""They've long decried the left's habit of labeling Republicans \"fascists.\" They have warned, scolded, complained: you can't throw that accusation around lightly, it cheapens language, they say. But now, leaked private messages among rising GOP leaders obtained by reveal that their extremism is not just rhetorical. It lives, breathes, and laughs behind closed doors. Politics has always had its hidden rooms - corridors where whispers echo louder than public statements. Over the past decade, those corridors have multiplied, especially within the modern GOP: from private messaging groups to semi-secret affinity circles like the \"A-Gays,\" the assembled influence networks of openly gay men within Trump's Republican orbit.""
""An exposé published by Politico on Tuesday reveals thousands of messages exchanged by rising Young Republican operatives, calling opponents monkeys, celebrating gas chambers, and flirting with rape fantasies, all behind the veil of encrypted chat. The \"RESTOREYR WAR ROOM\" chat, spanning more than 2,900 pages, some 28,000+ messages, included state YR leaders from New York, Kansas, Arizona, and Vermont. In those texts, they did more than scheme electoral strategy. They spoke freely of \"putting voters in gas chambers,\" gaslighted dissenters, and praised Hitler.""
Leaked private messages among rising Young Republican operatives show thousands of encrypted exchanges spanning more than 2,900 pages and over 28,000 messages. Participants included state Young Republican leaders from New York, Kansas, Arizona, and Vermont and named operatives such as William Hendrix, Bobby Walker, Peter Giunta, and Joe Maligno. The messages included dehumanizing language toward opponents, celebrations of gas chambers, praise for Hitler, joking references to showers, and sexualized violence fantasies. The conversations occurred in semi-private networks and affinity groups and reveal extremist rhetoric and harassment practices taking place behind closed doors within modern GOP circles.
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