Leaked chats expose Young Republicans peddling racism, fascism, & Hitler worship in bombshell Politico report
They have long decried the left’s habit of labeling Republicans as “fascists.” They warned, they scolded, they complained: You cannot make light of this accusation; They say it cheapens the language. But now private messages between the ascendants have been leaked GOP leaders obtained by Policy reveals that his excesses are not just rhetoric. He lives, breathes and laughs behind closed doors.
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Policy They always had secret rooms; corridors where whispers echo louder than public statements. Over the past decade, these corridors have especially proliferated within the modern GOP: from private messaging groups to semi-secret affinity circles like the “A-Gays,” clustered influence networks of gay men in Trump’s Republican orbit.
But now one of the most disturbing rooms has been revealed. a revelation It was published with Policy Tuesday reveals thousands of messages exchanged by Young Republican operatives rising behind the curtain of encrypted chats, calling their opponents monkeys, celebrating gas chambers and flirting with rape fantasies.
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The “RESTORER WAR ROOM” conversation, which spanned more than 2,900 pages and nearly 28,000+ messages, included state YR leaders. new York, in kansas, ArizonaAnd Vermont. Accordingly, among the participants PolicyWilliam Hendrix, vice president of the Kansas YRs; Bobby Walker, vice president of New York State YRs; and Peter Giunta, who was then president of the New York YRs and also worked as a state assemblyman’s chief of staff.
In these texts they did more than plan election strategy. They freely talked about “throwing voters into gas chambers”, pumped up opponents, and praised Hitler. Giunta wrote: “Anyone who votes no will go to the gas chamber… Great, I love Hitler.” In response, Joe Maligno, general counsel of the New York Young Republicans, said, “Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic.” New York national committee member Annie Kaykaty responded, “I’m ready to watch people burn now.”
The shock caused by the content grows with who is behind it. These are not fringe extremists disappearing into anonymity; these are young Republicans already established in party structures; some hold public office or career staff positions.
Everyday sadism went hand in hand with racism and homophobia. In a July exchange, Walker wrote: “Stay in the closet.” Policy He stated that he was often the main target of the same insult within the group.
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The group also made fun of Asian and Latino people. “My people built the train tracks with the Chinese,” Walker wrote, referring to his Italian heritage.
“Let your people go!” Maligno responded. “Keep the ch–ks though.”
“Hispanics came to America and had sex with every woman,” Luke Mosiman, president of Arizona Young Republicans, wrote in another conversation.
“Sex is gay,” replied Alex Dwyer, president of the Kansas Young Republicans.
“Sex? It was rape,” Mosiman said.
“Epic,” Walker replied.
This leakage partly reflects a generational shift within the conservative movement: As public norms narrow, raw ideology and cruelty move further underground. This underground shift mirrors other internal fault lines: In recent months, for example, conservative Washington has become aware of the “A-Gays,” gay men in Trump’s orbit who quietly coordinate power across institutions and socialize in Republicans’ private spaces. New York Times reported.
Although the “A-Gays” claim a common identity – to ensure mutual support in otherwise hostile Conservative areas – their existence also highlights the duality of the current Republican alignment: What is public?And what’s secret.
The secret became toxic in the young Republicans’ leaked conversation.
The outpouring of public outcry was swift. Policy reported that Hendrix had been relieved of his duties as Kansas Attorney General; Walker lost a job offer; Several Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik and New York Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt, condemned the messages and demanded resignations. Giunta apologized but also claimed the recordings may have been doctored, accusing internal dissidents of staging an attack. political hit.
But stumps do more than embarrass individuals. They reveal the ideological substrate (oppression, racial hostility, fetishization of domination) that young leaders entertain behind the scenes. They serve as a dark mirror to the idea that Republican youth wings will necessarily be more agreeable or moderate than their elders.
At a time when public discourse is increasingly regulated, and racist or anti-Semitic epithets are frequently vilified (at least in public), this leak shows how such norms are not going away. They move underground, through encrypted applications, through private channels. For LGBTQ+ viewers, this hypocrisy is obvious. These men brag about their cruelty towards gay people, call their opponents “f***ers,” and celebrate rape, while likely associating with the same Republican networks that house the “A-Gays.”
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