“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic.”
“I’d go to the zoo if I wanted to watch monkey play ball.”
“You’re giving nationals [too] much credit and expecting the Jew to be honest.”
“I love Hitler.”
“Politico’s investigation, published Tuesday, found hundreds of text messages disparaging minorities, women, and religious groups. The report counted 251 uses of slurs like the n-word, and f****t. The report was met by widespread revulsion — by most.”
“The chat’s members were distributed across Young Republicans chapters from New York, Kansas, and Vermont. Many have already established footholds in the politics of their state and beyond. These include 27-year-old Vermont state Senator Samuel Douglass, Trump administration employee Michael Bartels, and Bobby Walker, who once worked for New York state Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt.”
“Perhaps most notable among the white knights was Vice President J.D. Vance, who downplayed the texts by comparing them to a leaked message from Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general. Jones has come under fire this month after 2022 text messages in which he expressed a desire to shoot the former Virginia House speaker were made public.”
“This is far worse than anything said in a college group chat, and the guy who said it could become the AG of Virginia. I refuse to join the pearl clutching when powerful people call for political violence,” Vance wrote Tuesday on social media. Jones has, in fact, been condemned by members of his own party. Jones is also one man, making condemnable statements, not a large group of politically minded individuals producing, sharing, and celebrating the very hate they claim to revile.”
“Vance addressed the texts on The Charlie Kirk Show later on Wednesday. “Focus on the real issues,” he said. “Don’t focus on what kids say in group chats.” He then suggested that whoever leaked the racist messages is a “scumbag.”
“Kids do stupid things,” he continued. “Especially young boys. They tell edgy, offensive jokes. That’s what kids do.”
“Really, though, the racist messages and the corresponding minimization by Republicans speak to a conservative culture that clings to bigotry as a unifying force of identity — a pattern that has only been reinforced in the Trump era.”
“On Wednesday, the official Facebook and Instagram accounts of the U.S. Border Patrol posted — and later deleted — videos using the original version and lyrics of Michael Jackson’s “They Don’t Care About Us.” The song, which was rerecorded in 1995, originally included the lyrics “Jew me, sue me.”
“On Tuesday, the official X account for the Department of Homeland Security posted “Remigrate” on X. Remigration is a fascist concept developed in the mid-20th Century by European white nationalists advocating for the mass expulsion of minorities and immigrants to their nations of origin.”
“And of course there is the bullhorn of anti-minority, xenophobic rhetoric emanating from the president himself, who just over the course of the last year has described migrants as pet-eating terrorists who are poisoning the blood of the nation.”
“It’s no wonder the up-and-coming ranks of politically active youngish Republicans feel emboldened to speak in the way that they did to each other in the leaked messages. They have a mirror in the White House, and defenders all around them.”
dbag3o1 on
let me guess: They’re ironically joking but also free speech and also the violent left pushed them to such rhetoric and also the right just defends racism in general.
Future-Guarantee-573 on
Correct me if I’m wrong, but was Spanky not one of the people calling for the cancelation of anyone who said bad things about Kirk?
phosdick on
Racist texts <> Young Republicans
Sounds like a match made in heaven to me.
Agressive-toothbrush on
Republican playbook : When caught, just say they were joking…
Sufficient-Lie2282 on
At this point, JD Vance treats racism like it’s part of the supply chain, can’t afford to disrupt it.
IRideMoreThanYou on
Nazis defending Nazis. Nothing surprising.
Prepare accordingly.
eric_ts on
They talk like this in private regardless of age. They have for decades. CV: I look like a boomer conservative.
jeffepstein49 on
JD Vance realizes that Trump, through years of lying, has turned 1/3 of the country into hateful fascists, so it’s safe for him to go ahead and crush democracy, stop elections and have masked thugs beat democrats on the streets in order to get Trump to love him.
Prometheusf3ar on
They’re Nazis jumping to defend Nazis. In other news, fork found in kitchen how did it get there.
alpurn on
People that are part of the problem just sit there and think “what? Doesn’t every young person say crazy shit like this?”
Lol, no. Swallow that giant pill of “my friends and family are ignorant hicks”
BethanyForDistrict9 on
But saying that Charlie Kirk was a racist was enough to get people fired.
We have to start fully understand that fascists do not work in good faith.
masterchefguy on
Make Nazis Scared Again.
verone3784 on
The press is playing this down so hard it’s unreal. The actual headline should be:
“Vice President of the United States defends Young Republicans lauding Hitler and mocking holocaust genocide.”
dingusmingus2222 on
Weird hill to die on after all the outrage over people talking about Charlie Kirk… when this seems WAY worse than anything they demonized people over.
mrsleep9999 on
of course, because they believe the same things they just dont say it in text messages because thats really stupid. which is par for future leaders of the GOP
CKACCEO on
I’m JD Vance, and I approve the Young Republicans’ message.
