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NEW YORK \u2014 Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway.<\/p>\n

They referred to Black people as monkeys and \u201cthe watermelon people\u201d and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.<\/p>\n

William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans\u2019 vice chair<\/u><\/a>, used the words \u201cn–ga\u201d and \u201cn–guh,\u201d variations of a racial slur, more than a dozen times in the chat. Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, referred to rape as \u201cepic.\u201d Peter Giunta, who at the time was chair of the same organization, wrote in a message sent in June that \u201ceveryone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.\u201d<\/p>\n

Giunta was referring to an upcoming vote on whether he should become chairman of the Young Republican National Federation, the GOP\u2019s 15,000-member political organization for Republicans between 18 and 40 years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cIm going to create some of the greatest physiological torture methods known to man. We only want true believers,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

Two members of the chat responded.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan we fix the showers? Gas chambers don\u2019t fit the Hitler aesthetic,\u201d Joe Maligno, who previously identified himself as the general counsel<\/u><\/a> for the New York State Young Republicans, wrote back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m ready to watch people burn now,\u201d Annie Kaykaty, New York\u2019s national committeewoman, said.<\/p>\n

The exchange is part of a trove of Telegram chats \u2014 obtained by Blue Light News and spanning more than seven months of messages among Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont. The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Since Blue Light News began making inquiries, one member of the group chat is no longer employed at their job and another\u2019s job offer was rescinded. Prominent New York Republicans, including Rep. Elise Stefanik and state Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt, have denounced the chat. And festering resentments among Young Republicans have now turned into public recriminations, including allegations of character assassination and extortion.<\/p>\n

A liberating atmosphere<\/h5>\n

The 2,900 pages of chats, shared among a dozen millennial and Gen Z Republicans between early January and mid-August, chronicle their campaign to seize control of the national Young Republican organization<\/u><\/a> on a hardline pro-Donald Trump platform. Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.<\/p>\n

Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely \u2014 and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party\u2019s next leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more the political atmosphere is open and liberating \u2014 like it has been with the emergence of Trump and a more right wing GOP even before him \u2014 it opens up young people and older people to telling racist jokes, making racist commentaries in private and public,\u201d said Joe Feagin, a Texas A&M sociology professor who has studied racism for the last 60 years. He\u2019s also concerned the words would be applied to public policy. \u201cIt\u2019s chilling, of course, because they will act on these views.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dynamic of easy racism and casual cruelty played out in often dark, vivid fashion inside the chats, where campaign talk and party gossip blurred into streams of slurs and violent fantasies.<\/p>\n

\"Peter<\/p>\n

The group chat members spoke freely about the pressure to cow to Trump to avoid being called a RINO, the love of Nazis within their party\u2019s right wing and the president\u2019s alleged work to suppress documents related to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s child sex crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrumps too busy burning the Epstein files,\u201d Alex Dwyer, the chair of the Kansas Young Republicans<\/u><\/a>, wrote in one instance.<\/p>\n

Dwyer and Kaykaty declined to comment. Maligno and Hendrix did not return requests for comment.<\/p>\n

But some involved in the chat did respond publicly.<\/p>\n

Giunta claimed the release of the chat is part of \u201ca highly-coordinated year-long character assassination led by Gavin Wax and the New York City Young Republican Club\u201d \u2014 an allusion to a once obscured internecine war that has now spilled into the open.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese logs were sourced by way of extortion and provided to Blue Light News by the very same people conspiring against me,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat\u2019s most disheartening is that, despite my unwavering support of President Trump since 2016, rouge (sic) members of his administration \u2014 including Gavin Wax \u2014 have participated in this conspiracy to ruin me publicly simply because I challenged them privately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wax, a staffer in Trump\u2019s State Department, formerly led the New York Young Republican Club \u2014 a separate, city-based group that is at odds with the state organization, the New York State Young Republicans. He declined to comment.<\/p>\n

Despite his allusions to infighting, Giunta still apologized.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so sorry to those offended by the insensitive and inexcusable language found within the more than 28,000 messages of a private group chat that I created during my campaign to lead the Young Republicans,\u201d he said. \u201cWhile I take complete responsibility, I have had no way of verifying their accuracy and am deeply concerned that the message logs in question may have been deceptively doctored.\u201d<\/p>\n

