Virginia’s Democrat attorney general candidate Jay Jones was captured on video attempting to kick a small dog outside a polling place on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. The incident occurred as a woman held the animal on a leash and leaned over to pick up its waste. Jones then swung his foot at the dog, seemingly trying to forcibly remove it from his path. When this failed, he resorted to swatting the animal with his hand.
The behavior has raised further concerns about Jones’ character, following previous revelations of him sending explicit threats against former Virginia Republican House Speaker Todd Gilbert and his children in 2022. In one message, Jones wrote: “Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler [sic], and Pol Pot [sic]. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head.” He later expressed a desire to see Gilbert’s children murdered, stating, “Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.”
Despite these allegations, Virginia House Speaker Don Scott Jr. (D) defended Jones, calling him “a good young man who made a huge error.” Jones, 36, remains a candidate in the race for attorney general.
