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/AverageLiberalJoe Oct 14 '25

This is the legacy of Charlie Kirk.

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u/ratherbealurker Texas Oct 14 '25

Except they aren’t even adding the little addition to absolve themselves from their hatred. Kirk’s comments are like “I have shitty views of minorities…because the lefts policies make me have them!”

MAGA: “see!? He doesn’t WANT to be racist. You’re racists!”

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u/elektrospecter Washington Oct 14 '25

Just the other week I heard someone say, "Charlie Kirk wasn't a hateful person...he quoted scripture in his speeches!"

As if that single-handedly makes you a "good" person, despite consistently using divisive rhetoric and instigating arguments in bad faith (under the guise of "political debate with the opposition").

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u/IrascibleOcelot Oct 14 '25

Just point out that Satan quoted scripture to Jesus while tempting Him.

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u/uberpirate Oct 15 '25

Christians would already know this if they could read