At least one person in the Telegram chat works in the Trump administration: Michael Bartels, who, according to his LinkedIn account, serves as a senior adviser in the office of general counsel within the U.S. Small Business Administration. Bartels did not have much to say in the chat, but he didn\u2019t offer any pushback against the offensive rhetoric in it either. He declined to comment.<\/p>\n

A notarized affidavit signed by Bartels and obtained by Blue Light News also sheds light on the intraparty rivalry that led the \u201cRESTOREYR WAR ROOM\u201d Telegram chat to be made public. Bartels references Wax as well. He wrote that he did not give Blue Light News the chat and that Wax \u201cdemanded\u201d in a phone call that he provide the full chat log.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I attempted to resist that demand, after providing some of the requested information, Wax threatened my professional standing, and raised the possibility of potential legal action related to an alleged breach of a non-disclosure agreement,\u201d Bartels claimed in the affidavit. \u201cMy position within the New York Young Republican Club was directly threatened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walker, who now leads the New York State Young Republicans, touched on a similar theme, saying that he believes portions of the chat \u201cmay have been altered, taken out of context, or otherwise manipulated\u201d and that the \u201cprivate exchanges were obtained and released in a way clearly intended to inflict harm.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also apologized.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no excuse for the language and tone in messages attributed to me. The language is wrong and hurtful, and I sincerely apologize,\u201d Walker said. \u201cThis has been a painful lesson about judgment and trust, and I am committed to moving forward with greater care, respect, and accountability in everything I say and do.\u201d<\/p>\n

251 times<\/h5>\n

Mixed into formal conversations about whipping votes, social media strategy and logistics, the members of the chat slung around an array of slurs \u2014 which Blue Light News is republishing to show how they spoke. Epithets like \u201cf—-t,\u201d \u201cretarded\u201d and \u201cn–ga\u201d appeared more than 251 times combined.<\/p>\n

In one instance, Walker \u2014 who at the time was a staffer for Ortt \u2014 talked about how a mutual friend of some in the chat \u201cdated this very obese Indian woman for a period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Giunta responded that the woman \u201cwas not Indian.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe just didn\u2019t bathe often,\u201d Samuel Douglass, a state senator<\/u><\/a> from northern Vermont and the head of the state\u2019s Young Republicans, replied to Giunta.<\/p>\n

In a separate conversation, Giunta shared that his flight to Charleston, South Carolina, landed safely. Then, he offered some advice for his fellow Young Republicans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf your pilot is a she and she looks ten shades darker than someone from Sicily, just end it there. Scream the no no word,\u201d Giunta wrote.<\/p>\n

Douglass did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Ortt called for members of the chat to resign.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked and disgusted to learn about the racist, anti-Semitic, and misogynistic comments attributed to members of the New York State Young Republicans,\u201d Ortt said. \u201cThis behavior is indefensible and has no place in our party or anywhere in public life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Bobby<\/p>\n

Walker had been in line to manage Republican Peter Oberacker\u2019s campaign for Congress in upstate New York, but a spokesperson for the campaign said Walker won\u2019t be brought on in light of the comments in the chat.<\/p>\n

Seeking Trump\u2019s endorsement<\/h5>\n

The private rhetoric isn\u2019t happening in a vacuum. It comes amid a widespread coarsening of the broader political discourse and as incendiary and racially offensive tropes from the right become increasingly common in public debate. Last month, Trump posted an AI-generated video<\/u><\/a> that showed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero beside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, whose fabricated remarks were about trading free health care for immigrant votes \u2014 a false, long-running GOP trope. The sombrero meme has been widely used to mock Democrats as the government shutdown wears on.<\/p>\n

In his 2024 campaign, Trump spread false reports of Haitian migrants eating pets<\/u><\/a> and, at one of his rallies, welcomed comedian Tony Hinchcliffe,<\/u><\/a> who called Puerto Rico a \u201cfloating island of garbage\u201d and joked about Black people \u201ccarving watermelons\u201d on Halloween.<\/p>\n

