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October 17, 2025 11:00 am
What do a Nazi meme dump, a Trump rally selfie, and a Republican meltdown have in common? Apparently, everything.
A Trump-appointed State Department official is now at the center of a brutal political implosion inside the GOPs youngest ranksallegedly triggered by a petty grudge over being left out of a photo-op with Donald Trump.
Gavin Wax, the former president of the New York Young Republican Club and now chief of staff in the State Departments Office of Public Diplomacy, is being accused of leaking hundreds of racist, misogynistic, and flat-out vile messages from a private Telegram group chat of Young Republican leaders. The leak exposed 251 slurs, including the N-word, F-slur, and straight-up fascist propaganda like I love Hitler.
But heres the twist: Wax wasnt even in the chat.
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https://dailyboulder.com/trump-official-leaked-nazi-gop-chat-after-being-left-out-of-photo-with-the-president/

Prairie Gates
(6,567 posts)These people are all in their 20s and even 30s.
OldBaldy1701E
(9,357 posts)Except when it comes to their personal gratification... then... well...
ananda
(33,701 posts)Ick
OldBaldy1701E
(9,357 posts)NameAlreadyTaken
(2,093 posts)maxrandb
(16,931 posts)as if the deplorable, racist, misogynistic, violent and vile shit he says and does, is because of "youthful indiscretion" and he's almost fucking 80!
You expected something different here?
Champp
(2,372 posts)by the Big Beefy Bros to whom they have willingly surrendered their basic human decency
JoseBalow
(8,768 posts)
UpInArms
(53,569 posts)The more you read the article, the worse it gets
.
The rot in the Republican Party is broad and wide, with no end other than its demise
When Kansas gubernatorial candidate Vicki Schmidt called on two state Young Republican leaders to resign over their racist comments revealed in the leak, she was viciously attacked online. Aidan, Giuntas ally, told her: Have fun being another stupid b**ch that ran for governor and lost.
The Young Republican National Federation, with 15,000 members nationwide, issued a statement condemning the chats contents and calling for resignations. But not everyone in the party agreed.
Enter JD Vance.
The vice president refused to denounce the slurs. Instead, he defended the leakers victims.
I refuse to join the pearl clutching, Vance wrote on X. Most of the stupid things that I did as a teenager and as a young adult, theyre not on the internet.
Both Giunta and Wax are 31.
BOSSHOG
(43,885 posts)In a professional, polite matter righting the course for Americana with her best Your Momma Yet.
PatSeg
(51,226 posts)did Vance do as a teenager and young adult? Were they racist and sexist? It appears he is identifying with these "young lads" and is admitting that HE is racist and sexist as well. Of course, there's no surprise in that.
BattleRow
(1,950 posts)
PatSeg
(51,226 posts)
definitely not teens or young adults. So Vance was doing this kind of thing in his thirties?
Dave Bowman
(6,078 posts)You're still doing it, Shady, which is frankly pathetic.
COL Mustard
(7,717 posts)ificandream
(11,478 posts)Vance wrote on X, Most of
the stupid things that I did as a teenager and as a young adult, theyre not on the internet.
I hope someone is hunting for them.
pat_k
(12,111 posts)They are never upset about Republicans who commit crimes -- only Republicans who get caught.
It is a corollary to the Republican belief that you've done nothing wrong if you don't get caught.
And when it comes to hate speech, from their POV, what's to be upset about?
Like the man who shot Charlie Kirk, these "kids" (20 to 30 yo men) who live online are so messed up in layers of irony and "jokes" that they no longer have a clue what they hell they actually think about anything.
tanyev
(48,121 posts)The hope is that they will destroy themselves before they can destroy the country. 🤞
Henry203
(771 posts)And his name is Trump. Everything these people do is how Trump acts at all times.
Lovie777
(20,770 posts)Noem and Bondi are not besties...................
KS Toronado
(21,627 posts)And how long before the DOJ finds something to charge him with? Something like he
wasn't LOYAL ENOUGH, Hitler did it so will dumpie.
dalton99a
(90,872 posts)
haele
(14,767 posts)
Typical Dudebro emotionally stuck in his HS Senior Peak who, now that he's out of college and making enough to maybe have a house and spouse" sits in his Man Cave playing shootem'ups when he's not at the office sucking down Starbucks and looking important on TEAMs....
BidenRocks
(2,411 posts)Wouldn't want to be ya! Disgusting Bastard!
dalton99a
(90,872 posts)ToxMarz
(2,584 posts)Or he wouldn't have leaked it. Just like everyone fighting to release the Epstein files isn't in those either.
JohnnyRingo
(20,234 posts)...Not the blatant racism and hate among their ranks, but who squealed on them. hahaha
Not denying it, not defending or condemning it, but who told on them. Indeed, heads will roll.
