Vermont Republican leaders continued to distance themselves from first-year Sen. Sam Douglass on Wednesday. During a press conference, Republican Gov. Phil Scott said his message for the Young Republicans was simple: “Clean up your act. Be good people.”

The governor publicly called on the Orleans County senator to resign Tuesday after a Politico article outed Douglass, among other politicians in the Young Republicans, a national group, for exchanging racial slurs and derogatory messages in a group chat.

Douglass, 27, has not resigned, despite calls for him to step down from both sides of the political spectrum. In a Wednesday press release, Douglass denounced the “vile and disgusting comments” included in the Politico story and said he had “cut ties with those involved.”

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