Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Thursday that Republicans “roundly condemn” the group chat among Young Republican officials that contained racist, antisemitic and homophobic comments, as well as an American flag with a swastika that was pictured behind an aide in a GOP congressman’s office.

Asked if he is worried about any extremist or pro-Hitler sentiments among the party’s young Republicans, Johnson said: “No.”

“Look, obviously, we roundly condemn any of that nonsense,” Johnson said.

His comments come after an explosive report from Politico revealed a group chat in which officials in the Young Republicans organization, made for adults up to age 40, expressed pro-Hitler and racist sentiments. The group chat included GOP operatives and one Vermont state senator.

“Obviously, that is n

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