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If anyone was holding out hope that the younger generation of Republicans could save the party from continuing down the path of white supremacy, hate and fascism, you can stop hoping. Exclusive bombshell reporting by Politico released Tuesday afternoon confirmed what the rest of us already knew. The younger Republican leaders are just as despicable, dangerous and vile as their beloved leader Donald Trump.
Politico was able to gain access to a trove of Telegram chats that spanned more than seven months of messages between young GOP leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont. These comments were written by Republicans who thought no one but their fellow young GOP leaders would read them. In other words, they were revealing who they really were as opposed to the lie they peddle to the public about not being bigoted and hate filled.
In sum, “the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely.” While no one would be surprised that young MAGA fans were spewing hate, there is something very jarring about seeing these messages in writing complete with the name of the GOP leader who wrote it. While these comments are awful, it’s important that people read them so you can fully grasp the threat we are facing.
The message reveal that these young Trump fans referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people.” Of course, Trump has referred to Africa as a “shithole” country and repeatedly mocked the intelligence of Black people. They joked about raping people—just like their beloved Trump was adjudicated of doing a by a federal judge.
Others mentioned Hitler and gas chambers in a positive, playful way. One wrote, “I love Hitler.” Another commented about an upcoming young Republican organization vote: “Everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.” While others simply peddled openly anti-Semitism by chiding another for “expecting the Jew to be honest.”
That last comment was made as a serious point—not a joke. It was written by Vermont Young Republican national committee member Brianna Douglass in response to a claim that a Jewish colleague may have made a procedural error connected to the number of delegates permitted at a young Republican national convention. That is when Douglass wrote, “I was about to say you’re giving nationals to [sic] much credit and expecting the Jew to be honest.” There was no indication anyone in the group pushed back on that or the other horrible comments.
And since it’s the GOP, there was also anti-LGBTQ slurs with use of “fa**ot.” Overall, as Politico noted, comments like “fa--ot,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined. In fact, William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans’ vice chair, used variations of the N word like “n--ga” and “n--guh” more than a dozen times in the chat.
We also learned that the group was well versed in white supremacist jargon. We saw that when Alex Dwyer, the chair of the Kansas Young Republicans, was asked, “what was his hotel room number?” He responded, “1488.” As experts note, white supremacists use the number 1488 because 14 is the number of words in the white supremacist slogan: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.” And “88” is often used by Neo-Nazis as shorthand for “Heil Hitler” since “H” is the eighth letter in the alphabet.
Not to be outdone, Peter Giunta, the chair of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, told people in the chat to be concerned if the pilot of their plane was not white. Giunta wrote, “If your pilot is a she and she looks ten shades darker than someone from Sicily, just end it there. Scream the no no word.” As Politico rightly noted, that was very similar to comments the late Charlie Kirk made on a national podcast last year when he stated, “If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified.”
Giunta also revealed to others in the chat his excitement that Orange County Teenage Republican organization in New York were ideologically aligned with the hate being spewed. Giunta wrote about them in glowing terms, “They support slavery and all that shit.”
The people in this chat were not outliers. They perfectly sum up today’s MAGA movement. In fact, Politico reported that many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics—with one serving as a state senator. Add to that, one now works in the Trump administration: Michael Bartels, who serves as a senior adviser in the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Some Republican leaders denounced the remarks as Politico reported. But let’s be honest. What these young Republicans said is not far from what Trump has conveyed in words or actions. Trump has frequently peddled racist comments, bragged in the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape that he has sexually assaulted women and has celebrated violence against his political opponents.
The people who spewed these horrible messages are despicable and dangerous. They are also the future leaders of the GOP.
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