{"id":2578206,"date":"2026-03-10T13:37:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-tpusa-chapter-president-resigns-after-fury-over-racist-group-chat\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:41:04","slug":"florida-tpusa-chapter-president-resigns-after-fury-over-racist-group-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-tpusa-chapter-president-resigns-after-fury-over-racist-group-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida TPUSA chapter president resigns after fury over racist group chat\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fflorida-tpusa-chapter-president-resigns-after-fury-over-racist-group-chat%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=2578206&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 Turning Point USA chapter at Florida international University was rocked by revelations that its Miami-based chairman, Ian Valdes, posted racist adn antisemitic messages in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-state-case-demonstrates-cowardice-is-the-demise-of-higher-education\/\" title=\"Florida State Case Demonstrates: Cowardice Is The Demise Of Higher Education\">private group chat<\/a>. Valdes\u2019s messages targeted Jewish and Black people, included anti-immigrant and white-supremacist language, and even referenced esoteric Nazism. He later resigned from his role, and FIU said it is reconstituting its leadership while police investigate the chat\u2019s content.<\/p>\n<p>The backlash extended too the chat\u2019s administrator, Abel alexander Carvajal, the Miami GOP secretary who created the group and did not shut it down, drawing calls for his resignation from Republican figures including Kevin Cooper and others. Senator Rick Scott also urged accountability for those involved, stressing that racists and antisemites have no place in the party.<\/p>\n<p>FIU officials emphasized that the university does not tolerate hate or harassment,with FIU President Jeanette Nu\u00f1ez stating that police are investigating the language used in the chats. The incident is part of a broader pattern of racist texts surfacing in GOP-linked group chats, underscoring ongoing concerns about racism within conservative circles.  <\/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\">Florida TPUSA chapter president resigns after fury over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >racist group chat&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<\/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_2528270\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The head of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\">Florida<\/a> International University&rsquo;s Turning Point USA chapter resigned following revelations that he sent numerous <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/racism\/\">racist<\/a> messages in a group chat for conservatives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ian Valdes <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4481464\/head-miami-gop-calls-party-official-resign-leaked-racist-antisemitic-chat\/\">wrote and affirmed messages<\/a> targeting both Jewish and black people in a WhatsApp group chat. He has now stepped down from his position as FIU&rsquo;s TPUSA chairman, after facing calls to do so from Republicans in the state, including Miami-Dade County Republican Party Chairman Kevin Cooper.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4486403\/iranian-drones-hit-largest-oil-refinery-middle-east\/\">Iranian drones hit largest oil refinery in the Middle East<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4486529\/california-democrat-pressure-campaign-narrow-governor-race\/\">California Democrats craft pressure campaign to narrow governor&#8217;s race field<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4486532\/watch-live-karoline-leavitt-press-briefing-2\/\">WATCH LIVE: Karoline Leavitt holds press briefing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/miami\/\">Miami<\/a> GOP Secretary Abel Alexander Carvajal, who created the group chat, has not heeded calls to resign after concerns he failed to shut down the chat or address violent and inappropriate messages. Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rick-scott\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1989\">Rick Scott <\/a>(R-FL) has called on those associated with the chat to be held &ldquo;accountable,&rdquo; writing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScottforFlorida\/status\/2029608879571587275\">in a post <\/a>to X that &ldquo;racists and antisemites are not welcome in the Republican Party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Turning Point FIU chapter said that it had been &ldquo;made aware of the recent incident involving chapter leadership,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVj0CkFAKTY\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">in a statement <\/a>posted to Instagram over the weekend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The chapter president has stepped down from leadership, turned over social media, and we are currently reconstituting our leadership team,&rdquo; it read.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FIU President Jeanette Nunez, a former Florida lieutenant governor, said that university police <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVhGniFEZkB\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">are investigating<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waltz-was-right-ending-houthi-attacks-is-in-americas-self-interest-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Waltz was right: Ending Houthi attacks is in America&#039;s self-interest - Washington Examiner\">group chat&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s &ldquo;abhorrent and extremely disturbing language.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;FIU does not and will not tolerate violence, hate, discrimination, harassment, racism or antisemitism,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;This is not who we are. This is not what FIU stands for.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In one antisemitic exchange, Valdes changed the group chat name to &ldquo;Gooning in Agartha,&rdquo; referencing slang for male masturbation, and the mythical civilization promoted by Adolf Hitler&rsquo;s top henchman, Heinrich Himmler. Valdes described Agartha as &ldquo;esoteric nazism essentially,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics-government\/article314928484.html\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics-government\/article314928484.html\">according to the <em>Miami Herald<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other messages, Valdes said, &ldquo;We need to have a moratorium on immigration temporarily unless it&rsquo;s someone from a first-world country&hellip;.Yeah, I obviously mean whites.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3855944\/vermont-gop-legislator-resigns-after-racist-texts-exposed-in-group-chat\/\"><strong>VERMONT GOP LEGISLATOR RESIGNS AFTER RACIST TEXTS EXPOSED IN GROUP CHAT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The chat contained derogatory references to women and frequent violent messages against black people. In one exchange <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/floridianpress.com\/2026\/03\/miami-gop-secretarys-group-chat-pushes-antisemitism-killing-n-ggers\/\">detailed in the <em>Floridian Press<\/em><\/a>, a user sent a series of violent messages about wanting to &ldquo;exterminate n*****s in the gas chamber&rdquo; and &ldquo;eat n*****s,&rdquo; among a stream of similar language.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In his capacity as chat administrator, Carvajal did not shut the chat down and, in fact, fueled the inappropriate rhetoric at times, according to messages obtained by the outlet. On several occasions, he used the terms &ldquo;Miggress,&rdquo; &ldquo;Migglet,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Migger,&rdquo; which are variations of a slur against black people.&nbsp;<\/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>FIU TPUSA chief resigns after racist chat revelations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2578207,"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\/2026\/03\/AP25015561336097.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5113,50526,6522,21547],"class_list":["post-2578206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-florida","tag-racism-2","tag-resignation","tag-tpusa"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25015561336097.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578206","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2578206"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578210,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578206\/revisions\/2578210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2578207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2578206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2578206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}