Vice President JD Vance has dismissed a series of racist, sexist, and antisemitic text messages exchanged by senior members of a Young Republicans group chat as simply 'what kids do.'
Despite the participants being adults aged 24 to 35, Vance characterised the scandal, which included messages like 'I love Hitler' and jokes calling rape 'epic,' as youthful indiscretion, urging critics to 'grow up' and focus on what he deemed 'the real issues.'
