NEW YORK -- Fallout continues for New York's Young Republican chapter as a pivotal vote to disband the group has been approved. The decision comes after a series of racist and antisemitic messages from a private group chat were made public.

Several former leaders have already lost their jobs, and Friday's vote is seen as a step toward a fresh start.

It's a blow to the Republican Party, and it has top GOP leaders emphatically distancing themselves from any of those involved.

A group chat on the Telegram messaging app including certain members of the Young Republican National Federation, was exposed in a Politico report detailing seven months of racist, anti-semitic, and violent texts that reportedly became part of their culture.

Texts from some, including the Chair of the New York

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