Now excuse me, I have to finish my keynote speech for the upcoming Young Couchfucker’s Convention.
Negative_Gravitas on
Focus on the real issues,” [Vance] said. “Don’t focus on what kids say in group chats.”
“Especially not when it’s the Secretary of Def . . . Er, War!” The vice president added.
WordsMakethMurder on
I’m so sick of this shit excusing shithead kids for being shithead kids.
Go into a fucking high school classroom and ask them if they know whether racism is bad. You’ll be lucky if they don’t laugh uproariously.
ScarOk7853 on
I think we know by now MAGA will also jump to defending trump if he is all over the Epstein list
AmericantDream on
Its so obvious that Republicans today are racist af. Only a blind moron couldn’t see that.
xibeno9261 on
I doubt it is only young Republicans who are racist. Middle aged Republicans and old Republicans are just as racist.
Dread_Pirate_Slim on
“That’s what kids do.” Sure, JD. You sure understand kids. Always going on about how they love Hitler. This knee jerk reaction to defend literal Nazis is quite a choice.
lodestar72 on
JD constantly reminds us that if Trump were to suddenly go the way of the earth, we’re in no better shape with him in charge.
Probable_Bison on
Vance says Jay Jones’ texts were worse.
According to MAGA math, that means the Young Republicans are off the hook for their texts and did nothing wrong.
Due_Layer_7720 on
I’m tired of people ignoring the fact that these men in their late 20s-mid 30s. They are not “kids”.
Pale-and-Willing on
Of course, they are Nazis.
aradraugfea on
And we’re back to “FREE SPEECH”, the same week they deported people for not being nice enough to a dead podcaster.
VitalMonkey on
It’s astonishing how quickly this sort of thing has been normalized. Every day, when I see an increasingly unbelievable story, I ask myself at what point in recent history would this have been acceptable? And the answer is that there is none. Anytime before the last 8-10 yrs, nobody would have been able to brush this aside. Don’t believe the hype, kids. None of this is remotely okay. 100% wrong yesterday, today and tomorrow.
SirCharlesEquine on
Hillary was spot on when she called them deplorables. The only thing she did wrong was use a word with too many syllables that they couldn’t spell.
Blikenave on
RFK aside, MAGA never responds to any issue itself, they only blame the left. I don’t think I can recall a single time they just owned up to anything. It’s Obama’s fault, or Biden’s fault, or the Dems fault, or X or Y or Z; they never just admit ownership to anything. JD’s response to this chat was basically ‘idc and look what this dem did.’ I almost wish they would just be honest flat out ____ists, instead of being _____ists then trying to pretend they’re not when the truth gets leaked.
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*Because of course they do.*
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“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic.”
“I’d go to the zoo if I wanted to watch monkey play ball.”
“You’re giving nationals [too] much credit and expecting the Jew to be honest.”
“I love Hitler.”
“Politico’s investigation, published Tuesday, found hundreds of text messages disparaging minorities, women, and religious groups. The report counted 251 uses of slurs like the n-word, and f****t. The report was met by widespread revulsion — by most.”
“The chat’s members were distributed across Young Republicans chapters from New York, Kansas, and Vermont. Many have already established footholds in the politics of their state and beyond. These include 27-year-old Vermont state Senator Samuel Douglass, Trump administration employee Michael Bartels, and Bobby Walker, who once worked for New York state Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt.”
“Perhaps most notable among the white knights was Vice President J.D. Vance, who downplayed the texts by comparing them to a leaked message from Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general. Jones has come under fire this month after 2022 text messages in which he expressed a desire to shoot the former Virginia House speaker were made public.”
“This is far worse than anything said in a college group chat, and the guy who said it could become the AG of Virginia. I refuse to join the pearl clutching when powerful people call for political violence,” Vance wrote Tuesday on social media. Jones has, in fact, been condemned by members of his own party. Jones is also one man, making condemnable statements, not a large group of politically minded individuals producing, sharing, and celebrating the very hate they claim to revile.”
“Vance addressed the texts on The Charlie Kirk Show later on Wednesday. “Focus on the real issues,” he said. “Don’t focus on what kids say in group chats.” He then suggested that whoever leaked the racist messages is a “scumbag.”
“Kids do stupid things,” he continued. “Especially young boys. They tell edgy, offensive jokes. That’s what kids do.”
“Really, though, the racist messages and the corresponding minimization by Republicans speak to a conservative culture that clings to bigotry as a unifying force of identity — a pattern that has only been reinforced in the Trump era.”
