'It's revolting': More Young Republican chat members out of jobs as condemnation intensifies

[Mr. Sparkle]

Source: Politico

Two more members of a Young Republican group chat strewn with racist epithets and hateful jokes stepped down from their jobs Tuesday after POLITICO published an exclusive report on the Telegram exchanges. Peter Giunta’s time working with New York Assemblymember Mike Reilly “has ended,” the Republican lawmaker said. Giunta served as chair of the New York State Young Republicans when the chat took place. Joseph Maligno, who previously identified himself as the general counsel for that group, is no longer an employee of the New York State Unified Court System, a courts spokesperson confirmed.

Another chat member, Vermont state Senator Sam Douglass, faced mounting calls for his resignation as well, including from the state’s Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, and Douglass’ fellow Republican lawmakers, who called his statements “deeply disturbing.” POLITICO’s in-depth look into how one group of Young Republicans spoke privately was met Tuesday with widespread condemnation in New York, Washington and beyond. The members of the chat — 2,900 pages of which were leaked and reviewed by POLITICO — called Black people monkeys, repeatedly used slurs for gay, Black, Latino and Asian people, and jokingly celebrated Adolf Hitler.

In a bipartisan outcry, members of Congress and other political leaders from around the country said they were appalled by the contents of the group chat. The board of directors of the National Young Republicans said every member of the chat “must immediately resign” their state organization. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, speaking on the Senate floor, described the chat as “revolting” and “disgusting.”

“If this report is accurate, every single Republican leader from President Trump on down … ought to condemn these comments swiftly and unequivocally,” Schumer said. Vice President JD Vance had a different view and broke with Republicans who broadly condemned the comments within the chat.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/its-revolting-more-young-republican-chat-members-out-of-jobs-as-condemnation-intensifies-00608791

[Torchlight]

1. "Youthful energy and new ideas"

at the expense of experience doesn't seem quite the good argument its advertised as when we realize it cuts both ways.

[stopdiggin]

14. said THAT again ! What a canard !

And thanks for putting this right up front.
How about if we actually wait until you've demonstrated some maturity and/or ability - like in the workplace or something?

[Marcuse]

57. Youthful energy, old racist ideas.

[mercuryblues]

60. Some of them are in their 40's

How old does a white, male republican have to be to be considered an adult?

Asking for a friend.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Why do I imagine the same type of language is used, in private, by our current regime?

[Tribetime]

4. It's the whole party of Maga...all of them

[I_UndergroundPanther]

61. The entire maga party is pure

Sociopathy and hate.

[Mr.Bee]

28. MAGA

Make America Grotesque Atrocity

[RazorbackExpat]

54. Jon Stewart talked about something similar

on one of his shows

[Scrivener7]

3. Here's a link to the original article describing the chat chain. It REALLY is disgusting.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146

These frigging incels are just unredeemable infantile creeps. And they're the future of the republiQan party.

[GiqueCee]

5. Hmmm...

... How do the Republicans reconcile their righteous outrage over these chats with their recent deification of Charlie Kirk, who said the same things and worse in public, and at least one high-ranking official tried to justify his obscene bigotry by saying, "Millions of Americans agree with him!"

[barbtries]

44. they don't.

hypocrisy is their superpower

[DoBW]

6. Young magats ...

period

[3Hotdogs]

50. Ya spelt "maggots" wrong.

[progressoid]

7. Outcry? Really?

This is performative on the GOP's part. They just got caught.

These guys will find other jobs asap. Probably within ICE or the executive branch,.

[littlemissmartypants]

20. Promotions probably.

[Mr.Bee]

30. They Did NAZI Anything Wrong With It...

[tulipsandroses]

56. I was thinking the same thing. Why go through the charade? Why pretend to be shocked?

This is now mainstream accepted behavior. Its only a matter of time before they get cushy jobs and someone will be talking about how they werfe treated unfairly because of their free speech, blah blah blah.

[Paladin]

8. "jokingly celebrated Adolf Hitler"?

"Jokingly"???

That's giving these evil little Repube fuckers way too much of a break. I think their love and admiration for Hitler is completely, damnably serious. And I hope they all lose their jobs as a result.

[Johnny2X2X]

16. Came here to post this

they weren’t joking. They admire Hitler, just like many in the White House do.

