ALBANY — LEADING MEMBERS OF several Young Republicans groups across the country, including the New York State Young Republicans, are under fire after a trove of leaked Telegram chatroom messages revealed racist and violent remarks, including praise for Hitler and jokes about gas chambers, exchanged among GOP activists in New York and other states, according to Politico .

Former state chair Peter Giunta, chief of staff to Staten Island Assemblymember Mike Reilly, and Bobby Walker, the state group’s current chair, were central figures in the chat, which spanned more than seven months and 2,900 pages. In one message, Giunta wrote, “Everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber,” while Walker referred to rape as “epic.”

Giunta has since been let go by Reilly, according to the as

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