A report published Tuesday by Politico revealed thousands of messages from young Republican leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

At least two of the leaders involved in the messages were part of the Kansas Young Republicans organization.

The report names Alex Dwyer and William Hendrix, Kansas Young Republicans chair and vice chair, respectively, among those who participated in the thousands of messages, which contained derogatory and racist messages.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the Kansas Young Republicans chapter had been shut down.

The report prompted a statement from Kansas Republican Party Chair Danedri Herbert.

Kansas Republican Party leadership is disgusted by the comments by young Kansas Republicans mentioned in the Politico story, Herbert said in a statement poste

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