New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Tuesday ripped a reporter for asking if a Politico report on racist, antisemitic rhetoric in a Young Republicans group chat reflected “some bad apples” or whether there’s “toxicity” in the entire GOP.
“Some bad apples? These are the future of the Republican Party,” replied Hochul during a press conference.
“This is so vile it’s hard to find the words to put into context that these are people who are part of a political party — one of two major parties — and they believe in gas chambers and rape and discrimination based on the color of people’s skin. These are racist, sexist, disgusting remarks.”
Hochul’s comments arrived just hours after Politico reported that leaders of Young Republicans groups shared texts via Telegram referring to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people,” referring to rape as “epic,” writing about putting political foes in gas chambers and praising Adolf Hitler.
The reported messages — which saw members concerned that they’d be “cooked fr fr” if the texts ever leaked — included members from Young Republicans groups in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont.
