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One group chat member, who has since been fired as a spokesperson for AG Kris Kobach, reportedly used the N-word more than a dozen times.
Politico obtained 2,900 pages of exchanges over seven months among a dozen Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont.
KU campus groups are condemning the racist, homophobic and violent texts shared by Young Republican leaders Alex Dwyer and William Hendrix.
Some local G.O.P. officials who participated in the text exchanges are losing their jobs or being pressured to resign. But top Republicans have been dismissive.
The vice president contrasted offensive remarks in a private group chat with texts from a Democratic candidate in Virginia who had suggested a top Republican be killed.
Leadership of Missouri's Young Republicans organization has issued a statement condemning comments reportedly made by their YR peers in other states. Politico published an article on Tuesday highlighting offensive language used by some members of the Young Republicans in a private group chat on Discord.
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Vance dismisses ‘pearl clutching’ response to Young Republicans messages in wake of Jay Jones texts
Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday dismissed the backlash following a controversy involving a concerning Young Republicans group chat, saying it’s less serious than Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones’s call for violence against a GOP lawmaker and his family.
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Young Republicans’ vile group chat praising Hitler, joking about rape exposed: ‘Fat stinky Jew’
Then-chair of NY’s Young Republicans said everyone who didn’t vote for him to become chair, would be “going to the gas chamber” according to the report.