"However, instead of condemning the messages expressing a love for Adolf Hitler, as well as calling for opponents to president Donald Trump to be put in a "gas chamber," Republicans and right-wing pundits have instead downplayed them as locker room banter from a group of young men. Vice president JD Vance insisted that people should not "focus on what kids say in group chats," glossing over the fact that the chat participants were aged between 24 to 35."
"One of the members, former chair of the New York State Young Republicans Peter Giunta, is believed to have written: "I'm going to create some of the greatest physiological torture methods known to man. We only want true believers." According to Politico, Annie Kaykaty, a committee member for New York State Young Republicans, responded: "I'm ready to watch people burn now.""
Racist, misogynistic, and violent messages were leaked from a Telegram group chat of Young Republican leaders across multiple states. Messages referred to Black people with demeaning slurs and included proposals to drive opponents to suicide and send them to "gas chambers." One member reportedly described plans to create "physiological torture methods," while another said they were "ready to watch people burn now." Many Republican figures and right-wing pundits minimized or defended the messages as locker-room banter or "edgy jokes," and some criticized the leaker rather than condemning the content. Chat participants were reported to be aged 24 to 35.
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