US EditionNew York Republicans suspend Young Republicans group after release of offensive group chat
The New York State Young Republican Club is losing its charter after a Politico report detailed seven months of racist and homophobic messages among members.
- The New York Republican State Committee is slated to strip the charter from the New York State Young Republican Club after a report detailed racist and homophobic text messages from young GOP activists.
- Some members of the group chat joked about putting opponents in gas chambers and praised supporters of slavery, while others used racist and antisemitic slurs.
- Several members of the group, including a former chairman and vice chair of the New York State Young Republican Club, have faced consequences such as being fired from jobs or removed from campaign roles.
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The New York Group of Young Republicans was suspended on Friday after Politico's revelations on racist and anti-Semite exchanges between leaders.
The New York State Republican Party has officially suspended its youth organization following the leaking of private conversations containing racist, anti-Semitic and violent messages. Everything has been uncovered by the U.S. political media, which published 2,900 pages of private conversations from the encrypted messaging service Telegram of the Young Republicans of New York, where racist comments are mixed with anti-Semitic jokes. The leaked …
NY's Young Republican chapter disbanded after racist messages exposed in group chat
A group chat on the Telegram messaging app including certain members of the Young Republican National Federation, was exposed in a Politico report detailing 7 months of racist, anti-semitic, and violent texts that reportedly became part of their culture.
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