"The chat history, seen by Politico, included messages containing slurs, racism and rape jokes. A Telegram chat between young members of the US Republican Party was found rife with racism, anti-Semitism, white supremacist symbols and violent language, Politico revealed on Tuesday. The group chat, called RESTOREYR WAR ROOM referring to an organisation called Restore YR, a young Republicans movement included members of Young Republican organisations in different states, and related organisations."
"Peter Giunta, who US media reported is aged 31 and is the former chair of the New York State Young Republicans (NYSR), said he created the group on Telegram to rally support for his campaign to become chair of the national Young Republicans organisation. The messages, which were sent between early January and mid-August this year, have earned condemnation from both Republicans and Democrats, and participants in the Telegram group chat are now facing pressure to resign from positions within Republican organisations, while some have lost their jobs with elected officials."
"Themes of discussions included: Nazi support and calls for violence Giunta, the former chair of NYSR, a political organisation of young members of the Republican Party in New York, wrote I love Hitler in one of the messages. Participants in the chat included Annie Kaykaty, a New York national committee member for the party, and Bobby Walker, who took over as the NYSR chair after Giunta resigned in late September amid allegations of financial mismanagement, including unpaid bills for club events and missing required financial disclosures, a Politico article published at the time revealed. In another somewhat convoluted message, Giunta wrote: Everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber. And everyone that endorsed but then votes for us is going to the gas chamber, while discussing his campaign to become chair of the Young Republican National"
A Telegram group named RESTOREYR WAR ROOM included young members and affiliates of Young Republican organizations across multiple states. The chat produced roughly 2,900 pages of messages exchanged between early January and mid-August. Messages contained slurs, racist and anti-Semitic content, white supremacist symbols, rape jokes, Nazi praise and violent threats, including explicit references to Hitler and gas chamber threats. Peter Giunta, a former New York State Young Republicans chair, created the group while campaigning for national chair and later resigned amid separate allegations of financial mismanagement. Multiple participants have faced pressure to resign and some lost jobs with elected officials.
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