Jason Miyares wants these closing weeks of the campaign to be Virginia’s attorney general to be about Jay Jones’ words. Because if the race is about Miyares’ actions, he knows it will show who is truly unfit to hold the office. 

Start at day one of Miyares’ tenure. Miyares fired nearly three dozen career civil servants in his first week, most of whom worked on civil rights and fair elections. He then appointed a 2020-election-denying, January-6th-insurrection-supporting crony to supervise election law in the Commonwealth. 

For the past three-plus years, Jason Miyares has continued to follow Donald Trump’s Project 2025 playbook: attacking public schools in Fairfax and Loudoun to score facetime on Fox News; bringing baseless criminal charges against people who stand up to him, like former Prince William County registrar Michele White; and cozying up to groups that seek to ban abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. 

And don’t forget: Miyares has accepted more than $1 million from Dominion while Dominion has been jacking up Virginians’ electricity bills — almost all of it (more than $900,000) since April, while his office was supposed to be opposing Dominion’s request to increase rates even more. 

But Miyares’ inaction the past nine months has hurt Virginia families the most. Democratic attorneys general have defended their citizens and beaten Trump in court. But even when Trump has gone after Virginia’s federal workers — including threatening to break the law and withhold back pay from furloughed civil servants — Miyares has stayed on the sidelines. 

Jay Jones’ text messages were disappointing to read. It was consistent with his character to see Jones apologize and take accountability for his words. 

Jason Miyares has yet to apologize for his actions the past four years. On Nov. 4, voters can hold Miyares accountable by electing Jay Jones. 

PAUL WILEY 

Alexandria