Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) called on a state senator to resign after a Politico report on a Young Republican group chat.
“The hateful statements made in this group chat are disgusting and unacceptable. The vile, racist, bigoted, and antisemitic dialogue that has been reported is deeply disturbing. There is simply no excuse for it,” Scott said in a Tuesday statement.
“Those involved should resign from their roles immediately and leave the Republican party – including Vermont State Senator Sam Douglass,” he added.
According to the Politico report, Vermont state Sen. Samuel Douglass (R) was one of the members of a Telegram chat that featured racist, antisemitic and violent discussions.
When one chat member discussed a friend of other chatters being in a relationship with “this very obese Indian woman for a period of time,” another replied, calling the woman “not Indian,” according to the Politico report.
“She just didn’t bathe often,” Douglass responded, according to Politico.
The messages obtained by Politico spanned for more than seven months and were part of a chat among Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont.
Members of the Telegram chat group titled “RESTOREYR WAR ROOM” referred to Black people as “monkeys” and “the watermelon people,” according to the Politico report published Tuesday. They also discussed placing political rivals in gas chambers and sexually assaulting adversaries in the chat, Politico reported.
The chat also featured racial slurs and reportedly said that rape was “epic,” according to the report.
A White House official told Politico that the White House has no affiliation with the group chat and that hundreds of groups ask the White House for its endorsement.
The Hill has reached out to Douglass for comment.
Source: The Hill - News