The people behind the MAGA movement have been very open with the fact they modeled their movement after Nazism.

[IbogaProject]

23. They were haggling over showers vs gas chambers

This is what our racist conservatives have always been. Rember Hitler was given his starting money by wall street. And the GOP brought ~80k families from Germany in early '53. Many of these are descendants for those GOP Nazi imports.

[Johnny2X2X]

26. Even the slogans

America First was taken from Germany First. America First was a slogan of American Nazis.

MAGA was also taken from Make Germany Great Again which wasn't a Nazi campaign slogan, but was often repeated by Hitler.

We are down this rabbit hole now, they built concentration camps and create d a secret police that answers only to Trump and has unchallenged powers. It's not hysteria, there are people in the White House who want to see tens of millions of Americans exterminated.

[electric_blue68]

41. It was actually a Bipartisan bill, and brought among others East Germans over, and other European Refugees

I wanted to know more so I looked it up.

Now, how many Dems voted for it, idk, was quick look before lunch.

It was also to get more Germans out of Communist East Germany as well.
So maybe the action was more nuanced.

[dweller]

9. Wonder what VD Chance thought , since he

‘ had a different view and broke with Republicans who broadly condemned the comments within the chat ‘

🤔




✌🏻

[John1956PA]

17. Vance: "I say give him another chance."

Vance made that statement last spring after one of the young DOGE members was found to have engaged in some breach of confidential information during his tenure with some cyber security firm. Vance said that the young malfeasant had given up lucrative career opportunities in the private sector in order to serve the government via DOGE. I did not see the logic in Vance's "give him another chance remark" because, by Vance's own statement, the ethics-challenged whiz kid had plenty of lucrative career options before him.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

22. This is what he said:

Vance posted on X an excerpt from one of messages attributed to Jones which read: “only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.”

“This is far worse than anything said in a college group chat, and the guy who said it could become the AG of Virginia. I refuse to join the pearl clutching when powerful people call for political violence,” Vance said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jd-vance-blasted-for-response-to-young-republicans-group-chat/ar-AA1OuTvb?ocid=BingNewsSerp

JD Vance, AKA, couch fucker, trying to distract what these POS's said, but it ain't working.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

10. Anyone notice that every single young repig shown in the article is a fat, white POS?

I don't care what these racists have to say in their defense, this is a direct product of Been A Dick Donald and his racist regime.

[Aristus]

12. "Racial superiority" is the battle cry of every loser who loathes what he sees in the mirror.

And it's easier than making an effort to just be a better human being.

[Vogon_Glory]

52. I'm a Caucasian of primarily Northern European extraction

and I concluded that claims of “racial superiority” are so much BS. Besides, watching some East Asian academic whiz kid or South Asian go-getter busting their humps and surpassing their Lily-white counterparts makes me wonder just how clever my fellow Caucasians and I really are.

I’ve suspected that what motivates a lot of middle and upper middle class Caucasian racists and exclusionists is the demise of the “gentleman’s C” grade and the fact that they now have to bust a** in school—and they’re still p.o’d about it.

[littlemissmartypants]

18. Literally made in his own image. ...

I've always believed that the so-called campaign belly is a sign of a bully. Interestingly, at least to me, is the correlation between girth expansion and decreased cognitive ability. There is actually scientific research on the topic.

[Wednesdays]

47. Brings to mind the stereotype

of incels living on video games in mama's basement.

On edit: that was my 21,000th post! Happy Birthday to me, or something.

[Vogon_Glory]

11. So the little dears have been rolling around in the muck of a pig-stye

And found out that the stench still lingers?

So sorry, but I don’t have any sympathy. It must have flown off the shelves after the new tariffs got put into place.

[AverageOldGuy]

13. Read their blogs and their Facebook pages

I lived for 17 years in a strongly Republican rural Virginia county. After a few years, I tracked down the Facebook pages of people I know from various activities -- including church. I was stunned, horrified, and sickened by the comments on the Facebook pages of Republicans I knew.

And if you can stand it, here's the major Republican blog in Virginia:
https://thebullelephant.com/

Republicans in their own environment.

[angrychair]

33. That webpage is awful

Not just the poorly written and reasoned "articles" but just the website design is like a generic WordPress website, maybe worse.

