Do you guys use Telegram? I’ve never used it and I don’t know anyone who uses it regularly or semi-regularly. I associate Telegram with right-wing Europeans and Russians, probably because they are the core user-base for the instant-messaging app. Well, it turns out that an entire generation of racist Republicans is obsessed with Telegram. Gen Z’s Young Republican groups have been using Telegram constantly (sus) and Politico got ahold of a “trove” of their Telegram chats. The chats include: references to sending their political enemies to the gas chamber; racist language including repeated use of the n-word by white people; glorifying rape; referring to Black people as monkeys; and many glowing references to how much they love Nazis. From Politico:
Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway. They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans’ vice chair, used the words “n–ga” and “n–guh,” variations of a racial slur, more than a dozen times in the chat. Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, referred to rape as “epic.” Peter Giunta, who at the time was chair of the same organization, wrote in a message sent in June that “everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.”
Giunta was referring to an upcoming vote on whether he should become chair of the Young Republican National Federation, the GOP’s 15,000-member political organization for Republicans between 18 and 40 years old.
“Im going to create some of the greatest physiological torture methods known to man. We only want true believers,” he continued. Two members of the chat responded.
“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno, who previously identified himself as the general counsel for the New York State Young Republicans, wrote back.
“I’m ready to watch people burn now,” Annie Kaykaty, New York’s national committee member, said.
The exchange is part of a trove of Telegram chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than seven months of messages among Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont. The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening.
Since POLITICO began making inquiries, one member of the group chat is no longer employed at their job and another’s job offer was rescinded. Prominent New York Republicans, including Rep. Elise Stefanik and state Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt, have denounced the chat. And festering resentments among Young Republicans have now turned into public recriminations, including allegations of character assassination and extortion.
The second half of Politico’s report was coverage of the internecine war within various “Young Republican” groups, and it’s very likely that “one of their own” turned over this Nazi treasure trove to Politico. The messages weren’t turned over for the good of the GOP or the nation – this was most likely one right-wing extremist group gatekeeping and exposing another right-wing extremist group as a sort of Nazi culling. Incidentally, I think that’s what is behind Charlie Kirk’s murder too, which is why the fascists stopped talking about the alleged assassin and the motive. In any case, these Gen Z Nazis deserve to have their lives destroyed.
POLITICO: “Leaders of Young Republican groups worried if their Telegram chat got leaked, but kept typing… referred to Black people as monkeys, mused about putting political opponents in gas chambers… lauded Republicans they believed support slavery…” https://t.co/tEKPlIwuIh pic.twitter.com/QSEZnWrAQV
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) October 14, 2025
William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans’ vice chair, used the words “n–ga” and “n–guh,” variations of a racial slur, more than a dozen times in the chat. pic.twitter.com/FdQNhqcPb5
— Politico Cobain
(@politicocobain) October 14, 2025
Screengrab courtesy of Fox 5 New York.