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Groypers are putting the next generation of Republican leadership at risk

As Gen Z conservatives come of age, Republicans have a groyper problem.

Young GOP associations across the country have gotten caught up in all manner of scandals, from racist group chats to Nazi salutes.

Earlier this month, the College Republicans of America shared on X that they were “proud to welcome” 23-year-old Brigham Young University student Kai Schwemmer as national political director. The appointment immediately drew scrutiny due to Schwemmer’s past affiliation with Nick Fuentes, the controversial far-right streamer popular with Gen Z and Gen Alpha boys.

Schwemmer, who is a political streamer himself, appeared in a video promoting Fuentes’s “White Boy Summer” tour and was a “special guest” at his America First Political Action Conference in 2022. He’s also said all manner of nasty stuff.

In one 2023 exchange on a video stream, he suggested that Jewish people “run the media,” “run Hollywood” and “run academia.”

ADL president Jonathan Greenblatt said on X that his appointment “signals the College Republicans of America is normalizing antisemitism and white supremacy, full stop.”

Schwemmer responded, admitting that “in the past, I’ve spoken in ways that were unnecessarily crass or demeaning,” adding, “Comments in high school and as a teenager should not be taken to accurately reflect my views or demeanor now.”

That would be fair — if his recent........

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