{"id":4300,"date":"2025-11-05T01:07:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T01:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/va-voters-split-on-impact-of-ag-candidates-texts\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T01:07:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T01:07:49","slug":"va-voters-split-on-impact-of-ag-candidates-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/va-voters-split-on-impact-of-ag-candidates-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"VA Voters Split on Impact of AG Candidate&#8217;s Texts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent survey of Virginia voters revealed that only 46% considered leaked texts from Attorney General candidate Jay Jones to be disqualifying, even though the texts contained disturbing fantasies about murdering then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert and his children. The poll, which directly asked voters their opinion on the leaked texts, found that less than half believed the content should preclude Jones from holding office. The response raises questions about the current electorate&#8217;s tolerance for extreme rhetoric in political discourse.<\/p>\n<p>While the specific details of the survey methodology and sample size remain undisclosed, the reported finding highlights a potentially troubling trend. A significant portion of the Virginia electorate appears willing to overlook violent fantasies, even when directed at political opponents and their families. This tolerance, or perhaps desensitization, to extreme language could further normalize political extremism and potentially erode the boundaries of acceptable political behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent survey of Virginia voters revealed that only 46% considered leaked texts from Attorney General candidate Jay Jones to be disqualifying, even though the texts contained disturbing fantasies about murdering then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert and his children. The poll, which directly asked voters their opinion on the leaked texts, found that less than half [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}