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16/10/2025

Politico obtained 2,900 pages of chats between leaders of Young Republicans groups, and the contents offer a timely reminder about the kind of systemic problems the party should want to address. From the article:

“Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about ra**ng their enemies and driving them to su***de and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.“

Politico added that members of the group chat “spoke freely” about, among other things, “the love of N***s within their party’s right wing.”

The messages, Politico noted, “reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders.”

In Virginia, a former state lawmaker named Jay Jones is the Democratic nominee for state attorney general this year, and he recently found himself at the center of a major scandal after the public learned of violent texts he sent in 2022.

Referencing Jones’ texts, the vice president wrote via social media, “This is far worse than anything said in a college group chat, and the guy who said it could become the AG of Virginia. I refuse to join the pearl clutching when powerful people call for political violence.”

In other words, confronted with Republican texts that were racist and violent — complete with references to gas chambers — Vance’s first instinct wasn’t to condemn those responsible for those messages; his first instinct was to downplay the scandal and go after a Democrat.

The participants in question weren’t just random teens popping off between classes: Some of these Republicans are in their 30s and are currently working for elected officials, ostensibly serving the public. One, Samuel Douglass of Vermont, is even a sitting state senator.

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