Politico published a nearly 2,900-page cache of leaked Telegram messages from national Republican operatives, including aides, campaign staffers, and elected officials. The chats checked all the MAGOP boxes: racist, antisemitic, misogynistic, homophobic, and violent—reflecting a culture that Trump built by example. They called Black people “monkeys” and “the watermelon people.” They fantasized about rape and putting political opponents in gas chambers. Peter Giunta, vice chair of the New York MAGOP, wrote, “I love Hitler.” Epithets like “f—-t,” “retarded,” and “n–ga” appeared more than 251 times combined. The anti-woke, or anti-anti-racism, MAGOP campaign has led to an atmosphere where straight-up bigotry and casual cruelty are encouraged. [Politico: ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat]
On an episode of “Weekend at Berney’s” “The Charlie Kirk Show,” unctuous JD Vance, in a transparent effort to kiss up to deplorables’ youth vote, opined that kids will be kids, telling “edgy, offensive jokes.” Mother Jones scanned public records and media reports to determine the ages of eight of the 11 “kids” in the chat, ranging in age from 24 to 35. [Newsweek: Full List of Young Republicans Involved in Offensive Chats] Vance’s fatherly words of wisdom to his own kids: when you say racist, antisemitic, and misogynistic things, “don’t put things on the internet. Be careful with what you post.” [The Guardian: JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’]
Instead of having the decency to condemn the Young MAGOP’s vile remarks, Liz Huston, a White House liar for hire, attacked the messenger. How dare anyone insinuate that Trump has anything to do with the coarsening of American discourse. “Only an activist, left-wing reporter would desperately try to tie President Trump into a story about a random group chat he has no affiliation with, while failing to mention the dangerous smears coming from Democrat politicians who have fantasized about murdering their opponent and called Republicans Nazis and Fascists,” she said. It’s so unfair to call people Fascist because they do Fascist things and use Fascist language.
In other MAGAt-boys-will-be-Fascists news … US Capitol Police are investigating an American flag with the red and white strips altered to form a swastika hiding in plain sight in the office of Ohio MAGOP Rep. Dave Taylor. The flag was displayed on a cubicle wall behind one of Taylor’s staff members during Zoom sessions. Congressman Taylor said that he was “just made aware” of the bastardized flag, which he termed “vile and deeply inappropriate.” However, a spokes liar stated that Taylor suspects “foul play or vandalism.” Right. Most likely antifa.scist. [Politico: Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office]