“On Wednesday, the official Facebook and Instagram accounts of the U.S. Border Patrol posted — and later deleted — videos using the original version and lyrics of Michael Jackson’s “They Don’t Care About Us.” The song, which was rerecorded in 1995, originally included the lyrics “Jew me, sue me.”
“On Tuesday, the official X account for the Department of Homeland Security posted “Remigrate” on X. Remigration is a fascist concept developed in the mid-20th Century by European white nationalists advocating for the mass expulsion of minorities and immigrants to their nations of origin.”
“And of course there is the bullhorn of anti-minority, xenophobic rhetoric emanating from the president himself, who just over the course of the last year has described migrants as pet-eating terrorists who are poisoning the blood of the nation.”
“It’s no wonder the up-and-coming ranks of politically active youngish Republicans feel emboldened to speak in the way that they did to each other in the leaked messages. They have a mirror in the White House, and defenders all around them.”
let me guess: They’re ironically joking but also free speech and also the violent left pushed them to such rhetoric and also the right just defends racism in general.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but was Spanky not one of the people calling for the cancelation of anyone who said bad things about Kirk?
Racist texts <> Young Republicans
Sounds like a match made in heaven to me.
Republican playbook : When caught, just say they were joking…
At this point, JD Vance treats racism like it’s part of the supply chain, can’t afford to disrupt it.
Nazis defending Nazis. Nothing surprising.
Prepare accordingly.
They talk like this in private regardless of age. They have for decades. CV: I look like a boomer conservative.
JD Vance realizes that Trump, through years of lying, has turned 1/3 of the country into hateful fascists, so it’s safe for him to go ahead and crush democracy, stop elections and have masked thugs beat democrats on the streets in order to get Trump to love him.
They’re Nazis jumping to defend Nazis. In other news, fork found in kitchen how did it get there.
People that are part of the problem just sit there and think “what? Doesn’t every young person say crazy shit like this?”
Lol, no. Swallow that giant pill of “my friends and family are ignorant hicks”
But saying that Charlie Kirk was a racist was enough to get people fired.
We have to start fully understand that fascists do not work in good faith.
Make Nazis Scared Again.
The press is playing this down so hard it’s unreal. The actual headline should be:
“Vice President of the United States defends Young Republicans lauding Hitler and mocking holocaust genocide.”
Weird hill to die on after all the outrage over people talking about Charlie Kirk… when this seems WAY worse than anything they demonized people over.
of course, because they believe the same things they just dont say it in text messages because thats really stupid. which is par for future leaders of the GOP
I’m JD Vance, and I approve the Young Republicans’ message.
Now excuse me, I have to finish my keynote speech for the upcoming Young Couchfucker’s Convention.
Focus on the real issues,” [Vance] said. “Don’t focus on what kids say in group chats.”
“Especially not when it’s the Secretary of Def . . . Er, War!” The vice president added.
I’m so sick of this shit excusing shithead kids for being shithead kids.
Go into a fucking high school classroom and ask them if they know whether racism is bad. You’ll be lucky if they don’t laugh uproariously.
I think we know by now MAGA will also jump to defending trump if he is all over the Epstein list
Its so obvious that Republicans today are racist af. Only a blind moron couldn’t see that.
I doubt it is only young Republicans who are racist. Middle aged Republicans and old Republicans are just as racist.
“That’s what kids do.” Sure, JD. You sure understand kids. Always going on about how they love Hitler. This knee jerk reaction to defend literal Nazis is quite a choice.
JD constantly reminds us that if Trump were to suddenly go the way of the earth, we’re in no better shape with him in charge.
Vance says Jay Jones’ texts were worse.
According to MAGA math, that means the Young Republicans are off the hook for their texts and did nothing wrong.
I’m tired of people ignoring the fact that these men in their late 20s-mid 30s. They are not “kids”.
Of course, they are Nazis.
And we’re back to “FREE SPEECH”, the same week they deported people for not being nice enough to a dead podcaster.
It’s astonishing how quickly this sort of thing has been normalized. Every day, when I see an increasingly unbelievable story, I ask myself at what point in recent history would this have been acceptable? And the answer is that there is none. Anytime before the last 8-10 yrs, nobody would have been able to brush this aside. Don’t believe the hype, kids. None of this is remotely okay. 100% wrong yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Hillary was spot on when she called them deplorables. The only thing she did wrong was use a word with too many syllables that they couldn’t spell.
RFK aside, MAGA never responds to any issue itself, they only blame the left. I don’t think I can recall a single time they just owned up to anything. It’s Obama’s fault, or Biden’s fault, or the Dems fault, or X or Y or Z; they never just admit ownership to anything. JD’s response to this chat was basically ‘idc and look what this dem did.’ I almost wish they would just be honest flat out ____ists, instead of being _____ists then trying to pretend they’re not when the truth gets leaked.