Trump photographed with young Republicans who called Black people monkeys, joked about watching people 'burn' [View all]
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Trump photographed with young Republicans who called Black people monkeys, joked about watching people burn - The Grio
The White House and Vice President JD Vance attempted to downplay the controversy about the racist text messages.
Despite the White Houses efforts to distance itself from a bombshell investigative report exposing the racist and violent text messages of several young Republican leaders, a new photograph of ... Donald Trump with a pair of those Republicans is sure not to put the controversy to bed.
As theGrio previously reported, Black leaders, including NAACP President Derrick Johnson and Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman and U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, slammed the shocking text messages leaked from a group chat among young Republican leaders from New York, Kansas, Arizona, and Vermont.
According to an investigation from Politico, the members of the Young Republican National Federation called Black people monkeys, joked about slavery and rape, used racist slurs like the n-word, and made references to racist tropes about Black people eating watermelon and fried chicken.
The White House and ... JD Vance attempted to downplay the controversy about the racist text messages. Vance dismissed the texts as a bunch of kids saying things in a group chat, however offensive it might be.
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