POLITICO has just exposed the face of the Republican Party’s future leadership, and saying “it ain’t pretty” would be quite an understatement.
As reported by Jason Beeferman and Emily Ngo, writing for POLITICO, that publication obtained seven months’ worth of Telegram chats from Young Republican Leaders in ”New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont.” But I suppose we can safely assume these are characteristic of the groups nationwide.
NEW YORK — Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway.
They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
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— Politico (@politico.com) October 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It appears from the POLITICO article that many if not most of the chats directly relate to internecine conflicts within the party as groups vied for internal “supremacy” (no pun intended).
Oh yes, and there are many, many names. As Beeferman and Ngo report:
William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans’ vice chair, used the words “n--ga” and “n--guh,” variations of a racial slur, more than a dozen times in the chat. Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, referred to rape as “epic.” Peter Giunta, who at the time was chair of the same organization, wrote in a message sent in June that “everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.”
Beeferman and Ngo note that the texts represent “an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening.”
Wouldn’t that be the same “new generation” that the media fell over themselves to lionize Charlie Kirk about “reaching?” OK, then:
Together, the messages 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.
There’s some real ugly stuff in the POLITICO article, way too much for Fair Use. Here’s a sample from one of these fine young men (and they appear to be mostly men):
“Minnesota - f----ts,” he messaged, continuing: “Arkansas - inbred cow fuckers Nebraska - revolt in our favor; blocked their bind and have a majority of their delegates Maryland - fat stinky Jew … Rhode Island - traitorous c---s who I will eradicate from the face of this planet.”
According to the article, the texts, “shared among a dozen millennial and Gen Z Republicans between early January and mid-August, chronicle their campaign to seize control of the national Young Republican organization on a hardline pro-Donald Trump platform.”
You get the idea. These people are literally the future of the Republican Party.
The saddest thing is, none of this is really surprising.
