GOP officials vote to disband NY Young Republicans chapter after leak of racists texts
New York’s top Republicans voted Friday to close the state’s Young Republicans chapter after the group’s leaders sent racist and antisemitic messages in a group chat that leaked to the press.
Republican State Committee Chairman Ed Cox sent a letter to the National Federation of Young Republicans to say the Empire State’s organization is suspended. The group has nearly $40,000 in debt, according to campaign finance disclosures.
"The 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,” Cox said in a statement.
The move signals Republicans in New York — in contrast to some national figures like Vice President JD Vance — want to distance themselves from offensive rhetoric that has become increasingly common in the party’s far-right circles. The GOP hasn’t held statewide office in New York since 2006, and lost control of the state Senate in 2019.
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