earle-Sears herself about the spectacle.

“I come from a country where I witnessed political violence, where I see political gangs shooting people and shooting each other when I was 10 years old,” said Earle-Sears, born in Kingston, Jamaica.

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“And to think that this is what I’m seeing in America today, it’s absolutely crazy. And for my opponent, Abigail Spanberger, to not tell her candidate for attorney general…Jay Jones, to withdraw from the race because he said two-shot his political opponents in the head and also kill this man’s 2-year-old and 5-year-old children, that can’t be what we’re talking about. in Virginia“.

During an appearance with Earle-Sears in Purcellville, Loudoun County, Gov. Glenn Youngkin called Obama and Spanberger’s appearance with Jones “a great representation of the far left’s embrace of violence.”

“I can’t believe Jay Jones was there, but Abigail Spanberger is for him, Barack Obama is for him,” Youngkin said.

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The outgoing governor separately called Jones “insane” and wrote that any shred of moral clarity that remained within the Democratic Party was being “laid bare.”

“Virginians saw clearly (during the rally) that violence and murder are just fine with them. They may be their values, but they are not Virginia’s values.”

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Conservative commentator Western Lensman called Obama’s remarks during the rally blatantly hypocritical.

Obama told the crowd that Spanberger knew people should be “able to disagree without insulting or demonizing each other.”

The attorney general candidate at that same rally called House Speaker Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah, worse than dictators Pol Pot and Adolf Hitler — and expressed a desire to urinate on Gilbert’s grave.

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“Yes, Jay ‘I want to murder the Republicans and their children’ Jones shared that stage with Obama because he was asked to do so (and) remains an approved member of the Democratic slate,” Fox News contributor Guy Benson added in a response to Lensman.

“Obama doesn’t even believe his fake nobility bullshit, but it’s his autopilot slop,” Benson added.

Another X commenter noted that comedian Roseanne Barr was fired from her ABC sitcom after describing Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett as a cross between the Muslim Brotherhood and “Planet of the Apes” — but Democrats remain steadfast in their support for someone like Jones.

Critics have also focused on Obama’s apparent reversal toward black candidates running for office.

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“Obama rallied today to the psychopath Jay Jones,” quipped former AFP vice-president Phil Kerpen.

Jones was also defended once again by Virginia House Speaker Don Scott Jr., D-Portsmouth, who was interviewed by former NBC anchor Chuck Todd.

Scott told Todd that if Jones wins, he thinks Virginia will “allow him to do his job and move on,” calling him “a good young man who made a huge mistake.”

Scott previously told reporters after the debate between Spanberger and Earle-Sears that those concerned about Jones should instead look to Trump’s comments about former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.

Trump had claimed that Cheney’s neoconservative and interventionist political leanings would be less pronounced if she were in the same “war zone” as the US military and had enemy rifles pointed at her.