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You've probably heard by now about the exposed Young Republican group chat that revealed them all to be the love children of Adolph Hitler and Witchiepoo.
If you haven't heard, know that Politico obtained over seven months of Telegram messages among Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona, and Vermont. And while we're all aware that Donald Trump has degraded political discourse, the comments from these wannabe future leaders of the GOP lower the bar to below ground.
They called Black people monkeys and "the watermelon people." They disparaged Jews, and referred to rape as "epic." They tossed around epithets like "faggot," "retarded," and n-word variations.
One charmer, alluding to an upcoming vote on whether he should become chair of the Young Republican National Federation, declared, "Everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber."
Ah, the innocence of youth.
Amidst the fallout from the bombshell Politico report, JD Vance pooh-poohed the outrage. The racist and anti-Semitic and homophobic comments, the joshing about gas chambers and slavery and rape—it was all just "stupid" jokes made by "kids."
Actually, of the 11 chat participants, eight ranged in age from 24 to 35. Barely out of diapers.
These GOP activists were not just hateful, crude, and entitled, but also stupid to have created such a record. If this is the cream of the Republican crop, I don't even want to think about the dregs.
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