Young Republicans Face Fallout After Racist Messages Leak
GOP leaders have denounced the messages, and several participants have lost their jobs after a Politico report revealed thousands of messages exchanged among leaders and members of the Young Republican National Federation (YRNF) and state affiliates.
These messages were filled with racist slurs, violent rhetoric, and jokes about rape and gas chambers. For example,
one member wrote that “everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber,”in reference to a YRNF chairman election. Others referred to Black people using derogatory terms such as
“monkeys” or “the watermelon people.”
- William Hendrix, a vice chair of the Kansas Young Republicans, was fired from the Kansas attorney general’s office after reportedly using variations of the N-word more than a dozen times in the chat.
Despite the backlash, Vice President JD Vance stated that he refuses to
“join the pearl clutching.”
Author's summary: Young Republicans face job losses after racist messages leak.