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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Annalyn Zoglmann

Racist and Antisemitic Telegram Leaks Rock Young Republicans as Party Scrambles to Contain Fallout

Former Young Republican leaders Peter Giunta, Bobby Walker, and William Hendrix are under fire after leaked Telegram messages revealed racist and violent remarks. (Credit: Facebook Occupy Democrats)

KEY POINTS

  • Politico claims possession of 2,900 pages of leaked Telegram chats from Young Republican leaders in multiple states.
  • Messages contained racist slurs, antisemitic jokes, and references to gas chambers and rape.
  • Kansas vice chair William Hendrix, New York's Peter Giunta, and Bobby Walker were among those implicated.

A torrent of leaked messages has plunged the Republican Party's youth movement into crisis after Politico published nearly 3,000 pages of Telegram chats filled with racist, antisemitic, and violent remarks, including praise for Hitler and jokes about gas chambers.

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