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‘Going to the gas chamber’: Leaked US Young Republican chat shows widespread antisemitism, racism
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Prominent members of the Young Republican US political organization trafficked in antisemitism and racism in an internal chat, Politico reports.
The leaked chat shows group members joking about killing people in gas chambers, a “Hitler aesthetic,” and white supremacist references.
One group member said a chapter of the organization would “vote for the most right wing person” to lead the national group. “Great. I love Hitler,” a group leader responded, according to the report.
Many of the anti-Jewish and other racist statements appeared to be jokes.
Other messages referred to a “fat stinky Jew” and implied that Jews are dishonest, the report says.
“Everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber,” one message said.
Other messages referenced neo-Nazi themes, such as the number 1488, a white supremacist trope.
Politico says the Telegram chats included seven months of messages from Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona, and Vermont.
The chats expose the insider discourse of up-and-coming Republican activists.
Prominent Republicans, such as New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, have denounced the chat.
Group members were also racist against Black people and other minorities, joked about rape, and used other violent language, the report says.
The reason you have 28,000 messages across the entire Young Republican leadership, with everyone tolerating it or participating in it, is because MAGA, fka the Republican Party, has a culture of fascism, racism, and violence. Shocking brazenness. pic.twitter.com/L1t6EpsKNB
— John Jackson (@hissgoescobra) October 14, 2025
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