Over seven months, in 2,900 pages of messages sent over Telegram, elected Republicans and the leaders of local groups for young party activists in New York, Vermont, Arizona and Kansas routinely used racist and homophobic language and glibly invoked Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust.

The texts, first reported Tuesday by Politico, have created a firestorm, putting Republican leaders on the defensive. Many state officials have condemned the texts, and some who participated in the chats have lost their jobs or been called on to resign.

But some top Republican leaders, including President Donald Trump, have not weighed in, and others have played down the Republicans’ text messages. Vice President JD Vance compared them to “anything said in a college group chat,” even though they were local part

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