Oh, the all too familiar woes of a leaked Republican group chat. A new scandal dropped Tuesday, revealing egregious text messages from Young Republican leaders.
As originally reported by Politico, people in the group casually used the N-word, advocated for sending people “to the gas chamber,” and openly aired other extremely homophobic, racist, sexist, and antisemitic remarks.
“If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr,” Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans, texted to his colleagues.
Walker’s foresight could have been helpful, especially for the many people in the group who were either relieved of their roles or had job offers rescinded. As it turns out, blatant racism doesn’t bode well with employers—even if they’re Republican.
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