During a Wednesday appearance on MSNBC, "I've Had It" podcast co-host Jennifer Welch condemned Vice President JD Vance's defense of the racist and antisemitic texts sent by members of the Young Republicans organization in a batch of recently leaked Telegram chats.

An explosive new report from Politico exposed thousands of text messages from a Young Republican group chat in which members joked about gas chambers, slavery and rape. The group chat included

The vice president contrasted offensive remarks in a private group chat with texts from a Democratic candidate in Virginia who had suggested a top Republican be killed.

Some local G.O.P. officials who participated in the text exchanges are losing their jobs or being pressured to resign. But top Republicans have been dismissive.

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Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday dismissed the backlash following a controversy involving a concerning Young Republicans group chat, saying it’s less serious than Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones’s call for violence against a GOP lawmaker and his family.

Jason Beeferman, the Politico reporter who uncovered hundreds of racist and hateful text messages from leaders of the Young Republicans including one that said quote “I love Hitler” and another that called Black people monkeys,