New VA AG Jay Jones Gets Mocked Into Next Week for

You could recall the controversy over Democrat Jay Jones’ resurfaced texts in which he fantasized about the death of political opponent former Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert and his youngsters.

Despite that, he received the race for attorney basic in Virginia, which has to make you surprise what the people who voted for him had been considering. That was just one of the problematic points about Jones, as my colleague Teri Christoph explained. 

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Jones didn’t get off to a good start. On his first day, he issued an opinion, utilizing his predecessor’s letterhead. 

Virginia’s new AG Jay Jones, who took workplace today out with an opinion on the constitutionality of the proposed redistricting modification (so fast, in fact, that his letterhead still has his predecessor’s title). https://t.co/llRZEYoKoL pic.twitter.com/sexiQJHAcp

— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) January 17, 2026

His predecessor, Republican Jason Miyares, had some enjoyable with that. 

I said what???? https://t.co/4Tz21c58i0

— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) January 18, 2026

That was humorous enough. But Jones wasn’t executed yet embarrassing himself.

Jones earned a lot of mockery with a post he made, defending Virginia’s in-state tuition law for unlawful alien college students. He had a very evident mistake in the post when it comes to his title. 

I’m an attoney! pic.twitter.com/X12WF1pFWL

— Bruce ████ 🇺🇲🇨🇦 (@BBIC0N) January 22, 2026

Maybe if you are holding a place, it’s best to know how to spell it? I imply, that’s just a thought, but it appears affordable. 

But, given the problems Jones already had, it is maybe not shocking that he could not even get such basic issues proper.

The Virginia GOP supplied a sharper jab, saying it “took him a whole day to fix this,” suggesting the error lingered longer than it ought to have.

The Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) mocked both Jones’ error and the timing of the correction.

“Jay Jones is struggling,” RNLA posted. “This time he moved so quickly to change the letterhead from his last embarrassment that he forgot how to spell his new title.”

People had a lot of enjoyable mocking that embarrassing gaffe. 

Miyares had a great response.

Go simple of us. Perhaps somebody on the workers was just saying “Hey, Tony” in a Jersey accent? pic.twitter.com/XdyRF3JGTv

— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) January 22, 2026

“Go easy folks,” Miyares replied. “Perhaps someone on the staff was just saying ‘Hey, Tony’ in a Jersey accent?”

Even WJLA reporter Nick Minock reported how people had been having enjoyable with it on their Facebook, including asking if Jones bought his degree from the Quality Learing Center (the Minnesota daycare that drew so a lot consideration). 

People are having enjoyable with Jay Jones’ “Attoney General” post.

One of the feedback on my Facebook web page: “He got his degree from the Quality Learing Center.” https://t.co/pFEUtkwPYW pic.twitter.com/bxx2glC9cX

— Nick Minock (@NickMinock) January 22, 2026

National Review’s Jim Geraghty put it in context. 

The factor is, misspelling “attorney” most likely is not even in the worst 200 issues that Jay Jones has ever despatched electronically. https://t.co/6QxmXyUlHR

— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) January 22, 2026

Perhaps, although admittedly unlikely Jay subconsciously accepts he wants to “atone”?

— Sven10077 (@sven10077) January 23, 2026

Perhaps the best cutting comment got here from Fox political analyst Guy Benson. 

In equity, Jones has made his assist for killing R’s fairly clear https://t.co/lAh6vDzH7q

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 22, 2026

Right on goal. 

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