This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Violence is surging across American politics, including the horrific tragedy of the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk just weeks ago, not to mention riots against federal ICE agents enforcing American border laws.
So is the rhetoric about violence, highlighted by the comments from Jay Jones, a candidate for Virginia attorney general, that have been found in which he says it would be a "good thing" for a former colleague, and the former colleague's children, to die.
Those thoughts came out in a message from Jones, who wrote, "Three people, two bullets. [Republican House Speaker Todd] Gilbert, [H]itler, and [P]ol [P]ot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head. Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time."
Delegate Carrie Coyner had pushed back on Jones' agenda, to which Jones confirmed that he was advocating for the Gilbert children to die.
"Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy," Jones continued. Jones also called the Gilberts' young children "little fascists."
A RealClearWire report confirmed leading Virginia Democrats have condemned the "hypothetical scenario" created by Jones, "but none have called for Jones to step aside."
Jones subsequently issued a statement that he was "embarrassed" by the texts.
Now the Federalist has a report pointing out that the actual statements are not what legacy media are saying is the problem.
That's actually that GOP members are "pouncing."
"The Associated Press's (AP) Steve Peoples and Olivia Diaz want readers to know that the Democrat candidate for Virginia attorney general fantasizing about murdering Republicans pales in comparison to the real story: Republicans 'pouncing," the report said.
"Instead, Peoples and Diaz think the real story is that 'Republicans are seizing on recently unearthed violent rhetoric from Virginia's Democratic candidate for attorney general in a push to re-shape the state's governor's race — and tarnish the Democratic Party nationally — less than a month before Election Day."
That report calls out how, "President Donald Trump, like Republicans across Virginia, called for Democratic state attorney general candidate Jay Jones to quit the race over the weekend. The Republican president described Jones as a 'radical left lunatic' and sought to link him to former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, Virginia's Democratic candidate for governor."
"For AP and the rest of the corporate media, the problem isn't that a Democrat fantasized about political assassination — it's that Trump might notice such rhetoric and point out that Democrats have a violence problem. It's not that Republicans are responding to a Democrat's bloodlust, but rather, according to the AP, that they are exploiting the moment," the Federalist said.
"That, ultimately, is the entire point of this piece of propaganda. The AP's framing isn't about condemning a Democrat candidate's violent rhetoric — it's about trying to portray Republicans' outrage as opportunistic. The scandal itself is an afterthought to the AP. Instead of asking why a major-party nominee fantasized about murdering Republicans and children, the AP tries to cast Republicans as simply milking the story for political gain," it explained.