Liz Huston, a White House spokesperson, rejected the idea that Trump\u2019s rhetoric had anything to do with the chat members\u2019 language.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly an activist, left-wing reporter would desperately try to tie President Trump into a story about a random groupchat he has no affiliation with, while failing to mention the dangerous smears coming from Democrat politicians who have fantasized about murdering their opponent and called Republicans Nazis and Fascists,\u201d she said. \u201cNo one has been subjected to more vicious rhetoric and violence than President Trump and his supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the \u201cRESTOREYR WAR ROOM\u201d chat, Giunta tells his fellow Republicans that he spoke with the White House about an endorsement from Trump for his bid to become chairman of the national federation. Trump and the Republican National Committee ultimately decided to stay neutral<\/u><\/a> in the race.<\/p>\n

A White House official said that it has no affiliation with RESTORE YR and that hundreds of groups ask the White House for its endorsement.<\/p>\n

Giunta was the most prominent voice in the chat spreading racist messages \u2014 often encouraged or \u201cliked\u201d by other members.<\/p>\n

When Luke Mosiman, the chair<\/u><\/a> of the Arizona Young Republicans, asked if the New Yorkers in the chat were watching an NBA playoff game, Giunta responded, \u201cI\u2019d go to the zoo if I wanted to watch monkey play ball.\u201d Giunta elsewhere refers to Black people as \u201cthe watermelon people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hendrix made a similar remark in July: \u201cBro is at a chicken restaurant ordering his food. Would he like some watermelon and kool aid with that?\u201d<\/p>\n

Hendrix was a communications assistant for Kansas\u2019 Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach until Thursday. He also said in the chat that, despite political differences, he\u2019s drawn to Missouri\u2019s Young Republican organization because \u201cMissouri doesn\u2019t like f–s.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"William<\/p>\n

Blue Light News reached out to Danedri Herbert, a spokesperson for the attorney general who also serves as the Kansas GOP Chair, and shared with her excerpts of the chat involving Hendrix. In response, Herbert said \u201cwe are aware of the issues raised in your article\u201d and that Hendrix is \u201cno longer employed\u201d in Kobach\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

In another exchange, Dwyer, the Kansas\u2019 chair, informs Giunta that one of Michigan\u2019s Young Republicans promised him the group \u201cwill vote for the most right wing person\u201d to lead the national organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat. I love Hitler,\u201d Giunta responded.<\/p>\n

Dwyer reacted with a smiley face.<\/p>\n

Few minority groups spared<\/h5>\n

Giunta, who serves as chief of staff to New York state Assemblymember Mike Reilly, ultimately fell six points short of winning the chairmanship to lead the Young Republican National Federation<\/u><\/a> earlier this year \u2014 despite earning endorsements from Stefanik and longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone.<\/p>\n

Reilly did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Stefanik accepted an award<\/u><\/a> from the New York State Young Republicans. She lauded Giunta<\/u><\/a> for his \u201ctremendous leadership\u201d in August and had her campaign and the political PAC she leads<\/u><\/a> donate to that state organization. Alex deGrasse, a senior adviser for Stefanik, said the congresswoman \u201cwas absolutely appalled to learn about the alleged comments made by leaders of the New York State Young Republicans and other state YRs in a large national group chat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the description provided by Blue Light News, the comments were heinous, antisemitic, racist and unacceptable,\u201d he continued, noting Stefanik has never employed anyone in the chat. \u201cIf the description by Blue Light News is accurate, Congresswoman Stefanik calls for any NY Young Republicans responsible for these horrific comments in this chat to step down immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stone also condemned the comments in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI of course, have never seen this alleged chat room thread,\u201d he said. \u201cIf it is authentic, I would, of course, denounce any such comments in the strongest possible terms, This would surprise me as it is inconsistent with Peter that I know, although I only know him in his capacity as the head of the New York Young Republicans, where I thought he did a good job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Few minority groups are spared from the Young Republican group\u2019s chat. Their rhetoric \u2014 normalized at most points as dark humor \u2014 mirrors some popular conservative political commentators, podcasters and comedians amid a national erosion<\/u><\/a> of what\u2019s considered acceptable discourse.<\/p>\n

