"Yes, I think the Vice President missed an opportunity here. I mean, these are, you know, young Republicans, disgusting. They're learning a hard life lesson on the public stage right now that you need to grow up and not, you know, say stupid and hateful and just disgusting things. I think the Vice President could have really used this moment as a learning moment."
"Citing the text of a Democratic candidate for Virginia's attorney general from a couple of years ago in which he suggested a lawmaker get two bullets to the head, Vance writes, quote, This is far worse than anything said in a college group chat, and the guy who said it could become the A.G. of Virginia. I refuse to join the pearl clutching when powerful people call for political violence."
Politico released a Telegram chat between Young Republican leaders from New York, Arizona, and Vermont that contained racist, bigoted, anti‑Semitic, and otherwise deplorable messages. One characteristic message read, "Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don't fit the Hitler aesthetic." Vice President J.D. Vance reacted by downplaying the significance of the chat and deflecting to a separate Democratic text scandal. On CNN NewsNight, Ben Ferguson said, "We're not calling people Hitler," which other panelists rejected while criticizing the chat and Vance's response. Panelists called for denouncement, accountability, and for young Republicans to learn from the exposure and refrain from hateful rhetoric.
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