Everything about it is awful.

[littlemissmartypants]

15. The fruits of Charlie's labors. Reaching a "turning point" they weren't expecting.

[stopdiggin]

19. this is your Charlie Kirk fan base.

( With apologies to those that considered CK a loved one - but he cultivated this smug, arrogant, and utterly rancid and disgusting privilege. And here it is - writ large! )

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

21. I was wrong to think the GOP wanted to take America back to the 1950s.

The 1850s would be more correct!

[Wiz Imp]

24. JD Vance tries to downplay leak of disgusting Young Republican chats

For the vice president to suggest it’s “pearl clutching” to condemn those who were part of a racist group chat says a great deal about his judgment.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jd-vance-tries-downplay-leak-disgusting-young-republican-chats-rcna237752?icid=recommended

The messages, Politico noted, “reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders.”

Common sense and common decency might suggest that prominent GOP leaders would rush to condemn the disgusting texts categorically and to make clear that the party will not tolerate such repulsive garbage. Indeed, it’s only fair to note that some Republicans did exactly that after the Politico report was published. But JD Vance apparently had a different response in mind.

In other words, confronted with Republican texts that were racist and violent — complete with references to gas chambers — Vance’s first instinct wasn't to condemn those responsible for those messages; his first instinct was to downplay the scandal and go after a Democrat.

To the extent that anyone might be persuaded by the Ohio Republican’s unfortunate attempt at clumsy and unnecessary spin, it’s worth emphasizing that Politico’s report was about more than “a college group chat.” The participants in question weren’t just random teens popping off between classes: Some of these Republicans are in their 30s and are currently working for elected officials, ostensibly serving the public. One, Samuel Douglass of Vermont, is even a sitting state senator. (The state’s Republican governor, Phil Scott, wasted little time in calling for Douglass’ resignation.)

Vance should resign for clearly supporting the sentiments expressed in the group chat.

[mwmisses4289]

25. It kinda make me think of when the kids blurt out something

the adults don't want others to know.
These younger repukes made the mistake of saying out loud what we have already seen older repukes let slip on occassion. Now they are all scrambling.

"Calling damage control. Calling damage control. Emergency on aisle one, stat!"

[Ocelot II]

34. The young ones just haven't developed filters.

I think we can be pretty sure that the same epithets and sentiments are bandied about in private conversations among older GOPers; they just have managed to erect filters that prevent them from saying such things in public or posting them on internet message boards. The younger ones, who have grown up with the internet, are used to its being their primary means of communication, and haven't figured out that the internet is forever and that anything they post is out there for discovery. I recall incidents years ago where some politician or public figure got in trouble for an off-color or racist joke or comment spoken in private but overheard and reported, or picked up by a hot mic.

Anybody remember Earl Butz, a Secretary of Agriculture during the '70s? He was forced to resign on account of remarks he made, which were so over-the-top awful that I won't quote them here, but they're at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Butz if you want to look them up. I'll bet the "grownup" GOPers say the same kind of things all the time these days, but they'd never have to resign because now it's the norm.

[MustLoveBeagles]

59. Wow 😳

[Chasstev365]

27. Older Republicans: We agree with you and say these things, but you got caught.

[Ocelot II]

29. What a cesspool.

The Internet enables like-minded people to find each other, and often creates a window into the hearts and minds of its online participants. How nice it is to know that the youth of America are so open-minded and public-spirited.

[orangecrush]

31. Its who they are

An accurate picture.

[RexLipton]

32. They'd still have their jobs

if they hadn’t been caught!

Thank you, Politico.

[ffr]

35. The GOP will find a place for them in their racists for racists job placement office, I have no doubt.

Out of one job and into a more lucrative job as a vocal racist on Fox Entertainment or online blog replacing some other fallen racist or something. The easy life awaits them in the White Privilege universe.

[ffr]

36. BTW, where are the Epstein Files?

Just asking when our government will end the GOP vacation to avoid releasing the sex trafficker's list of GOP members who are on vacation right now.

[groundloop]

37. About all they'll 'learn' from this is to do a better job at not getting caught

[Exp]

38. Yourn Republicans are a TERRORIST GROUP! nt

[maxsolomon]

39. Accountability for Repukes?

Don't these Congressmen know that IOKIYAR? Just double down. Blame Lunatic Radical Democrats Who Hate America.

