Bloomberg’s Everytown Quietly Scrubs Endorsement of Virginia Democrat Attorney General Candidate Jay Jones, the Bloomberg-funded group donated $200,000 to Jones’s campaign

Virginia Democrat Attorney General Candidate Jay Jones has gotten donations and endorsements from all the gun control groups from Everytown, Brady Campaign, and Giffords. Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown and the Brady Campaign have removed their statements supporting Jones on their webpages, but neither have not called for Jones to drop out of the race. We have written an op-ed on Jones’ outrageous behavior. Unfortunately, the Giffords organization has not even removed its endorsement from its website.

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Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun control group funded by Michael Bloomberg and other wealthy Democrats, has quietly scrubbed its website of an endorsement of Jay Jones, the Virginia attorney general candidate who fantasized about shooting a Republican colleague.

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Everytown, which donated $200,000 to Jones’s campaign on Aug. 26, had listed Jones on its “Gun Sense Voter” endorsement page, a distinction given to candidates who have “demonstrated that they will support stronger gun laws and advocate for safer communities if elected into office.

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But as of Tuesday morning, the endorsement page for Jones no longer exists. Everytown, which operates the “Gun Sense” project in conjunction with its affiliate, Moms Demand Action, has not issued a public statement on the Jones matter, and did not respond to requests for comment. Everytown’s endorsements of Jones for his campaign for the Virginia house in 2019 and 2021 remain online. . . . .

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So far, only Brady PAC, which gave $1,000 to Jones’s campaign, has commented on Jones’s rhetoric, albeit in a vaguely worded social media post that didn’t identify Jones by name.

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“Violent rhetoric has no place in our political process,” Brady PAC said. The group also removed an endorsement of Jones from its website, though without issuing a public statement.

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Giffords PAC, the group started by former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords after she was shot at a campaign event in Arizona in 2011, has also endorsed Jones. As of press time, its endorsement remains active online. Giffords PAC has not responded to requests for comment.