POLITICO report on private Telegram chat filled with racist slurs and tropes ignites debate from New York to Washington.

Politico reports the chairman and vice chairman of Kansas Young Republicans participated in racist, antisemitic encrypted chats with GOP political peers.

New York’s Republican State Committee has suspended a Young Republican organization following the release of a group chat that included jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers. New York’s Republican committee on Friday said its leaders had voted unanimously to suspend the authorization of the New York State Young Republicans to operate at a statewide level.

As midterms loom, Democratic leaders rush to link their GOP rivals to the messages after POLITICO’s reporting.

Gays,” a newly revealed Young Republicans chat empties the shadows with language of violence, slurs, and whispered extremism.

Vice President JD Vance said the Young Republican leaders who sent racist and antisemitic messages are kids, but the two Kansans are ages 24 and 29.

As the White House attempts to redirect focus to violent Democratic rhetoric, Republicans face the vexing choice of how to respond to a trove of hateful messages.