The leaked Young Republican group chat points toward a bigger problem

Just how serious of an antisemitism problem does the American right have — and what, if anything, should they do about it?

For well over a year, some conservative elites have quietly worried about the trends they were seeing among influencers and young rightists who seem increasingly enamored of conspiracy theories involving Jews — the latest of which involves the death of Charlie Kirk.

Then last week, Politico reported on group chats of Young Republican leaders, in which participants called an internal rival a “fat stinky Jew” and made detailed jokes about how they’d send other internal rivals “to the gas chamber.” In response to a claim that one subgroup was pledging to vote for “the most right wing person,” one participant wrote back: “Great. I love Hitler.”