India, Oct. 15 -- A group of leaked Telegram messages between youth leaders of Young Republicans has shocked people. The messages show them reportedly referring to Black people as "monkeys" and talking about gas chambers.

The Politico-exclusive investigation names William Hendrix, a leader in the organisation's Kansas chapter, Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York chapter, and Peter Giunta as the leaders who used racist slurs and referred to rape as "Epic". According to the outlet, the 2,900 pages of chats involved dozens of millennial and Gen Z Republicans.

The outlet reported that the messages exposed a disturbing undercurrent of racism, antisemitism and misogyny. At one point, the group chats also referred to the Epstein Files...