Following a report this week that several members of the Young Republican organization shared messages in a group chat using slurs, praising Hitler and making jokes about slavery and rape, some GOP leaders are sounding the alarm and calling for their fellow party members to resign.

Republican Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont called out state senator and head of Vermont's Young Republican chapter Sam Douglass, saying he should resign "immediately" and leave the party over his alleged involvement in the group chat on the Telegram messaging platform, which was first reported by Politico.

"The hateful statements made in this group chat are disgusting and unacceptable. The vile, racist, bigoted, and antisemitic dialogue that has been reported is deeply disturbing. There is simply no excuse for it

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