Leaders of Young Republican groups nationwide praised Hitler, racists, and made “jokes” about gas chambers, slavery, and rape, a bombshell report from Politico revealed. Slurs like “fa**ott,” “ret**ded,” and the n-word appeared more than 251 times in the chats.

The leaked chat logs — spanning 2,900 pages of dialogue from January to mid-August — showed leaders of the GOP group referring to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people,” talking about raping and putting political enemies in gas chambers or driving them to suicide, and also praising Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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“The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening,” Politico wrote. “Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders.”

Some of the most offensive messages in the leaked chat came from William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans’ vice chair who was a communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach (but was fired after the chats became public), and Peter Giunta, who was chair of the New York State Young Republicans and serves as chief of staff to New York state Republican Assemblymember Mike Reilly.

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Hendrix allegedly made one comment that said, “Bro is at a chicken restaurant ordering his food. Would he like some watermelon and kool aid with that?”

In other chats, Giunta allegedly wrote, “I love Hitler,” and praised the Orange County Teenage Republican organization in New York for supporting slavery. In one chat, he allegedly refers to a political opponent as a “fa**ot” and suggested raping him. He also allegedly said he planned on making one opponent kill “himself on the convention floor.” In another, he allegedly said of the National Basketball Association playoff games, “I’d go to the zoo if I wanted to watch monkey play ball.”

Luke Mosiman, the chair of the Arizona Young Republicans, allegedly suggested associating one political opponent to white supremacists, but worried that doing so would actually make them more attractive to Republican voters.

“The Young Republican National Federation condemns all forms of racism, antisemitism, and hate,” Hayden Padgett, chairman of the Young Republican National Federation said. “I want to be clear that such behavior is entirely inconsistent with our values and has no place within our organization or the broader conservative movement.”

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