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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

AG Nominee Jay Jones faces Backlash over 'Fantasies' plus U.S. Navy’s 250th Anniversary & Economic Analysis w Dr. Kirk Elliott

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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Politics, News Commentary, News

4.94.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

1. Virginia Democratic Candidate Controversy

  • The first half focuses heavily on Virginia Attorney General hopeful Jay Jones, a Democrat accused of sending violent text messages in 2022.

  • Jones allegedly fantasized about a Republican lawmaker, Todd Gilbert, and his family being killed.

  • Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) is said to have condemned the comments, calling them disqualifying and immoral.

  • The segment uses the incident to make a broader claim about the Democratic Party, arguing that violence, hate, and “fascist” rhetoric are now “mainstream” among Democrats.

  • The tone is emotionally charged, moralizing, and accusatory — the speaker portrays the story as evidence of moral decay and hypocrisy within the Democratic Party.


2. Celebration of the U.S. Navy’s 250th Anniversary

  • The next section transitions sharply to a pro-Trump and pro-military tone, recounting speeches given at a U.S. Navy anniversary event in Norfolk, Virginia.

  • War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump are praised for speeches emphasizing “America First,” “peace through strength,” and rejection of “woke DEI culture.”

  • The narrative contrasts “unity of purpose” against diversity as strength, portraying the former as a patriotic value and the latter as liberal weakness.

  • The tone is admiring and celebratory, depicting Hegseth and Trump as patriotic leaders defending traditional military values.


3. Economic Commentary and Precious Metals Promotion

  • The final section transitions into an economic discussion with analyst Kirk Elliott of “Kirk Elliott Precious Metals.”

  • The conversation ties economic uncertainty and potential government shutdowns to opportunities in gold and silver investing.

  • Trump’s economic policies and government spending cuts are praised as strengthening the economy.

  • Elliott promotes investment in precious metals as a hedge against “turbulence,” emphasizing rising gold and silver prices.

  • The dialogue functions as a mix of economic analysis, political advocacy, and commercial promotion.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:04.0

What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi.

0:08.5

Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why?

0:15.1

Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies.

0:18.5

From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries, this is Fiasco, Benghazi.

0:23.9

What difference at this point does it make? Listen to Fiasco, Benghazi, on the Iheart radio app,

0:30.8

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you want to know how mainstream violence and the rhetoric of violence has become among the Democratic

0:43.1

Party, look no further than what's happening in Virginia.

0:47.8

There is a Democrat who is a leader in Virginia, a Democrat attorney general hopeful. Jay Jones, who is now being called

0:58.6

out by the right, and many are saying it's time for him to drop out of that race because of what

1:05.4

he had to say in text messages. The Virginia Democratic Attorney General hopeful Jay Jones being pressured now to drop out

1:14.9

of the race because the text message reveals he apparently fantasized. I'm going to say this again,

1:21.8

that he apparently fantasized about a Republican lawmaker being fatally shot to death.

1:28.5

In a social media post on Saturday,

1:31.2

the governor, Glenn Yonkin, called out Jones for the text messages

1:34.8

he is accused of sitting in 2022

1:37.1

that show him wishing for a now former State House speaker,

1:43.0

Todd Gilbert, and, listen carefully, his children to be killed.

1:50.1

The New York Post has exposed in their reporting.

1:54.0

Quote, this violent rhetoric, disgusting rhetoric targeted an elected official and his children is beyond disqualifying.

2:03.6

Jay Jones said that Gilbert gets two bullets to the head and then hopes his children would die.

2:11.7

That is what Yonkin, the governor of Virginia, said on X.

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