Michael Pope reports Attorney General Mark Herring is facing a fierce challenge from Delegate Jay Jones, and it’s a campaign that’s heating up in the final weeks heading into the June 8th primary.
Credit WJLA livestream During a televised debate Wednesday night, Jones went on the attack against Herring for wearing blackface when he was in college. “I sat in the room two years ago with the Black Caucus when you disclosed that you wore blackface just days after you called on Governor Northam to resign. I was there when you took that paper out of your jacket, smoothed it out on the table and read us a statement with no empathy, no compassion.”