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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Vermont Republican lawmaker resigns over racist and antisemitic group chat

Young white man in suit smiling
Republican senator Samuel Douglass of the Orleans district in Vermont. Photograph: Vermont legislature

A Vermont state lawmaker has resigned over racist and antisemitic chat messages that circulated within the Young Republican political group, another substantial consequence in a scandal that on Friday saw the New York state Young Republicans’ charter revoked.

State senator Samuel Douglass, the only elected official known to have taken part in the leaked group chat exposed by Politico, resigned Friday over his participation.

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