Zane Irwin
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first heard Jul 2025
last heard 16 Oct
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The group chat included leaders of young Republican groups in Kansas, New York, Arizona, and Vermont.
Politico reported the group chat members used slurs for gay and Black people, repeated white supremacist slogans, and joked about being pro-Nazi.
The Kansas GOP and the Young Republicans National Federation condemned the messages.
One group chat member was fired from his post at the Kansas Attorney General's office.
Vice President J.D.
Vance, however, has come to the group's defense.
Vance said on social media that he, quote, refused to join the pearl clutching and referenced defensive texts that a Democratic Virginia attorney general candidate sent in 2022.
For NPR News, I'm Zane Irwin in Kansas City, Missouri.
If they were all white, we all agree they wouldn't get a second district.
The group chat included leaders of young Republican groups in Kansas, New York, Arizona, and Vermont.
Politico reported that group chat members used slurs for gay and Black people, repeated white supremacist slogans, and joked about being pro-Nazi.
The Kansas GOP and the Young Republicans National Federation condemned the messages.
One group chat member was fired from his post at the Kansas Attorney General's office.
Vice President J.D.
Vance, however, has come to the group's defense.
Vance said on social media that he, quote, refused to join the pearl clutching and referenced offensive texts that a Democratic Virginia attorney general candidate sent in 2022.
For NPR News, I'm Zane Irwin in Kansas City, Missouri.
Mid-decade redistricting is not the official reason for the visit, but Kansas lawmakers expect it will come up.
A new Kansas map would likely hurt the state's only Democrat in Congress, Representative Sharice Davids.
Republican Kansas Senator Doug Shane's district could get split up in the process, but Shane said he's going into the White House meeting with an open mind.
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