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Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat - Politico (www.politico.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by exupulosion@sh.itjust.works to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway.

Edit: removed 'nsfw' tag as suggested, for better exposure

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago

They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.