2 w. ago Trump nominee DOA after Nazi and racist MLK texts are revealed ahead of Senate hearing this week, Thune signals

Paul Ingrassia, 30, allegedly described himself as having a ‘Nazi streak’ in text messages that may have sunk his nomination for special counsel

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2 w. ago Trump nominee to lead whistleblower office drops out after racist texts surface

Report on Paul Ingrassia featured messages where he allegedly described himself as having a ‘Nazi streak’US politics live – latest updatesPaul Ingrassia, Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee federal whistleblower protections, has dropped out after racist text messages he sent surfaced this week.Ingrassia, currently a White House liaison at the Department of Homeland Security, was the subject of a report on Monday published in Politico. The report featured text messages where he allegedly described himself as having “a Nazi streak” and suggested Martin Luther King Jr Day should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump DOJ pick is DOA after Nazi and racist MLK texts are revealed ahead of Senate hearing this week, Thune signals

Paul Ingrassia, 30, allegedly described himself as having a ‘Nazi streak’ in text messages that may have sunk his nomination for special counsel

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2 w. ago Trump’s nomination of Paul Ingrassia loses Republican support following racist text messages

Ingrassia, Trump’s pick to lead the office of special counsel, allegedly described himself as having ‘a Nazi streak’US politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s nomination of a conservative attorney and commentator to oversee federal whistleblower protections appeared to be collapsing after his racist text messages surfaced this week and the Republican Senate leader suggested the White House should withdraw the pick.Paul Ingrassia, currently a White House liaison at the Department of Homeland Security, previously advocated for making 6 January a national holiday and publicly questioned whether the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack was a “psyop”. But the fans were flamed again on Monday after Politico reported text messages in which Ingrassia allegedly described himself as having “a Nazi streak” and suggested Martin Luther King Jr Day should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump DOJ pick is DOA after ‘Nazi’ and ‘MLK’ hate texts are revealed ahead of Senate hearing this week, Thune signals

Paul Ingrassia, 30, allegedly described himself as having a ‘Nazi streak’ in text messages that may have sunk his nomination for special counsel

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2 w. ago Trump nominee accused of sending racist texts to other Republicans and claiming he has ‘Nazi streak’

One of the Republicans in the group chat said that Paul Ingrassia belonged in the Nazi paramilitary group known as the Ubergruppenführer

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3 w. ago Trump touts slavery icon as Vance whitewashes racist texts. These guys aren’t saying quiet part out loud — they’re shouting

No one asked the president about Robert E. Lee, it just rolled off his tongue, and his No. 2 used whataboutism to take a pass on denouncing blatantly racist statements. It’s not a good look for the Republican Party, writes John Bowden

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3 w. ago Trump photo with Republicans in racist text scandal emerges after Vance calls furor over pro

The group’s vile messages received bipartisan condemnation even as the vice president dismissed them as something ‘kids do’

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3 w. ago Johnson condemns leaked Young Republicans group chat messages as Senate fails to pass funding bill for tenth time – live

House speaker says he didn’t know the Young Republicans chat members as Senate rejects House-passed funding bill 51-45 as shutdown reaches 16th dayUS government shutdown stretches as progressives reject Republicans’ healthcare promisesVance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’A reminder that my colleagues are covering the latest developments out of the Middle East, as Israel and Hamas continue to carry out various aspects of the US brokered ceasefire deal.This includes the news today that Israel returned the bodies of 30 Palestinians to Gaza, bringing the total number handed over to 120, according the Gaza health ministry and Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Johnson condemns leaked Young Republicans group chat messages and says Schumer declined vote on healthcare subsidies – live

House speaker says he didn’t know the Young Republicans chat members and continues to shirk blame for the US government shutdownUS government shutdown stretches as progressives reject Republicans’ healthcare promisesVance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’Mike Johnson said that he spoke with John Thune, the Senate’s top Republican, on Wednesday.“He offered to Chuck Schumer a vote on Obamacare subsidies, and Schumer said no,” Johnson revealed, saying that Schumer wanted “a guaranteed outcome”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’JD Vance sought to downplay the revelation that leaders of a group called the Young Republicans exchanged hundreds of racist, sexist text messages – including one in which rape was called “epic”, and another in which someone wrote “I love Hitler” – as youthful indiscretions.Vance, speaking on a new episode of the Charlie Kirk Show, the podcast run by colleagues of the late conservative activist, suggested that the participants in the leaked chats were much younger than they in fact are. Some of the participants are barely younger than the 41-year-old vice-president. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago JD Vance calls Republican operatives, aged 24 to 35, who wrote racist texts ‘kids’ – follow live

Vice-president further said media was paying too much attention to ‘what a bunch of kids say in a group chat’The far-right US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is further distancing herself from her fellow Republicans and accusing men in her party of being “weak”.In an interview with the Washington Post, Greene expressed her frustrations with Republicans, signaling her further deviation from the political strategies of her party, as the government shutdown beginning 1 October was slated to enter its third week. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Some Young Republicans exposed in racist text group chat have resigned after revelations

Young GOP leaders in the New York and Kansas chapters have found themselves out of a job after their ‘revolting’ texts were leaked

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