After weeks ducking the murderous text messages sent by Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones, the legacy media appear to have finally found a text scandal they like. The Young Republicans’ text scandal as broken by Politico has given the legacy news the cover it needs. Watch the full report as aired on NBC Nightly News, the first legacy evening newscast to report on either text scandal, as aired on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025: TOM LLAMAS: New fallout over racist text messages reportedly exchanged among a group of young Republican leaders and the Democrat now under fire for incendiary messages he sent. Here’s Hallie Jackson. HALLIE JACKSON: New fallout tonight from a racist and violent group chat involving leaders of some Young Republican groups as reported by Politico. The outlet obtaining more than seven months of Telegram messages in which they say members muse about using gas chambers against political opponents. “I'm ready to watch people burn now,” one person responds. Another describing rape as “epic.” The chat includes anti-semitic comments and racial slurs against black, Latino, Asian people and other epithets used more than 250 times, according to Politico. The outlet says one person, after being told backers would support the most right wing candidate for a leadership role responded, “Great. I love Hitler.” At another point someone writes, “if we ever had a leak of this chat, we would be cooked.” NBC News has not independently verified the messages, which reportedly involved advisors and strategists in New York, Arizona, Kansas and Vermont, including a state senator there. CHUCK SCHUMER: It's revolting. It's disgusting. It's obnoxious. It's the kind of garbage the worst kinds of people say when they think no one is watching. JACKSON: Now at least three people involved in the chat are reportedly out of a job. The Kansas Young Republicans deactivated. And many condemning the hateful rhetoric. NICK LA LOTA: Disgusting. If they have government jobs, they should be fired. It’s reprehensible. JACKSON: Vice President JD Vance today downplaying the messages. JD VANCE: I really don't want us to grow up in a country where a kid telling a stupid joke, telling a very offensive stupid joke, is cause to ruin their lives. We're not cancelling kids, because they do something stupid in a group chat. JACKSON: In an earlier post, Vance refuses to, in his words, “join the pearl clutching,” saying what's far worse are the violent text messages that have upended Virginia politics. The Democratic candidate for attorney general there in 2022 suggesting one of the state's top Republicans should get, quote, “two bullets to the head.” Jay Jones days ago apologizing. JAY JONES: I'm deeply, deeply sorry. I should have never done it. It's very embarrassing to me and, certainly, I regret it. JACKSON: As for the Young Republicans chat, the national board says anyone involved should resign, and the governor of Vermont is calling on a state senator there to do just that. That lawmaker has publicly apologized, but stopped short of stepping down. Tom. LLAMAS: Hallie Jackson for us. Once Politico broke the chat, you just knew that this was the story that would provide the legacies with the permission structure needed in order to provide de minimis coverage of the Jones scandal. And so they did, with Hallie Jackson making sure the report leaned the right way.  The entire report lasted 2 minutes and 33 seconds, 27 of which was dedicated to Jay Jones- roughly 16 percent of the total coverage. A lot of that was chewed up with mentions of Vice President JD Vance saying that Jones’ texts were far worse than the YR chats, and with Jones’ apology. Viewers depending on NBC for news coverage learned very little about what Jones actually said beyond the “two bullets to the head.” There is no mention of Jones’ expressed desire that the Virginia House Speaker’s wife and kids also be shot, no mention of Jones’ alleged fantasies about shooting police and no mention of the fact that Democrats have circled the wagons around Jones. Contrast that with the full, expository coverage granted the YRs, with multiple texts and full graphics. Additionally, there is an ample bipartisan denunciation presented to viewers.  This story compels several questions. Had the YR chat scandal not broken, would they have still covered Jones? Why was there no mention of the Jones text scandal within the context of the current climate of political violence? There is much to consider. But, for now, we can conclude that NBC used the YR scandal as little more than a convenient vehicle through which to “wash” the Jones texts.  

Two teenage suspects whose assault on a former Trump administration engineer made national headlines avoided jail time and were sentenced to probation.Edward Coristine, whose nickname is "Big Balls," was defending his girlfriend from a group of about 10 juveniles when they turned on him and viciously beat him in August. He worked as a software engineer at the Department of Government Efficiency. 'Think of your daughters and mothers. The same group attacked people before and after us, breaking ribs and stomping heads. This senseless crime must be stopped.' The incident was cited by President Donald Trump as evidence that federal troops needed to be sent into Washington, D.C., in order to help law enforcement officials quell criminal violence. The president shared a photo of Coristine bloodied and beaten up after the incident.Prosecutors called for neither 15-year-old to be incarcerated, and the judge respected that wish.The teenage boy pleaded guilty to four counts related to a robbery and the separate beating of Coristine and received a year of probation. The girl received nine months of probation after pleading guilty to a count of simple assault for pepper-spraying someone during the robbery.None of the other juveniles involved in the attack have been charged.Judge Kendra D. Briggs told the two in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday that the goal of juvenile court was "rehabilitation, not punishment," during the court hearing."I know you are not unfamiliar [with] trauma," Briggs said to the girl. "I don't disagree that the trauma you've already suffered in life is kind of how you ended up on U Street that day. But I think you also have to think about the trauma that you're inflicting on others when you engage in the activities that you all chose to engage in a couple of months ago."The teenagers also have to complete 90 hours of community service and adhere to several behavioral restrictions, including drug testing.Coristine responded to the sentencing on social media."To this day, they've only caught two out of the ten. Eight of them remain on the street," he said.RELATED: DC Dems are furious at Mayor Bowser for admitting Trump's troops are lowering crime "That night could've gone far differently," Coristine continued. "Think of your daughters and mothers. The same group attacked people before and after us, breaking ribs and stomping heads. This senseless crime must be stopped."Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah also responded on social media."If these charges (against the teenagers who brutally beat Big Balls) had been brought in federal district court, the sentence would have been ... very different," Lee wrote. "But they weren't, so they got a mild slap on the wrist."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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