The vice president addressed the recent scandal involving highly offensive messages between Young Republican leaders by deflecting to a Democrat.

Politico reported Tuesday on a series of vile messages shared by prominent members of Young Republican groups that included racist, antisemitic and violent comments and praise of Adolf Hitler.

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.

A panel on CNN’s NewsNight exploded in anger over the political reaction to highly offensive texts leaked from a Young Republicans group chat that involved references to slavery, gas chambers, and rape.

The CNN Newsnight table erupted when Trump defender Ben Ferguson blurted out "We're not calling people Hitler" in a discussion of a leaked chat. The post CNN Table Erupts When Trump Fan Claims ‘We’re Not Calling People Hitler’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Vice President JD Vance tried Wednesday to rewrite the history of what happened before ABC suspended late-night host Jimmy Kimmel last week, saying a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission merely made “a joke on social media” on the subject of Kimmel.

The US officials are expected to discuss transitioning into the second phase of US President Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan. US Vice President JD Vance will visit Israel on Monday, alongside Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff,

Welch made the claims as she lambasted Vice President JD Vance’s dismissal of the leaked Young Republicans chat logs.

ABC News host George Stephanopoulos abruptly ended his interview with Vice President JD Vance on Sunday morning after a lengthy discussion regarding allegations against Tom Homan

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