2d ago

Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat - Politico

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Just a moment...

Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway.

Edit: removed 'nsfw' tag as suggested, for better exposure

Archived just in case: ::: spoiler spoiler https://web.archive.org/web/20251014174833/https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146 :::

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Optional @lemmy.world 2d ago
They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
mhague @lemmy.world 2d ago
This is how Republicans talk all across America. This is what you've heard if you have MAGA relatives. And they're either unrepentant or they say it's just a joke. 10 years ago this would have seemed topical to me. 20 years ago I'd have thought it scandalous. Right now I'm just curious why such unserious people thought they could maintain a private chat.
Optional @lemmy.world 2d ago
Hendrix made a similar remark in July: “Bro is at a chicken restaurant ordering his food. Would he like some watermelon and kool aid with that?”
Hendrix was a communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach until Thursday. He also said in the chat that, despite political differences, he’s drawn to Missouri’s Young Republican organization because “Missouri doesn’t like f--s.”
- OctopusNemeses @lemmy.world 1d ago
  Looks like the kid in middle school that everyone hates.
Archangel1313 @lemmy.ca 2d ago
But, sure...tell us again how the violent rhetoric is all coming from the "radical left"?
Ensign_Crab @lemmy.world 2d ago
These are the voters democrats keep moving to the right for.
Optional @lemmy.world 2d ago
Giunta also had expletive-laden criticism for the Young Republicans in states that were supporting or leaning toward Padgett’s faction.
“Minnesota - f----ts,” he messaged, continuing: “Arkansas - inbred cow fuckers Nebraska - revolt in our favor; blocked their bind and have a majority of their delegates Maryland - fat stinky Jew … Rhode Island - traitorous c---s who I will eradicate from the face of this planet.”
Giunta also said he planned to make one of the competing Young Republicans “unalive himself on the convention floor.”
In another instance, Douglass, the Vermont state senator, describes to the group members how one of Padgett’s Jewish colleagues may have made a procedural error related to the number of Maryland delegates permitted at the national convention.
“I was about to say you’re giving nationals to sic] much credit and expecting the Jew to be honest,” Brianna Douglass, Sam’s wife and Vermont Young Republican’s national committee member, replied to her husband’s message. Brianna Douglass did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
- DominusOfMegadeus @sh.itjust.works 1d ago
  I thought republicans loved Jews this year though.
  
  Optional @lemmy.world 21h ago
  Ohhhh . . yyyyeah! Sure! How much are we talking about here? 20 million? $400,000?
  They love that.
GreenKnight23 @lemmy.world 1d ago
posting image because it's not loading for me.
- DominusOfMegadeus @sh.itjust.works 1d ago
  So they know objectively that what they are saying is SO wrong that they would be “cooked” if anyone outside the chat saw the messages. But they were enjoying themselves SO MUCH, presumably because they believe that these sentiments are SO right, that they kept doing it anyway. And they think they are the best qualified people to lead others in any capacity. How am I doing?
  
  GreenKnight23 @lemmy.world 1d ago
blave @lemmy.world 2d ago

Surprising, exactly nobody, it’s all Nazi shit.
paper_moon @lemmy.world 1d ago
Stole this description from the other post about this.
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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 raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans’ vice chair, used the words “n--ga” and “n--guh,” variations of a racial slur, more than a dozen times in the chat. Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, referred to rape as “epic.” Peter Giunta, who at the time was chair of the same organization, wrote in a message sent in June that “everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.”
T00l_shed @lemmy.world 2d ago
I would be surprised if it wasn't the case
Angelevo @feddit.nl 2d ago
Quell surprise~
minorkeys @lemmy.world 2d ago
We gonna actual suggest actions that we will take in response or just keep gossiping about what these people say?
dephyre @lemmy.world 2d ago
So sad, it's always the ones you most suspect. 💔
kingofras @lemmy.world 2d ago
I think the NSFW is limiting the exposure of this.

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