"Politico published 2,900 pages of leaked exchanges among a dozen state-level Young Republican leaders from New York to Arizona. The chats included references to Black people as monkeys and the watermelon people, praise for Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, and discussions of rape and gas chambers. Several of the chat members have since stepped down from their roles."
"Rather than condemning the group's rhetoric, Vance pivoted to a recent scandal involving Jones over leaked 2022 texts calling for violence against thenHouse Speaker Todd Gilbert. One of the texts said Gilbert should get two bullets to the head. Vance posted on X that Jones's comments were far worse than anything said in a college group chat, and dismissed the Young Republicans messages as nothing more than a college group chat."
"This is far worse than anything said in a college group chat, and the guy who said it could become the AG of Virginia. I refuse to join the pearl clutching when powerful people call for political violence. pic.twitter.com/kV57Wq7BLG JD Vance (@JDVance) October 14, 2025"
Politico published 2,900 pages of leaked exchanges among a dozen state-level Young Republican leaders from New York to Arizona. The chats contained racist slurs referring to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people,” praise for Adolf Hitler, and discussions of rape and gas chambers. Several members of the group resigned from leadership roles after the leaks. Vice President JD Vance characterized the messages as nothing more than a college group chat and contrasted them with leaked 2022 texts from Virginia Democrat Jay Jones that advocated violence. Vance's remarks generated immediate bipartisan rebukes and liberal commentary, coming weeks after the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.
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