STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Assemblymember Mike Reilly has fired his chief of staff due to alleged antisemitic comments made in a text thread among a group of young Republican leaders from across the country.

Peter Giunta, who had worked for Reilly since the South Shore Assemblymember was elected in 2019, was exposed by Politico for alleged leaked texts where he said “everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.”

The text was in reference to an election for chair of the Young Republican National Federation -- an organization that boats 15,000-members between the ages of 18 and 40 years old -- in which he was a candidate.

“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” said Joe Maligno, previously identified by Politico as the general counsel for the New York

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