Vice President JD Vance said the Young Republican leaders who sent racist and antisemitic messages are kids, but the two Kansans are ages 24 and 29.

New York state Republican Party leaders voted unanimously to disband the state's Young Republicans chapter after a group's offensive chat involved some members.

The social media accounts of a number of Young Republicans accused of making offensive comments have been deleted or made private.

Vermont state Sen. Samuel Douglass (R) resigned from his post on Friday after being named as a participant in a Young Republican group chat where racist and antisemitic jokes were made. In a Friday statement,

Politico reported on a racist chat between other Young Republicans throughout the country. The R.I. group says the slurs and threats “have no place in any political discourse or organization.”

A Democratic Texas House candidate is defending herself against conservative backlash after sharing viral posts that referred to Young Republicans in a viral group chat as "Nazis." Sara McGee, running to represent Texas House District 132, posted on X: "Call them what they are."

Did Vice President JD Vance write on his official X account that everyday Oval Office banter is worse than the leaked and criticized Young Republicans' Telegram jokes about Hitler, slavery, gas chambers and rape?

The vice president contrasted offensive remarks in a private group chat with texts from a Democratic candidate in Virginia who had suggested a top Republican be killed.