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Farmer-Rick
(12,171 posts)He gets his sycophants to fight each other. He does it with his children and wives...at least the ones that are still alive...all the time. He likes seeing them unhappy and fighting among themselves. It's what he did at all his businesses. When he golfs he has everyone infighting while his caddies and partners cheat for him. Then they fight among themselves about it.
It's so surprising so many fools fall for it.
intheflow
(29,819 posts)In this case, tho, I approve of his pettiness because it both exposed the group and also seems to be coming home to roost for him.
HuskyOffset
(924 posts)The sheer petty vindictiveness of it is the delicious cherry on top.
patphil
(8,391 posts)JHB
(37,845 posts)That chat was just the tippy-top of the tip of the iceberg.
patphil
(8,391 posts)BComplex
(9,646 posts)suits the occasion! If they're all about retribution, they're in bigly troubly! Life is a boomerang! What goes around comes around!
AZLD4Candidate
(6,701 posts)10% of the vote nationwide.
No wonder we have a lousy reputation internationally. . .and I know this after living internationally for 20 years. Because of these Yankee Doodle dingbats.
mountain grammy
(28,347 posts)most at the 3rd grade level..too mean and mad to be embarrassed.. also they believe they're right and they pray so it's all good.
Martin Eden
(15,037 posts)He beat all contenders in the 2016 primary by breaking norms and crossing boundaries which had maintained the facade of decorum that was already deteriorating with the despicable rhetoric of Gingrich and the thinly veiled racism of the Tea Party.
Donald Trump is a verified pathological liar, but his MAGA cult believes he "tells it like it is" because he speaks directly to their bigotry, fear, and grievance. His rhetoric liberated the expression of vile hatred formerly suppressed by political correctness, and they adore him for it.
The rise of internet trolls like Marjorie Taylor Greene to the US Congress shows that competition in "conservative" politics largely consists of pushing the boundaries of un-civil discourse to garner attention and applause from an increasingly deplorable voting base.
So it should come as no surprise that the private chat among young Republicans entering government ranks and aspiring to leadership is full of the shockingly vile racism and genocidal joy recently revealed.
Or that JD Vance, who could very well become president before long, expressed indignation that they were subjected to such harsh public reprimand for nothing more than youthful indiscretion (though they were of adult age, not teens).
This is where the toxic poison of Trumpism is leading us. The next generation is being groomed to be even worse. American fascism will not automatically die with Donald Trump. The proverbial frog is still in a pot of water slowly being brought to a boil.
But the inflatable frog costumes provide a reason for hope. The MAGA base may be getting more deplorable, but it's shrinking. Most folks are reasonably decent, and not too blind to see what's going on.
Today is an important day for the survival of American democracy -- and it won't be the last. We The People must be the champions of our own freedom, and NEVER give up being actively vigilant.
LiberalArkie
(19,058 posts)Martin Eden
(15,037 posts)Would inherit the voting block of hymn singing hypocrites who believe their holier-than-thou high horse has earned them a ticket to heaven -- and a license for cruelty and greed.
Well, to hell with them and the horse they rode in on. They're free to worship any god or golden calf they want -- but good citizens and true patriots have to draw the line when our Constitutional democracy and rule of law are being dismantled by the morally depraved megalomanical convicted felon they voted for.
Gum Logger
(265 posts)Champp
(2,372 posts)is nonexistant
GoCubsGo
(34,482 posts)Eventually, they start going at each other's throats, and it's only going to get worse from here on out. And, when Dear Leader finally kicks off...Hoo boy!!!!
BattleRow
(1,950 posts)ChicagoTeamster
(62 posts)These are the people who were made fun of in kindergarten because they ate paste and/or pooped in their pants. It's their vindictive mindset that follows Trump through all of these spiteful policy decisions.
nycbos
(6,593 posts)bucolic_frolic
(52,890 posts)BurnDoubt
(1,149 posts)Kid Berwyn
(22,163 posts)Taught to hate the Other.
Jack Valentino
(3,703 posts)I won't call them a 'party' anymore
Jack Valentino
(3,703 posts)Meanwhile in that chat, the "boys being boys"
were all competing to be 'the bigger Nazi' !
(or KKK/Nazi)
I see 2028 Democratic campaign ads being created out of this...
(and 2026, for that matter)
DET
(2,270 posts)And his girlfriend/wife looks like a chubby version of Erica Kirk.
ificandream
(11,478 posts)Sugarcoated
(8,213 posts)Those types are thick as thieves
cstanleytech
(27,997 posts)luvallpeeps
(1,255 posts)Grab em by the pussy, it was locker room talk. Even Melania covered for him. They excuse their own vile behavior every time. Oh those family values.