{"id":2498972,"date":"2025-10-14T21:07:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T01:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-fires-at-stefanik-over-ny-young-republicans-leaked-texts\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T21:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T01:08:13","slug":"hochul-fires-at-stefanik-over-ny-young-republicans-leaked-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-fires-at-stefanik-over-ny-young-republicans-leaked-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"Hochul fires at Stefanik over NY Young Republicans&#8217; leaked texts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhochul-fires-at-stefanik-over-ny-young-republicans-leaked-texts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2498972&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent report revealed that members of young Republican groups from several states, including New York, have exchanged racist and hateful messages on Telegram, with some texts containing antisemitic remarks, racial slurs, and calls for violence against political opponents. The New York State Young Republicans were particularly vocal in the chat, with some <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >leaders making disturbing statements<\/a> such as expressing admiration for Hitler and discussing gas chambers. Following the leak, New York Governor Kathy Hochul strongly condemned the messages, criticizing Republicans and calling for accountability.She also rebuked Congresswoman Elise Stefanik for previously praising the New York Young Republicans and urged Republicans to reconsider their rhetoric and take action against those responsible. Stefanik, who has ties to the group through an award and public support, has not returned the award but condemned the messages and called for those involved to step down if the report is accurate. Both Hochul and stefanik are preparing for upcoming political campaigns amid the controversy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hochul fires at Stefanik over New York Young Republicans&rsquo; leaked texts<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2372230\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republican<\/a> leaders across the nation have exchanged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">racist<\/a> texts that have been leaked in a new report, landing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York<\/a> GOP in the crossfire.<\/p>\n<p><em>Politico<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/14\/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that the Telegram messages labeled black people monkeys and &ldquo;the watermelon people&rdquo; and also called for rape against their political opponents, among other examples. The texts were written by Young Republicans in New York, Kansas, Arizona, and Vermont.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3850562\/fiscal-hawk-governor-race-modernize-arizona\/\">Fiscal hawk in governor&#8217;s race seeks to modernize Arizona<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3850124\/new-york-city-republicans-endorse-michael-henry-attorney-general-against-letitia-james\/\">New York City GOP backs Michael Henry&#8217;s campaign for attorney general against Letitia James<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3849639\/mikie-sherrill-opioid-jack-ciattarelli-website\/\">Mikie Sherrill launches &#8216;Opioid Jack&#8217; website to taunt Ciattarelli despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mikie-sherrill-launches-opioid-jack-website-to-taunt-ciattarelli\/\" title=\"Mikie Sherrill launches &#039;Opioid Jack&#039; website to taunt Ciattarelli\">defamation lawsuit threats<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The New York State Young Republicans group was the most vocal in the group chat. In one instance, one of the group&rsquo;s leaders said, &ldquo;I love Hitler,&rdquo; and mused about placing their enemies in gas chambers. Another leader in the New York GOP group wondered about the possibility of the chat getting leaked.<\/p>\n<p>In the hours since the report was published, Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kathy-hochul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> (D-NY) denounced the messages and Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elise-stefanik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elise Stefanik<\/a> (R-NY) over her previous praise of the state&rsquo;s Young Republicans.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) speaks at a news conference, Feb. 20, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When asked by a reporter whether the messages reflect &ldquo;some bad apples,&rdquo; Hochul excoriated Republicans and suggested they are condoning the behavior.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some bad apples? These are the future of the Republican Party,&rdquo; the Democratic governor <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1978221915522117894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">answered<\/a>. &ldquo;This is so vile it is hard to find the words to put into context that these are people who are part of a political party &mdash; one of two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-gap-between-dems-and-republicans-is-only-getting-worse-poll\/\" title=\"Major Gap Between Dems and ... Is Only Getting Worse: Poll\">major parties &#038;mdash<\/a>; and they believe in gas chambers and rape and discrimination based on the color of people&rsquo;s skin. These are racist, sexist, disgusting remarks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hochul then criticized Stefanik for labeling New York City&rsquo;s Democratic mayoral nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> a &ldquo;jihadist&rdquo; and &ldquo;terrorist,&rdquo; called on Republicans to do a &ldquo;reexamination&rdquo; of their rhetoric, and floated possible punishments for the Young Republican leaders who wrote the hateful messages.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kick them out of the party. Take away their official roles. Stop using them as campaign advisers,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;There needs to be consequences. This bulls*** has to stop.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik previously described the New York State Young Republicans as &ldquo;the backbone of our party.&rdquo; The congresswoman is also tied to the group through an award she was gifted in August.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the proud representative of NY&rsquo;s 21st District, and the House Republican Leadership Chair, I am honored to receive the distinguished designation of Congresswoman of the Year!&rdquo; Stefanik <a href=\"https:\/\/eliseforcongress.com\/2025\/08\/16\/stefanik-honored-as-member-of-congress-of-the-year-by-new-york-state-young-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said in a statement<\/a> at the time. &ldquo;I want to thank Bobby Walker, Peter Giunta, and all of the hardworking Young Republicans who are the backbone of our party, for all the work they do to ensure Republican victories up and down the ballot in New York.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Walker and Peter Giunta were two of the leaders who exchanged some of the texts that are now under scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul&rsquo;s campaign called on Stefanik to return the award following the report.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Elise Stefanik can&rsquo;t hide behind staff to denounce the antisemitic, racist, hateful individuals she endorsed, funded, and praised as the &lsquo;backbone&rsquo; of the Republican Party,&rdquo; a spokesperson for Hochul&rsquo;s campaign said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/new-york-playbook-pm\/2025\/10\/14\/i-love-hitler-ny-gop-caught-up-in-racist-chats-00607906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">per <em>Politico<\/em><\/a>. &ldquo;These are her people who said &lsquo;I love Hitler&rsquo; and named her their congresswoman of the year &mdash; an award she still hasn&rsquo;t returned. Stefanik&rsquo;s silence tells New Yorkers where she stands and who she stands with.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In response to her connections to the group, Stefanik&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-eye-upset-in-red-florida-after-court-puts-abortion-on-the-ballot\/\" title=\"Democrats target flipping Florida by leveraging recent court decision on abortion\">campaign committee noted<\/a> she has never employed any member of the group chat.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3850124\/new-york-city-republicans-endorse-michael-henry-attorney-general-against-letitia-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NEW YORK CITY GOP BACKS MICHAEL HENRY&rsquo;S CAMPAIGN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL AGAINST LETITIA JAMES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;According to the description provided by <em>Politico<\/em>, the comments were heinous, antisemitic, racist, and unacceptable,&rdquo; a strategist for Stefanik said. &ldquo;If the description by <em>Politico<\/em> is accurate, Congresswoman Stefanik calls for any NY Young Republicans responsible for these horrific comments in this chat to step down immediately.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik hasn&rsquo;t yet entered next year&rsquo;s race for governor of New York, although she is expected to make an announcement after next month&rsquo;s elections. Until then, she is raising money for a possible gubernatorial bid. Meanwhile, Hochul is preparing to launch her reelection campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hochul blasts Stefanik over racist Young Republicans texts leak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2498973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-collage-1sl2sfqjg-1760485847258.jpg?1760471514&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8433,65234,65233,36160,3973],"class_list":["post-2498972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-hochul","tag-leaked-texts","tag-ny-young-republicans","tag-political-controversy","tag-stefanik"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-collage-1sl2sfqjg-1760485847258.jpg?1760471514&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498972"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2498976,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498972\/revisions\/2498976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}