Democrats have been desperate to find a moral equivalence argument to save Jay Jones' flagging campaign, and they hope they have found one in some leaked chatroom texts from a group of Young Republicans.
The chat included some clearly ironic comments in which the Young Republican leaders from several states made incendiary comments in horrific taste, and there is no doubt that if you read the comments as serious, they come across as horrific. We can argue all day about the propriety of making Hitler jokes, but I am not interested in litigating whether the comments were or were not in bounds. It is a pointless argument to have, and utterly beside the point.
This spaghetti-fling article comes across like a Jackson Pollack-style scattershot attack.
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) October 14, 2025
My response? If you make racist comments, shame on you and I will continue to not know who you are because you are going nowhere in American politics — unless you’re a Democrat.
What matters in the political context is simple: does the joking (or even serious) discussion of Hitler's virtues or vices by Young Republicans in a private (or even public) group chat make it OK for Democrats to ask voters to back a candidate for Attorney General in Virginia?
1. I see a few foul Nazi-era jokes, not genuine support for Nazis
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) October 14, 2025
2. These are rando politics junkies, not young Republican “leaders”
3. Swear word entries thrown in the mix do not prove anything
4. Jokes in poor taste do not mean anything
5. Racism & hatred should be condemned… https://t.co/6Ad5Zcn50F
Does the "everybody does it" argument wipe away the stain of Jay Jones' clearly serious argument that killing Republicans is justified if it will lead to enacting policies one likes?
Look up the reaction to the "scandal" on X. You will find countless examples of Republicans denouncing the texts and demanding the resignations of these guys, who, by the way, nobody knows and nobody is asking to make the top law enforcement official anywhere.
WATCH: @benfergusonshow exposes the Democrat's double standard for defending murder fantasizer Jay Jones while attacking Young Republicans for their racist group chat:
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) October 15, 2025
"I don't think they should work in the Republican Party. I don't think they should be involved in the… pic.twitter.com/y2Rqk9BHAk
"I don't think they should work in the Republican Party. I don't think they should be involved in the Republican Party. I think they should be excommunicated... In Virginia [there is this Democrat Jay Jones who] said things are worse in this.... Democrats have defended an individual who said family members should die."
I guarantee you that I, and no other Republican, will ever vote to put these people into office, so making a comparison between one case and the other is absurd on its face.
Call me old-fashioned but I think candidates for the position of Attorney General of the state of Virginia should be held to a higher standard than random Young Republicans staffers
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) October 14, 2025
Democrats are howling in outrage about this group chat, but at the same time, they are rallying around Jay Jones and asking Virginia voters to put him in office so he can fantasize about killing people he dislikes behind a mahogany desk. Rep. Vindman, who insists Donald Trump is unfit for office, is calling on his fellow Virginians to back Jones.
This is sick.@RepVindman triples down and will attend the fundraiser of a guy who fantasizes about murdering his Republican colleague and children.
— Congressional Leadership Fund (@CLFSuperPAC) October 15, 2025
Does Vindman fantasize about murdering Republicans too? Or does he just support lunatics who do?
Instructive for Virginia… https://t.co/EzzgO5xFnF
Republicans are expected to either defend or condemn any comment made by any Republican, no matter how obscure, and are held accountable for the fleeting thoughts of some rando in the boonies. Democrats escape responsibility for endorsing the most vile people in the world.
So Republicans take accountability for vile, hateful rhetoric unlike Democrats who endorse and encourage it by continuing to support Jay Jones. Thank you hypocrite Democrats for proving our point! https://t.co/9VNQ3Lwmc9
— Michelle Maxwell ™ (@MichelleMaxwell) October 15, 2025
Democrats in Virginia are running on a platform of "rage," and smirk when called on to denounce fantasies of murder and the emotional torture of a mother.
Devastating. https://t.co/QRRWrZZCuW
— Brad Polumbo 🇺🇸⚽️ (@brad_polumbo) October 10, 2025
Their fake outrage about this Telegram chat is a wonder to behold, and what is even more wondrous are the efforts of Pravda to create a moral equivalence between the group chat--clearly filled with irony--of some obscure young Republicans with open musings of a candidate for Attorney General.
Awful shit. But none of them are on the ballot. Jay Jones is. And it is interesting how many Democrats are rushing to circulate this story who have said nothing about Jay Jones. https://t.co/9e3XqLy7Ah
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) October 14, 2025
For the purposes of discussion, I am willing to concede that the contents of the group chat are out of bounds and all the participants should be excluded from getting our votes.
Democrats won't do the same with Jay Jones' murderous musings.
That sums it up.
