University of Florida moves to deactivate College Republicans after report of antisemitic behavior
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida says it has deactivated the College Republicans registered student group on campus following reports that some of its members have engaged in anti-Semitism.
The opt-out effort on the University of Florida campus marks the second time this month that a Florida public university has taken action against a Republican group accused of engaging in racist or anti-Semitic behavior.
Earlier this month, Florida International University in Miami opened an investigation into a group chat started by an official with the Miami-Dade branch of the Republican Party that contained violent racial slurs, anti-Semitic comments and misogynistic language. The conversation included students at Florida International University and several senior conservative leaders.
University of Florida officials said they were notified over the weekend by the Florida Federation of College Republicans that the federation had disbanded its Gainesville campus chapter after finding that some members had “engaged in a pattern of behavior that violated its rules and values, including a recent antisemitic gesture.”
Once ready, the Florida Federation of College Republicans will help reactivate the university’s campus chapter under new student leadership, UF officials said in a statement.
last fall New York’s Republican State Committee suspends a resolution Young Republican organization after the publication of a group chat containing jokes about rape and flippant comments about gas chambers.
