Leaked Telegram messages published by Politico show leaders of Young Republican groups from New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont sharing racist, sexist, antisemitic, violent language and praise for Hitler in more than 28,000 messages over seven months. One message by Joe Maligno, the general counsel for the New York State Young Republicans, read, “Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic.” Another message by Peter Giunta, the chair of the New York State Young Republicans, who was responding to chat members watching an NBA playoff game, read, “I’d go to the zoo if I wanted to watch monkey play ball.” In response to the leaked messages, Vice President JD Vance posted on X, “I refuse to join the pearl clutching.”