Chat Leaks Rekindle Infighting Among Young Republics

A trove of active messaging among young Republicans is fueling a sharp rift between caucuses across the country, confronting an organization that has been under attack for years and years.

Young Republican chapters across the country were divided on how to respond to the documents – with some groups remaining silent and others quickly rejecting the telegram discussion presented by the politico that has been political, homophobic and antithets.

Most of the controversy over how to respond to the documents comes from the August election for who will lead the verew republican National Federation, the Imbubrella Group of all stars known as the younger Republicans.

The election clearly divided the Republicans into two groups: On the other side was Hallden Padgett, Texas Republican and current Chairman of the Republican National Federation who was working again. On the other side was Peter Giunta, who led an insurgent group within the Young Republicans and flocked to Padgett, in part because he challenged Padgett to become chairman of the National Federation in the general election. Giunta ultimately lost the election.

However, Giunta was one of the members in the case of the mature text and sent offensive messages, including “I love Hitler” and “if your driver is blacker than someone from Sicily, just finish there. Giunta and other members of the discussion group also repeatedly used homophobic slurs to refer to Padgett, and Arizona Young Republicans Chairman Luke Mosiman at the same time wrote “raping Hyngen.”

Giunta, who apologized for the texts, did not respond to a request for comment, and Mosunan declined to comment.

After Politico revealed the talks, the young Republican leaders of the 23 state parties that supported Padgett’s Reelection BID bid quickly issued mature statements. Several used the statements as an opportunity to show their loyalty to Padgett: Leaders in Missouri, Alaska and Wisconsin, for example, noted their statements that they opposed the Guunta effort.

In contrast, most of the states that had previously nominated Giunta remained silent after the leak, with the exception of a few states including Illinois and Georgia that dropped documents. Many also appeared to have deleted social media posts showing support for Giunta’s campaign.

One group that endorsed Giunta and his platform over the summer, the Arizona Young Republican Federation, cited what it called “the mass abandonment of the masses driven by political opportunities or ajevas.”

“While some voices within our movement are quick to condemn, many of these same people have been misled or seriously ignored the political implications of the political deaths of Charlie Kirk and Jay Jones,” said the officer.

The Arizona Group, led by Mosiman, also criticized the rhetoric in the telegraph but raised concerns about “authenticity and authenticity and context.”

The group also used the debate as an opportunity to take a swipe at padgett and the yrnf leadership, declaring “disrespect for unity and due process” from national leaders who said they failed to communicate with government leaders before issuing their statement.

When asked about criticism against his leadership, Phedgett told Selico that any claims of division within the organization are “baseless” while calling on Democrats to reject violent members of their own party.

“YRNF is disproportionately criticized for infiltrating mature messages on a political topic -” he said. “Except for those in the headlines, the entire state and local Republicans are standing together.”

The fight over how to respond to the text sock ends up revealing deep anger within the Republican National Federation, which has nearly 14,000 members who helped the Republican party implement its game plan during the election. Past chairs include Trump Ally Roger Stone and members of Congress.

The state’s one chair, who has been granted anonymity to talk about internal dynamics, said he was surprised some YRNF leaders were “reticent in dropping words” but hoped the organization could move forward as a united party.

California Young 4.ist Republicans Chairwoman Ariana Assenmacher, who was Giunta’s running mate in the August election, said in an interview that she was surprised by the messages used in the messages and had no knowledge of the group’s discussion.

“I think it’s a one-off event, and it’s frustrating to see something that’s such a small conversation being dragged out as a representation of young Republicans across the country, which obviously isn’t the case,” Assummacher said.

Young Republican leaders from more than a dozen states either did not respond to requests for comment or declined to comment.

The YRNF has seen bitter clashes between the warring factions since Padgett’s election in 2023, with the opposition party getting less than one win. But Giunta’s campaign this year took a big hit among state leaders desperate for strong leadership, winning 47 percent of the vote in August’s national leadership election.

Another State Chairman, who was granted anonymity for fear of reprisals, said they are not complaining about the bad messages but added that they had something like this for people I am with. “

“I don’t like attacking ours,” they said. “We spend a lot of time fighting among ourselves. The August election was very controversial, and there were personal attacks from both sides, very unkind things.”

The State Chairman added that the YRNF has suffered from division in recent years and that it was “sure that there are very negative things” in the messages of the opponents of Guunta.

Valerie McDonnell, a young state legislator in Hampshire who is running for a seat on the Republican state committee in August, said she was shocked by “the repeated bad language by some members.”

“It wasn’t just one comment. It was, I believe, for the better part of six months, I just repeated bad language by other members,” he said. “This was just beyond belief to see the magnitude of this.”

However, the second chairman of the state is worried that the ongoing division in the organization following the August leadership election could affect the value of the organization in the 2026 elections.

“Those are the people they say they’ve ever met in my life,” said the man about his young co-workers. “I really like this organization, and it meant a lot to me in my early 20s, and it’s just different. These kids are different.”

Samuel Benson, Faith Wardewell and Jason Beeferman contributed to this report.