US EditionVermont State Senator ‘Weighing All of’ His Options Amid GOP Group Chat Blowback
Senator Douglass resigned as Vermont Young Republicans chair after racist group chat leak; he remains undecided on his Senate seat amid bipartisan calls for resignation.
- On Thursday, Sen. Samuel Douglass stepped down as chair of the Vermont Young Republicans chapter; he serves as Vermont state senator .
- On Tuesday, Politico reported a Telegram group chat exposing widespread offensive messages, revealing 2,900 pages shared among a dozen Young Republican leaders praising Hitler and joking about rape.
- In a public statement, Samuel Douglass said `My role in the group chat in question was a procedural one about bylaws and floor strategy`, called the rhetoric 'vile and disgusting,' and apologized to constituents and colleagues.
- Gov. Phil Scott, Governor of Vermont, and other lawmakers urged Sen. Samuel Douglass to resign as he said on Oct. 15, `I am currently weighing all my options` and had not decided on leaving the Vermont state senate by Friday.
- Local figures including Douglass's predecessor expressed shock and called for accountability as the VTGOP Executive Committee condemned the chat, retracted its earlier note, and demanded Douglass's immediate resignation.
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Vermont state senator ‘weighing all of’ his options amid GOP group chat blowback
Vermont state Sen. Samuel Douglass (R) said he was weighing his options following calls for him to resign after a report of his involvement in a controversial Young Republicans group chat. Douglass issued an apology to his constituents in a press release in which he distanced himself from the group chat and said he was…
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