Remember the hateful Young Republicans group chat? It's the tip of the iceberg.

[Jilly_in_VA]

Eli Thompson

In October, a conservative group chat leak pulled back the curtain on hateful rhetoric by leaders of Young Republican chapters and other party activists such as Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s failed nominee to head a key federal watchdog agency.

Despite what top party officials such as Vice President JD Vance have said, these were not small mistakes made by young people.

Rather, they’re a reflection of what the young conservative movement has become and what the party will look like in the future. These young people aren’t inspired by your grandfather's Republican Party; it’s a movement that sees “owning the libs” as their ultimate mission. Doing so justifies any rhetoric, no matter how offensive it is, as long as it is aimed at the left. If Republican leaders don't confront this head-on, it will cement them as the extremist party.

I know these things because I’ve seen behavior like this at my conservative college, where right-leaning student groups often prioritize viral stunts, like hosting controversial speakers to trigger progressives, rather than organizing real debates about policy.

It’s not about building a case for conservatism; it’s about shocking and insulting the other side. The group chats reflect this on a larger scale. GOP activists who have the job of shaping the party’s future would rather air hateful comments than do the real work of explaining how their party is best suited to deal with our nation’s most pressing problems.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/11/04/young-republican-chat-college-extremism-conservative/86934918007/?tbref=h

And where have they learned this behavior? Most likely from their parents.

[luv2fly]

1. "And where have they learned this behavior?"

We don't have to look much further than the orange anus.

[sop]

5. They learned it on social media.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Excerpt doesn't say, but these "youngsters" were in their 20s and 30s. . . . nt

[surfered]

3. This

[mwmisses4289]

4. USA today is one of many publications who helped contribute to this.

[Jilly_in_VA]

7. It was a guest editorial

Not one of their regular contributors.

[FakeNoose]

6. Some of them get it at home, but most are brainwashed in law school

The Heritage Society and other conservative groups have been grooming America's law students for a long time, since at least the Reagan era. Today's law professors were yesterday's young lawyers, law clerks and recent law grads who all benefitted by favors from these ultra-conservative and ultra-wealthy groups like Heritage. Once the young law grads get sucked in, most can no longer hold onto their youthful liberal hopes and dreams.

I'm happy that my brother-in-law went to law school a few years older than most, and with a master's in engineering already under his belt, so he was able to resist a lot of that pressure.

[Jilly_in_VA]

8. It's the Heritage FOUNDATION, but yeah

[DFW]

9. Nothing like that exists in a vacuum

If it's so visible (and audible) that it's as blatant as it apparently is, then it's the rule, not the exception. It's not a zit on some teenager's face, it's cancerous blood sample.