The Latest Breaking News from Young Republicans

Vermont state senator who took part in 'deeply disturbing' Young Republicans group chat resigns

A Vermont state senator who took part in a Young Republicans group chat on Telegram in which members made racist comments and joked about rape and gas chambers has resigned

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025

Vermont Republican lawmaker resigns over racist and antisemitic group chat

State senator Samuel Douglass, 26, and wife, Brianna, both made comments in Young Republicans Telegram group

The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2025

Trump news at a glance: Trump cools on Tomahawk deal for Ukraine and commutes Santos sentence

US president said ‘we need Tomahawks and a lot of other things’ as he meets Zelenskyy; fraud sentence of disgraced serial fabulist Santos commuted – key US politics stories from Friday 17 October at a glance

The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2025

‘This is so vile’: Young Republicans face backlash after racist chats leaked

Politico documented the use of slurs, including the N-word and a homophobic term, and antisemitic comments in chats

The Guardian - US · Oct 15, 2025

Some Young Republicans exposed in racist text group chat have resigned after revelations

Young GOP leaders in the New York and Kansas chapters have found themselves out of a job after their ‘revolting’ texts were leaked

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2025

GOP Figures Slam Young Republicans After Leaked Chats With Racist Language: 'Vile And Inexcusable'

The Young Republican National Federation slammed members of the party who uttered racist, sexist, antisemitic and violent messages in chats on Telegram

Latin Times · Oct 15, 2025

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

Politico's leaked chat scandal rocks the Young Republicans, revealing racist and violent messages that prompt national outrage and calls for resignations.

International Business Times UK · Oct 15, 2025

Young Republicans demand leaders involved in "vile" racist chat resign

"Such behavior is disgraceful, unbecoming of any Republican," the Young Republicans said.

Axios · Oct 15, 2025

A night out with the edgelords: Watching the Walz-Vance debate with DC’s young MAGA mob

DC’s chapter of the Young Republicans organization is a wacky bunch, even by the standards of today’s hyper-online Gen Z and millennial conservatives. John Bowden reports from their watch party

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2024

These young Republicans want the GOP to do more to recruit young voters

Younger voters favor Democrats by a wide margin, but the Republican Party is trying to change that with the RNC's new youth advisory council and other efforts to reach young voters where they are.

WEKU · Aug 30, 2023