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<\/a><\/p>\nRep. Elise Stefanik is among the Republican leaders who condemned the content of the leaked texts by members of the Young Republicans. (Kent Nishimura\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe Young Republicans was already grossly mismanaged, and vile language of the sort made in the group chat has no place in our party or its subsidiary organizations,\u201d New York GOP chair Ed Cox said in a statement, adding that he sent formal notice of the shutdown to the National Federation of Young Republicans.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, the Kansas Young Republicans club was also dissolved. The moves are meant to allow for a fresh start for the Republican Party\u2019s youth wing in those states following a Politico expos\u00e9 that published thousands of messages involving participants in multiple states.<\/p>\n
Of them, several participants had ties to New York Republican politics. Since the reporting, some involved lost jobs or had political opportunities withdrawn.<\/p>\n
The scandal has also fueled partisan squabbling. Amid the fallout, the Republican Jewish Coalition posted on X in response to Sen. Chuck Schumer\u2019s criticism of GOP \u201csilence,\u201d writing: \u201cWe strongly condemn the comments and those involved should step aside. See how easy that is?\u201d <\/p>\n
The post then turned into a political attack: \u201cYour turn @SenSchumer: condemn Jay Jones, Zohran Mamdani, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and more, in your deranged, radicalized party. You won\u2019t. Enjoy the political wilderness in the meantime!\u201d<\/p>\n
Republican leaders have largely denounced the messages with House Speaker Mike Johnson saying the party \u201croundly condemn[s]\u201d them. Vice President J.D. Vance, however, downplayed the uproar, saying \u201ckids do stupid things\u201d and calling the jokes \u201cvery offensive\u201d but not worthy of life-ruining consequences.<\/p>\n
The people involved are largely in their 20s, and the Young Republicans aim to engage conservatives between 18 and 40.<\/p>\n