by Rod Williams, Oct.16, 2025- I find the recently leaked racist and Hitler-praising text exchange between Young Republican leaders disgusting. There is no way to put a good spin on it.
I remember when I was in high school, in response to a lame joke, one would say, "That is about as funny as a truckload of dead babies." That is pretty offensive, but we thought it was funny. Also, I know that smartass kids, mostly boys, I assume, will try to outdo each other in being gross and offensive. One could assume there is some of that going on here, but the people on this text chain are not high school boys. Don't let the name Young Republicans fool you. Young Republicans is the Republican organization for Republicans between the age of 18 and 40. College Republicans is a separate organization.
The people in this text chain were not just random young nobody Republicans. People on the chat chain that included the offensive texts are leaders of the Young Republicans and some are influential people. They include the vice chair of the Kansas Young Republicans, the former chair and current vice chair of the New York Young Republicans and others. Michael Bartels is one of the people in the chat. He serves as a senior adviser in the office of general counsel within the U.S. Small Business Administration. Others hold positions within the party or government.
The people they are jokingly talking about sending to the gas chamber are other Republicans. The participants in the chat are Trumpy Republicans talking about wrestling control of the national Young Republican organization away from more normie Republicans.
Do I think these people really want to send people to the gas chamber and that they really love Hitler? No, I don't. I am appalled, however, that it is considered acceptable or cool or funny to talk about sending people to the gas chamber and to say, "I love Hitler." I am appalled that this is the culture of today's Republican Party. I think out of 2900 pages of text over an eighth-month period, some people said some really stupid and really disgusting things. However, they were speaking in a group chat where that type of thing is not found alarming and is not immediately denounced. Do I think the people who posted the offensive text should be removed from positions of leadership in the Republican Party, and their statements should be condemned? Absolutely.
Some are being punished, and the YR's texting these things are being denounced. Peter Giunta is the one who posted the "I love Hitler" comment. He was chief of staff to New York Assemblyman Mike Reilly but has now been fired due to that post. The Kansas Republican Party disbanded the Kansas Young Republicans. The Young Republican National Federation said on X it's "appalled by the vile and inexcusable language revealed" in the report. "Such behavior is disgraceful, unbecoming of any Republican, and stands in direct opposition to the values our movement represents."
Young Republicans demand racist chat leaders resign, Kansas GOP group disbands
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