Senator Warner’s $25,000 donation to disgraced AG candidate’s campaign comes back to haunt him

FIRST ON FOX: Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner’s campaign has donated tens of thousands of dollars to disgraced Attorney General Jay Jones’ campaign as calls grow for Jones to drop out of the race after two explosive reports about violent comments he previously made.

Mark Warner of the U.S. Senate donated $25,000 to Jones’ campaign in August, campaign finance records show.

There is also a joint fundraising page for Jones and Warner on the Democratic Party’s main fundraising platform, ActBlue.

In recent days it was revealed that Jones compared one of his Republican colleaguesformer Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert to mass murderers Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot, adding that if he were shot twice, he would use both against the Republican lawmaker to shoot him in the head.

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Start Sen. Mark Warner did not call on Virginia AG candidate Jay Jones to withdraw from the race. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post/Getty Images; AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Jones also said Gilbert and his wife should watch his “fascist” children die.

Warner, according to Virginia Mercurycalled Jones’ texts “appalling” and “incompatible with the person I knew.”

Fox News Digital contacted Warner’s office to ask if he planned to seek the money back or call on Jones to leave the race, but did not receive a response.

Jones apologized for the comment but remains in the race for attorney general.

Additionally, a second report On Monday, Jones privately accused him of suggesting to a colleague that if more police officers were killed, they would shoot fewer people. Jones denied making the comments.

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A text message from Jay Jones to Delegate Carrie Coyner. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

Republicans across the country, including President Donald Trump, have called on Jones to withdraw from the race because of his comments condoning political violence. So far, no prominent Democrats have rescinded their support.

Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has been a staunch opponent of political violence in recent years, repeatedly denouncing the Jan. 6 riots on Capitol Hill and the violent protests in Charlottesville.

“The surge in political violence, which has inflicted tragedy on the families of Republican activist Charlie Kirk and Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, Democrat, and her husband Mark, as well as many other Americans on both sides of the aisle, is disturbing and unacceptable,” Warner said in a September press release. alongside fellow Virginia Democrats, including Sen. Tim Kaine and Rep. Eugene Vindman.

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Senator Mark Warner, Chairman of the Intel Committee. (Reuters)

“We are united in our condemnation of these attacks. It is essential to the safety of all Americans and the health of our democracy that we are able to address our political differences with respect and without resort to violence.”

Kaine said Jones should stay in the race and let voters decide while Vindman doubled down on his support for Jones over the weekend. post on X.

Warner and other Democrats began to be criticized for their support of Jones.

“Mark Warner supported, donated to and raised money with Jay Jones, but won’t say whether he still supports him to become Virginia attorney general after Jones called for the killing of a political opponent and his children,” National Republican Senatorial Committee regional press secretary Samantha Cantrell said in a news release.

“As Americans continue to grapple with the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the answer should be simple. Jay Jones is not fit to hold this office and Mark Warner should withdraw his support and ask him to step down immediately.”