To condemn or not to condemn? That is the question for Republican officials after a Young Republicans group chat containing racist and antisemitic messages leaked this week.

While no Republican official has said they support the offensive messages reported by Politico earlier this week — which included messages like “I love Hitler” and those that referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” — there is an open debate on the right about how best to respond, and whether people who express such sentiments have a place in Republican politics.

Some Republicans have no problem strongly disavowing the sentiment and calling for the members of the group to resign their positions.

Others quickly condemn the statements before moving to turn the attention back on shocking statemen

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