A PAC based in Texas with ties to a top Donald Trump donor is attacking Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones with over $100,000 in radio ads in Norfolk and Richmond.
America’s PAC describes itself as a group that “specializes in expanding the free market conservative coalition by spreading the message to demographics that rarely vote conservative, including Hispanics and African-Americans.”
Tom Donelson, a Texas Republican, runs the PAC.
The ad attacking Jones focuses on illegal immigrants and accuses Democrats of supporting criminals, not victims.
“Democrats like Jay Jones stand with criminals, not victims,” the ad says.
America’s PAC’s funding this year comes from Dick Uihlein’s Restoration PAC, who gave the group $500,000 in January.
Uilein gave the Restoration PAC $49 million last year, which then spent over $20 million on pro-Trump groups. After initially backing Ron DeSantis for the Republican presidential nomination, Uihlein vowed to support Trump and was one of his top donors in 2024.
This is the first Virginia investment from America’s PAC during this election cycle.
Donelson did not provide a comment to Virginia Scope for this story.
Jones’ Republican opponent, Attorney General Jason Miyares, did not respond to a request for comment. He did not authorize this ad.
The Jones campaign, which has often tried to tie Miyares to Trump, used this opportunity to do so again.
“It’s no surprise that Trump-aligned billionaires are already on the attack on behalf of Jason Miyares, who has always put appeasing Trump and ultra-wealthy donors ahead of what’s best for hardworking Virginia families,” said Georgia Greenleaf, a spokesperson for the Jones campaign. “These ads have made one thing clear: if re-elected, Miyares will be instrumental to enacting Trump’s destructive agenda in Virginia.”