The US vice president has defended members of a Republican group after racist and sexist chat messages were leaked<\/p>\n
The Democrats attacking members of the Young Republican National Federation over leaked offensive online messages should \u201cgrow up\u201d and focus on the problems in their own party, US Vice President J.D. Vance has said.\u00a0\u00a0
\nOn Tuesday, Politico published extracts from a Telegram group chat between members of the organization for Republicans aged 18 to 40 containing multiple racist, sexist and insulting messages. Among other things, participants called African-Americans \u201cwatermelon people,\u201d described rape as \u201cepic\u201d and urged for political opponents to be placed in gas chambers.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u201cKick them out of the party. Take away their official roles,\u201d Democratic governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, said, commenting on the texts. California Governor Gavin Newsom called the chat \u201cthe definition of conduct that can create a hostile and discriminatory environment that violates civil rights laws\u201d and demanded an investigation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Appearing on The Charlie Kirk podcast on Thursday, Vance argued that the outrage displayed by Democrats was actually meant to distract the public from a recent scandal in their own party. The controversy broke out after it was revealed that Virginia\u2019s Democratic nominee for attorney general, Jay Jones, had written in a 2022 text message that then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert should get \u201ctwo bullets to the head.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u201cA person\u2026 who is about to become one of the most powerful law enforcement officers in the country [Jones]… seriously wishing for political violence\u2026 is a thousand times worse than what a bunch of young people, a bunch of kids say in a group chat, however offensive it might be,\u201d Vance said.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u201cIf you allow yourself to be distracted by this person\u2019s\u2026 disgusting endorsement of political assassination by focusing on what kids are saying in a group chat \u2013 grow up. I\u2019m sorry. Focus on the real issues,\u201d he added.\u00a0\u00a0
\nHe defended the members of the Young Republican National Federation, saying that \u201cthe reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd by the way, if they were left-wing kids telling stupid left-wing jokes, I would also not want their lives to be ruined because they are saying something stupid in a private group chat,\u201d Vance said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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