N.Y. State GOP Leaders Vote to Disband Young Republicans

GOP leaders in New York state unanimously voted on Friday to disband the Young Republicans, following revelations of member involvement in a long-running group chat that joked about gas chambers, slavery, and rape.

According to Politico, the executive committee of the state Republican Party eliminated the charter of the youth action arm, which will allow them to reconstitute the group with new leaders.

“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,” New York GOP chair Ed Cox said in a statement.

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