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South Florida university probes racist group chat tied to a local GOP official
Leaked chat with over 400 racial slurs and antisemitic language triggered bipartisan calls for Miami-Dade GOP secretary Abel Carvajal’s resignation and ongoing investigations.
- On March 5, 2026, reporting by the Miami Herald and The Floridian published leaked WhatsApp logs tied to Abel Alexander Carvajal, secretary of the Republican Party of Miami‑Dade County, revealing extensive racist and antisemitic slurs including references to Nazi Germany.
- Created last fall, the WhatsApp group for conservative students at Florida International University quickly included Nazi praise, violent fantasies about killing Black people, and slurs targeting women, Jewish and gay people.
- More than 400 instances of the N‑word appear in the leaked WhatsApp chat logs, with William Bejerano as the primary user posting calls for crucifying, beheading, and dissecting Black people alongside campus leaders Ian Valdes and Dariel Gonzalez.
- The Miami‑Dade Republican Party board voted to request Carvajal’s resignation and opened removal proceedings, while Florida International University and local law enforcement investigate the alleged chat messages as part of a criminal inquiry.
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The Press of Atlantic City
Offensive GOP chat faces investigations
MIAMI — A South Florida university launched an investigation into a group chat started by an official with the MiamiDade chapter of the Republican Party that included racist slurs, antisemitic comments and misogynistic language.
Florida politicians condemn Miami Young Republican leaders for antisemitic group chat
Florida GOP leaders, candidates and a university president are denouncing a group chat in which local Young Republican leaders made numerous antisemitic and racist remarks. Some are calling for its orchestrator to be removed from his position in the local Republican Party. But a prominent Jewish Republican in Florida, Rep. Randy Fine, responded to a Jewish Telegraphic Agency request for comment without condemning the group chat. “Given your sto…
Florida University Investigates Racist Slurs in GOP Group Chat
Florida International University has launched an investigation into a group chat linked to a local GOP official that included violent racist slurs, antisemitic comments and misogynistic language Florida University Investigates Racist Slurs in GOP Group Chat.
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