So sad these promising careers have been cut short. (yes, )

[maliaSmith]

40. Young GOP

They're just mad they got busted. They believe what they posted and the national GOP think the same way. Racist and sexist to the bone.

[electric_blue68]

42. Could be a Mix of Performative, and a bit of Geuine Ourage...

Unfortunately many, if not all recent, current Republicans harbor at leadt some to all of this sewagey thinking.
There was a time when there were liberal republicans in the late '60s, early '70s.

But at least some suffering job loss is good for their hideous, and heinious verbiage.
Words have consequences, at least sometimes.

Oh, and Vance's "peatl clutching" comnent - FU, dude.

[Wiz Imp]

46. "There was a time when there were liberal republicans in the late '60s, early '70s."

Yep. My mother was one. A lifelong Republican, but she was very liberal. She hated Goldwater and voted against him in 64 and hated Reagan and voted against him in 80 & 84. I'm not absolutely sure if she voted for Nixon or not, but I know she was disgusted by him by 1974. Pretty sure she voted for Carter in 1976. Unfortunately she passed away in 1988, less than a month before the election in which she would have voted for Dukakis.

She never left the Republican party, the Republican party left her - and this was before W. Bush took the party 10 times further to the right, and then Trump turned it into an outright fascist party. As much as I miss my mother, I'm glad she didn't live long enough to have to experience the evil that is Trump and the current Republican party.

[Wednesdays]

48. My mother said she voted only once for a Republican

And that was William Milliken, Governor of Michigan in the '70's. He was very liberal for a Republican, even in those days. That type of Republican is now long-extinct.

For the record, I have NEVER voted for a Republican.

[Wiz Imp]

49. It's funny, because my mother was a lifelong Republican and my father a lifelong Democrat

But my father was actually more conservative than my mother. That said, he always voted straight Democratic in state and national (Presidential) elections. Local elections often featured Republicans running unopposed in this conservative area, but I remember several of the local reps were legitimately moderate/centrist Republicans. They'd have no place in the Republican party today.

[timms139]

43. The now elected

MAGA nuts most likely have this same crap in their young past and hopefully they will be uncovered .

[RVN VET71]

45. Couch Humper proves once again he's the worst dipshit on Earth

J.D. Vance advances the GOP apothegms that "racism is perfectly fine," and "supporting Nazi torture and murder methods when speaking of Dems (and, of course, Jews) is fine. " These little nazi nose pickers were making jokes and laughing about their hatred! The Vice President's response was, basically "Cool!"

Remember, people, when you see a Nazi, punch a Nazi. (Hey, am I advocating violence against the VP? No, I'm advocating violence against Nazis, and if the damned shoe fits, the VP can wear it, preferably on the toe of a boot placed way up his butt.)

I hate Stephen Miller, but he at least presents himself as an evil, immoral dirtbag. He loves letting the world see exactly what he knows himself to be. But Vance pretends to be something a little better than all that -- but I will not forget his defense of racist, nazi, screed.

[SWBTATTReg]

53. And what's really pathetic about this whole thing is that they're mocking fellow Americans...that really ticks my boat,

being that they have charged us, trialed us, and found us all guilty in their diseased minds. I hope that these disgusting POS get tagged the rest of their lives w/ their actions and discussing remarks for the rest of their lives. They truly don't represent the America that we truly have in this Country, that most of us strive for.

I call this the 'tRUMP effect'. Disgusting and yucky to the Nth degree...

[RockRaven]

55. Oh, please. Spare us the "I'm shocked, shocked to find..." BS.

Every single person who employed or associated with these guys, including everyone at National Young Republicans and every elected Repug, KNEW EXACTLY what these guys were like. Them being like that is WHY they were associating with them in whatever manner they were doing so. Those characteristics are fundamental to today's Republican Party. The only difference between themselves and the people they are now shunning is mask on vs mask off.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

58. House republicans who worked with these nazis are not happy

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

— Tom Joscelyn (@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social) 2025-10-15T19:31:16.042Z

[tblue37]

62. But J. D. Vance aggressively defends them & attacks journalists who revealed the chat messages.