Giunta\u2019s line on a darker-skinned pilot, for example, echoes one used<\/u><\/a> by slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk last year when he said, \u201cIf I see a Black pilot, I\u2019m going to be like, boy, I hope he\u2019s qualified.\u201d Kirk was discussing<\/u><\/a> how diversity hiring \u201cinvites unwholesome thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walker also uses the moniker \u201ceyepatch McCain\u201d (originally coined<\/u><\/a> by conservative commentator Tucker Carlson) in an apparent reference<\/u><\/a> to GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw. Crenshaw lost his eye while serving as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan. Walker also makes the remark, \u201cI prefer my war heroes not captured,\u201d a repeat of a similar 2015 line<\/u><\/a> from Trump.<\/p>\n

Art Jipson, a professor at the University of Dayton who specializes in white racial extremism, surmised the Young Republicans in the chat were influenced by Trump\u2019s language, which he said is often hyperbolic and emotionally charged.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump\u2019s persistent use of hostile, often inflammatory language that normalizes aggressive discourse in conservative circles can be incredibly influential on young operatives who are still trying to figure out, \u2018What is that political discourse?\u2019\u201d Jipson said.<\/p>\n

White supremacist symbols<\/h5>\n

Jipson reviewed multiple excerpts of the Young Republicans\u2019 chat provided by Blue Light News. One was a late July message where Mosiman, the chair of the Arizona Young Republicans, mused about how the group could win support for their preferred candidate by linking an opponent to white supremacist groups. But Mosiman then realized the plan could backfire \u2014 Kansas\u2019 Young Republicans could end up becoming attracted to that opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan we get them to start releasing Nazi edits with her\u2026 Like pro Nazi and faciam (sic) propaganda,\u201d he asked the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cOmg I love this plan,\u201d Rachel Hope, the Arizona Young Republicans events chair, responded.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only problem is we will lose the Kansas delegation,\u201d Mosiman said. Hope and the two Kansas Young Republicans in the chat reacted with a laughing face to the message. Hope did not respond to requests for comment. Mosiman declined to comment.<\/p>\n

Jipson said the Young Republicans\u2019 conversations reminded him of online discussions between members of neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou say it once or twice, it’s a joke, but you say it 251 times, it’s no longer a joke,\u201d Jipson said. \u201cThe more we repeat certain ideas, the more real they become to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weeks later, someone in the chat staying in a hotel asks its members to \u201cGUESS WHAT ROOM WE\u2019RE IN.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c1488,\u201d Dwyer responds. White supremacists use the number 1488<\/u><\/a> because 14 is the number of words in the white supremacist slogan<\/u><\/a> \u201cWe must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.\u201d H is the eighth letter in the alphabet, and 88 is often used as a shorthand for \u201cHeil Hitler.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another conversation in February, Giunta talks approvingly about the Orange County Teenage Republican organization in New York \u2014 which appears to be part of the network of national Teen Age Republicans<\/u><\/a> \u2014 and how he was pleased with its young members\u2019 ideological bent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey support slavery and all that shit. Mega based,\u201d he said. The term \u201cbased\u201d in internet culture is used to express approval with an idea, often one that\u2019s bold or controversial.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Orange County GOP Chairwoman Courtney Canfield Greene said the party was disappointed to learn its teen group was mentioned in the chat.<\/p>\n

“Our teen volunteers have no affiliation with the NYSYR’s or the YRNF,\u201d she said. \u201cThis behavior has no home within the Republican Party in Orange County.”<\/p>\n

Ed Cox, the chair of the New York State GOP, also condemned the remarks made in the chat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked and disgusted to learn about the reports of comments made by a small group of Young Republicans,\u201d he said. \u201cJust as we call out vile racist and anti-Semetic rhetoric on the far left, we must not tolerate it within our ranks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vicious words for enemies<\/h5>\n

Members of the Telegram chat speak about their personal lives, too. Extensive discussions about their everyday lives include one exchange about how devoutly Catholic some chat members are and how often they attend church.<\/p>\n

Many of the slurs, epithets and violent language used in the chat often appear to be intended as jokes.<\/p>\n

Mosiman was derided by members of the chat as \u201cbeaner\u201d and \u201csp-c.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStay in the closet faggot,\u201d Walker of New York also jested in July, though he is the group\u2019s main target for the same epithet.<\/p>\n

