On Tuesday, Politico published the contents of a Telegram chat called the “RESTOREYR WAR ROOM” that featured prominent young GOP operatives involved in a power struggle over the leadership of the Young Republican National Federation. As they argued over the vision of the group, they agreed on one thing — to text each other the most racist things imaginable.

One of the most active members of the chat is Peter Giunta, the former president of the New York State Young Republican Club who resigned from his position late last month. After a flight to Charleston, South Carolina, landed earlier this year, he wrote to the group that “if your pilot is a she and she looks ten shades darker than someone from Sicily, just end it there.” During the NBA playoffs, another member asked if he was wat

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