"Focusing on what kids are saying in a group chat? Grow up. I'm sorry. Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats. The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys. They tell edgy, offensive jokes. Like, that's what kids do, and I really don't want us to grow up in a country where a kid telling a stupid joke telling a very offensive, stupid joke is cause to ruin their lives."
"It's allowed hate. It's allowed misogyny, and we've just kind of normalized it on the right, and there's not enough folks who are willing to just call it out for what it is. She continued, Secondarily, there is this crisis of young men. This is almost universally young men of a certain age. I don't want to stereotype them, but they don't look like guys who have a lot of friends, who have girlfriends, have intimate relationships."
A leaked Young Republicans group chat contained racist, antisemitic and hateful rants that prompted bipartisan condemnation. Vice President JD Vance minimized the messages as juvenile jokes and urged focus on larger issues, arguing young men sometimes make offensive remarks and should not have their lives ruined. Co-hosts on The View rejected that defense, noting many participants are adults aged 24–35 and criticizing a right-wing culture that normalizes racism, hate and misogyny. Commentary linked the behavior to a broader crisis among isolated young men who lack healthy social and intimate relationships.
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