Of all the matters that are urgent to the average person right now, “Young Republicans” making racist jokes in private must rank somewhere between, “What would be good for breakfast two weeks from now?” and, “Does Taylor Swift fart in front of Travis?” And those things are still about 280 notches below “Was the dress blue and black or white and gold?”
Politico blew the lid off a real scandal on Tuesday when it published a trove of text messages between Young Republicans group members in multiple states. The missives included various slurs referring to blacks, gays, and Democrats. “They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers,” the article read. “They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.”
To get a true sense of how deadly serious this is, consider the names associated with this story include “Bobby Walker,” “Peter Giunta” and “Anne KayKaty.” If those don’t ring any bells, what about, “Joe Maligno” or “Rachel Hope?”
No? Weird. What about “William Hendrix?” Nothing?
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