Loudoun County attorney, Phillip Thompson, recently urged Black voters to stand by Democratic Attorney General candidate Jay Jones.
“We can’t leave our AG candidate behind, we have to go rescue Jay,” was Thompson’s plea to a mostly Black audience at Vision Community Church of Fredericksburg.
Jones, once a front runner in the race against Republican incumbent Jason Miyares, has seen his campaign shaken by controversy over violent text messages he sent in 2022 and a speeding conviction now under renewed scrutiny by the presiding judge in the case. In the texts, Jones made threats against a political opponent, comments he has since called “shameful” and apologized for publicly…