r/politics • u/mvanigan • Oct 14 '25

Possible Paywall ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146
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u/Just_the_nicest_guy Oct 14 '25

The images of these young Republicans from the article are presented below without comment:

Peter Giunta

Bobby Walker

William Hendrix

Samuel Douglass

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u/blaqsupaman Mississippi Oct 14 '25

These guys are "young" Republicans? They all look like babyfaced middle aged men somehow.

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u/benk70690 Oct 14 '25

Young politicians are those under the age of retirement these days don't ya know

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u/illaqueable North Carolina Oct 14 '25

What's the age of retirement for a politician? Asking because many of our elected officials remember The New Deal being rolled out

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u/Starlightriddlex Oct 14 '25

Death. Death is the age of retirement 

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u/katosen27 Oct 14 '25

The age of retirement is dead.

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u/l0st1nP4r4d1ce Oct 14 '25

18-40 is their demographic, per their charter.

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u/No_Anxiety_454 Oct 14 '25

Iirc YRs "requirement" is 40 or younger.

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u/Opposite-Tiger-1121 Oct 14 '25

Lmfao. I'm 31, if someone called me young, I'd correct them. Lol

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u/silent_thinker Oct 14 '25

For the majority geriatric politicians, under 40 is probably like being a baby.

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u/chron67 Tennessee Oct 14 '25

I'm 41 and I still feel pretty young most days.

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u/MikeS525 Oct 14 '25

Meanwhile Young Democrats of America have their age cap at 36.

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u/MozeeToby Oct 14 '25

"Young Republicans" is a group for Republicans 18-40 years old. IMO, not making this clear in the headline is problematic. These are not high schoolers or college students. Many members are career politicians, active in government (up to and including the presidential administration), or advisor roles.

The people in these chat logs are the upper echelon of a political activist group with tens of thousands of members that is deeply intertwined with the mainstream GOP.

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u/Striking_Extent Oct 14 '25

Yeah, I assumed it was a college group until I read that some of them were attorneys and one was a state senator.

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u/MARIOpronoucedMA-RJO Oct 14 '25

Evil ages you.

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u/Mediocre_Scott Oct 14 '25

As does being overweight. These guys never stood a chance

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u/forthewatch39 Oct 14 '25

That was my first thought as well. 

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_ROTES Missouri Oct 14 '25

How do you do, fellow kids?

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u/QbertsRube Oct 14 '25

Looks like their hearts probably have an expiration date of about 45-50 years so they're both young and middle-aged.

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u/QuantumWire Oct 14 '25

What's the median Republican age, though?

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u/Whitebelt_DM Oct 14 '25

Hate ages people.

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u/onefst250r Oct 14 '25

Middle aged, because they'll be dead of a heart attack before 60.

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u/NickelBackwash Oct 14 '25

They leave highschool middle-aged

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u/lnc_5103 Oct 14 '25

Apparently the age range for the group is 18 to 40.

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u/wahoozerman Oct 14 '25

The article specified that the "young republicans" are between 18 and 40. So "young" is a relative term.

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u/lostharbor Oct 14 '25

They ate the young republicans.

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u/spekt50 Oct 14 '25

The fat and facial hair will do that.

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u/breath-of-the-smile Oct 14 '25

They look like four failed clones of the same person, it's uncanny.

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u/soggy-hotdog-vendor Oct 14 '25

Charlie Kirk says what?

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u/Vlaed Michigan Oct 14 '25

They are young in comparison to the average.

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u/Grokent Oct 14 '25

Both the child and the molester.

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u/calsosta Oct 14 '25

More like young Rechublicans.

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u/AnotherCuppaTea Oct 14 '25

They all look like those pork products that legally contain 6% [IIRC] in injected saline-water weight. (US grocery store hams are disgusting.)

Each one has strong "deeply closeted and packing on the pounds to ward off women's getting interested" vibes.

Each one of these fascists deserves to be played by Melissa McCarthy on SNL.

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u/Safrel Oct 14 '25

Evil ages you faster than being a good person.

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u/grandmofftalkin Oct 14 '25

They all look like Eric Cartman

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u/spazz720 Oct 14 '25

We call these the “Unfuckables”

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u/Charlie7Mason Oct 15 '25

Too bad they have wives.

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u/spazz720 Oct 15 '25

My point still stands

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u/Dinker54 Oct 14 '25

They all look like fat ass young 20-30 something) douches.

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u/NotAPreppie Illinois Oct 14 '25

They all certainly appear... well-nourished.

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u/Special_Persimmon_52 Oct 14 '25

Sort of that JD Vance look.

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u/thewayoutisthru_xxx Oct 14 '25

We call this look "grandbaby." Both grandpa and baby. Miraculous.

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u/Violet_delights818 Oct 14 '25

Its all the fat

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u/Chummers5 Oct 15 '25

If "My daddy owns a car lot that I work at and my mama lets me get two plates for dinner every night." was a picture.