"Politico published reporting on 2,900 pages of leaked exchanges among a dozen state-level Young Republican leaders that included references to Black people as monkeys and the watermelon people, praise for Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, and discussions of rape and gas chambers. The vice president downplayed fury over the leaks in a post to X as pearl clutching and argued a Virginia Democrat Jay Jones's violent 2022 texts in which he talked about two bullets in the head for a Republican rival were far worse."
"I'm a white woman that has lived in a red state my entire life. And I can tell you, when I'm around white people, they test the racist water. They test it on people like you all, all the time, Welch said. She added: And they'll try to say off-color things, I put my hand up, it absolutely happens. And you're fortunate that maybe you haven't experienced it."
Leaked Young Republicans chat logs spanned 2,900 pages and contained racist slurs, praise for Adolf Hitler, and discussions of rape and gas chambers. Some participants have resigned from their positions. The vice president characterized public outrage as "pearl clutching" and compared the leaks to violent 2022 texts from a Virginia Democrat. A commentator said white residents in red states routinely test racist comments toward Black people and described common off-color remarks. Those comments generated conservative backlash online, including social-media criticism and calls disputing the generalization.
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