“Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery, and rape…. Vice President JD Vance downplayed [the] bigoted messages, suggesting they were nothing more than ‘edgy, offensive jokes.’” — Politico
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If you ever needed proof that woke elites are targeting the conservative way of life, well, here it is. Politico, that infamous, Marxist rag, published 2,900 pages of private text messages—all in an attempt to ruin the lives of our youngest eighteen to forty-year-olds.
This is an abomination. This nation’s Young Republicans are more than just veteran political operatives and attorneys: they’re kids. And sometimes, kids say the wrong things. They can’t be held responsible for using slurs two hundred and fifty-one times in just under eight months.
Think about the message this sends. We’re teaching kids that, as soon as they take their first steps in the halls of state government, they can’t say anything racist. Even if it’s in a private conversation. Even when their wife—ah, to be young and in love—says that Jews are liars in the same chat. The Left may hate law enforcement, but clearly, they’ve got no problem with the Thought Police.
Plus, this one-sided coverage ignores all the good ideas that these kids have, like arresting illegal immigrants, arresting legal immigrants, arresting bad mothers, arresting good mothers who aren’t MILFs, and generally arresting people who are mean to them. Out of the mouths of babes, as they say. God forbid those babes accidentally babble out a few hate crimes too.
And it’s not like these kids haven’t learned their lesson already. They’ve even issued heartfelt apologies alleging that the quotes were “deceptively doctored” and part of a “highly coordinated year-long character assassination.” It’s that kind of emotional empathy and grace under pressure that voters crave—which is why the Left is lashing out.
Look, I’ll be the first to admit that some of the texts are a bit unsavory. I’ll even concede it’s probably bad to suggest that people who disagree with you are “going to the gas chamber.” But who among us hasn’t said something regrettable as a mid-career youth? If we canceled anyone who gave Hitler offhand praise, our country would be bereft of some of our foremost thought leaders.
We don’t need to cherry-pick the remarks of a college group chat, which is essentially what this is, given that most attendees received a college degree within the last two decades. The real story is what’s happening on the actual campuses, where antisemitic Leftists are violently holding signs. Every day, you have cruel eighteen-year-old Democrats—beefy, middle-aged adults—shoving their cruel views down the throats of eighteen-year-old conservatives—defenseless little toddlers, green shoots fresh out of the Garden of Eden. It’s enough to make you sick.
This absurd smear campaign must end before it’s too late. It’s unjust and unfair to ruin the careers of national party chairs and former Small Business Administration professionals before they’ve even got a book deal. After all, do you really think that someone with a documented history of racial slurs and antisemitism can make it in today’s political landscape? Will someone please think of the children?
