Racist language apparently utilized by leaders of Young Republican groups in dripped chats drew prevalent condemnation from both sides of the political aisle on Oct. 15, 2025, and triggered the nationwide youth company to require the resignations of those included.
Young Republican leaders exchanged more than 28,000 offending messages over 7 months with racist, sexist, antisemitic and violent language and appreciation for Hitler in chats on Telegram, Politico reported.
The Young Republican National Federation stated on X it was “appalled by the vile and inexcusable language revealed” in the report. “Such behavior is disgraceful, unbecoming of any Republican, and stands in direct opposition to the values our movement represents,” it included.
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“Those involved must immediately resign from all positions within their state and local Young Republican organizations. We must hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity, respect, and professionalism.”
Kansas Young Republicans dissolved after racist remarks surface area
The Kansas Young Republicans was dissolved by the state GOP after racist remarks about Black individuals and a slur for gay individuals were connected to 2 of its members.
New York City State Assembly member Mike Reilly fired Peter Giunta as his chief of personnel after he was implicated of publishing offending messages consisting of one stating “I love Hitler” and composing in a June message when he was the New York state Young Republicans’ chair “everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber,” per Staten Island outlet Silive.com.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott contacted state Sen. Samuel Douglass to resign after he was called as being associated with among the chats.
Dripped chats consisted of jokes about enslavement and violence versus minorities
The talks apparently consisted of jokes about enslavement, disparaging remarks about Jews, ladies, Black individuals and other minorities and conversations on raping opponents and “driving them to suicide,” per Politico.
Leaders associated with them covered a number of state chapters, consisting of Arizona, New York, Kansas and Vermont, Politico reported.
Giunta is declared to have actually reacted to somebody who stated they “dated this very obese Indian woman for a period of time” with the remark that the female “was not Indian.”
Douglass presumably reacted: “She just didn’t bathe often.”
Some Young Republicans members ask forgiveness while questioning message credibility
While numerous members decreased to comment or positioned blame on how the messages were gotten or modified, others excused the chats, consisting of Giunta.
“I am so sorry to those offended by the insensitive and inexcusable language found within the more than 28,000 messages of a private group chat that I created during my campaign to lead the Young Republicans,” Giunta informed Politico.
“While I take complete responsibility, I have had no way of verifying their accuracy and am deeply concerned that the message logs in question may have been deceptively doctored.”
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Bobby Walker, the present leader of the New York State Young Republicans, asked forgiveness however informed Politico he believes parts of texts “may have been altered, taken out of context, or otherwise manipulated” which the “private exchanges were obtained and released in a way clearly intended to inflict harm.”
Republican legislators condemn Young Republicans group chat messages
Rep. Elise Stefanik was amongst those to condemn the group chat, with a senior consultant informing Politico she’s “absolutely appalled to learn about the alleged comments made by leaders of the New York State Young Republicans and other state YRs in a large national group chat.”
Rep. Mike Lawler stated on X the “deeply offensive and hateful comments reportedly made” in the personal chat were horrible and required those included to resign right away “and reflect on how far they have strayed from basic human respect and decency.”
Scott stated in a declaration the “hateful” remarks were “disgusting and unacceptable,” including: “The vile, racist, bigoted, and antisemitic dialogue that has been reported is deeply disturbing. There is simply no excuse for it. Those involved should resign from their roles immediately and leave the Republican party — including … Douglass.”
Kansas GOP Chair Danedri Herbert, who is Black, stated in a media declaration that the state celebration’s management was “disgusted” by the remarks in the dripped messages, which she stated “do not reflect the beliefs of Republicans and certainly not of Kansas Republicans at large” — noting she was chosen a couple of months earlier.
New York City Gov. Kathy Hochul stated at a rundown that she discovered the reported group chat so “vile it’s hard to find the words to put into context.”
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JD Vance slams Democratic prospect over different violent text
Vice President JD Vance relocated to slam Democratic Virginia Attorney General prospect Jay Jones, who excused texts he sent out in 2022 that mentioned conserving “two bullets” for a Republican competitor, stating what he stated was “far worse than anything said in a college group chat.”
Vance included: “I refuse to join the pearl clutching when powerful people call for political violence.”
Agents for Douglass did not instantly react to ask for remark.