Kansas Young Republicans shut down

The Kansas Young Republicans organization has been disbanded after several of their members were caught sending texts praising Hitler and advocating for gassing their adversaries:

Kansas Young Republicans chair Alex Dwyer and vice chair William Hendrix were among the members of the leaked Telegram group chat, titled “RESTOREYR WAR ROOM.” Dwyer is a University of Kansas alumnus and founder of KU’s Turning Point USA chapter. Leaders from Young Republicans chapters in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont were part of the chat.

Messages from additional members included references to Black people as “monkeys” and “the watermelon people,” as well as violent language like raping enemies, encouraging suicide and putting people in gas chambers.

After Vice President JD Vance blew it off as "boys being boys," former US Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) smacks him right in the hypocrisy:

Let’s be clear: these “boys” are not boys. The Young Republicans’ age range is 18 to 40. These are adults—grown men and women with jobs, influence, and in many cases, aspirations for public office. They can vote, serve, lead, and shape the culture of a political party that already has a dangerous authoritarian streak. So when their private conversations are filled with “I love Hitler” posts and racist filth, it’s not just youthful stupidity—it’s a window into the moral vacuum that the GOP has cultivated. These are the foot soldiers of a movement that worships power and cruelty, not character or compassion.

Republicans love to talk about personal accountability. They campaign on it. They brand themselves as the party of discipline, faith, and self-control. But when their own people are caught crossing every imaginable line, the rules suddenly vanish. It’s never their fault. They’re always the victims—of “media bias,” of “cancel culture,” of “the left.” We’ve heard it all before. They cry foul when they face the very accountability they demand for everyone else. The party that tells poor Americans to “take responsibility” can’t even hold its own members accountable for praising Hitler.

This isn’t about policing speech. It’s about protecting the moral boundaries that hold a nation together. There’s a long, ugly history of movements that began by laughing at hate—and ended by enacting it. Every fascist ideology in history began as a joke to someone. Every genocide started with dehumanization disguised as humor. The minute you tolerate people in your ranks laughing about mass murder, you’ve already taken a step down that road. You’ve already lost something essential.

In order to continue their campaign of stealing everything that isn't nailed down in the US, the Republican Party needs these jokers because they don't have anyone else. It's shameful, but it's the GOP. George Wallace would be so proud!