The group used slurs against Asians, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy people built the train tracks with the Chinese,\u201d Walker says at one point, referring to his Italian ancestors.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet his people go!\u201d Maligno responds. \u201cKeep the ch–ks, though.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another instance, Mosiman tells the group that, \u201cThe Spanish came to America and had sex with every single woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSex is gay,\u201d Dwyer writes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSex? It was rape,\u201d Mosiman replies.<\/p>\n

\u201cEpic,\u201d Walker says.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more explicit malice in some phrases, too, especially when they turn their ire on opponents outside the chat, such as the leader of the rival Grow YR slate, Hayden Padgett, who defeated Giunta and was reelected chairman of the Young Republican National Federation this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you mean Hayden F—-t wrote the resolution himself?\u201d Giunta asked the group about the National Young Republicans chair in late May.<\/p>\n

\u201cRAPE HAYDEN,\u201d Mosiman declared the following month.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdolf Padgette is in the F—-tbunker as we speak,\u201d Walker said in July.<\/p>\n

Padgett responded to the chat\u2019s language in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Young Republican National Federation condemns all forms of racism, antisemitism, and hate,\u201d Padgett said. \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Samuel<\/p>\n

Giunta also had expletive-laden criticism for the Young Republicans in states that were supporting or leaning toward Padgett\u2019s faction.<\/p>\n

\u201cMinnesota – f—-ts,\u201d he messaged, continuing: \u201cArkansas – inbred cow fuckers Nebraska – revolt in our favor; blocked their bind and have a majority of their delegates Maryland – fat stinky Jew \u2026 Rhode Island – traitorous c—s who I will eradicate from the face of this planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Giunta also said he planned to make one of the competing Young Republicans \u201cunalive himself on the convention floor.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another instance, Douglass, the Vermont state senator, describes to the group members how one of Padgett\u2019s Jewish colleagues may have made a procedural error related to the number of Maryland delegates permitted at the national convention.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was about to say you\u2019re giving nationals to (sic) much credit and expecting the Jew to be honest,\u201d Brianna Douglass, Sam\u2019s wife and Vermont Young Republican\u2019s national committeewoman<\/u><\/a>, replied to her husband\u2019s message. Brianna Douglass did not respond to repeated requests for comment.<\/p>\n

\u2018If we ever had a leak of this chat.\u2026\u2019<\/h5>\n

While reporting this article, Blue Light News was examining a separate allegation: that Giunta and the Young Republicans mismanaged the New York organization\u2019s finances and hadn\u2019t paid at least one venue for a swanky holiday party it hosted last year. Blue Light News\u2019s report detailed how the organization<\/u><\/a> was missing required financial disclosure forms and how their subsequent efforts<\/u><\/a> to file the forms revealed the organization was in more than $28,000 of debt. As of Tuesday, updated records show the organization is in more than $38,000 of debt.<\/p>\n

Donations to New York State Young Republicans’ political account must be reported to the state Board of Elections. Expenditures must be reported too.<\/p>\n

At the time, Giunta told Blue Light News the allegations were \u201cnothing more than a sad and pathetic attempt at a political hit job.\u201d But in their \u201cRESTOREYR WAR ROOM\u201d chat, he and Walker speak flippantly about mishandling the club\u2019s finances.<\/p>\n

\u201cNYSYR Account be like: $500 – Balding cream $1,000 – Ozempik,\u201d Walker said in one message. \u201cNYSYR will be declaring bankruptcy after this I just know it,\u201d he said in another.<\/p>\n

\u201cI drained $10k tonight to pay for my next vacation to Italy,\u201d Giunta appeared to joke about the organization\u2019s bank account.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spent it on massage,\u201d he says of another check that was deposited in the account.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat. Can\u2019t wait to get sued by our venue,\u201d Walker replies.<\/p>\n

Members of the chat occasionally appeared to be aware of its toxicity and even made remarks that considered the possibility someone outside their tight-knit group could view it.<\/p>\n

Walker seemed to consider that possibility the most.<\/p>\n

In one instance, he joked about bombing the Young Republican National Federation\u2019s convention in Nashville and then remarked, \u201cJust kidding for our assigned FBI tracker.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another, he considered the totality of the thousands of messages he and his peers had written, and what would happen if the public saw them come to light.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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