After racist and antisemitic messages from a New York Young Republicans group chat were leaked Wednesday, GOP state leaders moved swiftly to pull the plug, voting to disband the group on Friday.

The decision follows revelations that Young Republican leaders nationwide exchanged grotesque messages—including jokes about rape, gas chambers, and Hitler. And several of the New York members involved weren’t fringe players but senior figures, including Chair Peter Giunta and Vice Chair Bobby Walker.

The fallout was immediate. Giunta lost his job as chief of staff to state Rep. Mike Reilly, while Walker has his offer to manage a congressional campaign rescinded. Both men issued apologies but questioned whether the chat had been altered.

“The Young Republicans was already grossly mismanaged, and

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