Huge scandal among young American Republicans. Shocking discussions about rape and gas chamber: “I am ready to look at how people are burning”
Leaders of the Republican Youth Organization in several US states were surprised in a group of discussions on Telegram using a racist, anti-Semitic and violent language, according to an investigation conducted by the international press. In private conversations, some members called African-Americans “Monkeys” or “People's people”, They joked about gas rooms and made comments about rape and torture.
Two of the leaders of the Republican youth. Photo: x/@mcelroymarra
The messages, which extend over a period of over seven months, provide a worrying image of how the new generation of Republican activists are expressed when I think no one listens to them, reports Politico.
The Vice -President of young Republicans of Kansas, William Hendrix, used racial insults several times, while Bobby Walker, former vice -president of the New York branch, referred to rape as being “epic”.
Also Peter Giunta, at that time president of the organization, wrote that “Everyone who votes” no “will go to the gas room”, referring to an internal vote on the management of the National Federation of Young Republicans-a structure with over 15,000 members.
For his part, Joe Maligno, former general counselor of the New York branch, commented ironically:
“The gas rooms do not match the Hitler aesthetics.” At the same time, Annie Kaykaty, a member of the National Committee, wrote: “I am ready to look at how people burn now.”
The conversations, held between representatives in states such as New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont, have been obtained by Politico and total over 2,900 pages. Some of the messages can be seen below.
The conversations were obtained by Politico. Photo: X/@Mazzenilsson
The disclosures had immediate consequences: some of the participants lost their jobs, and others were left without the job offers. Important Republican leaders, including Elise Stefanik and Rob Ortt, publicly condemned the language used.
Sociologist Joe Feagin, a teacher at Texas A&M, explained that these behaviors reflect the relaxation of the political rules in the Trump Era:
“The more open and liberating the political atmosphere – as it was with the emergence of Trump and a more right -wing Republican party, even before him – the more the older people are open to say racist jokes, to make racist comments in private and public.”
In a subsequent reaction, Peter Giunta stated that conversations leak would be part of a “Coordinated assassination” by his political opponents but he apologized “To those who were offended by the insensitive and unforgivable language.”
He added that some messages could have been “Modified or removed from the context”, but said he assumes responsibility for their content.
One of the participants, Michael Bartels, who work in the Trump administration, is mentioned in the investigation, but did not intervene to stop racist conversations.
