Overview
- Miami-Dade GOP chairman Kevin Cooper said anyone associated with the chat should resign, and state Rep. Juan Porras directly called on Secretary Abel Alexander Carvajal to step down, labeling the messages unacceptable.
- Reports say Carvajal created the FIU-focused chat last fall, participated at times, and did not shut it down; he rejects resigning and says he would have called police had he seen some posts.
- Leaked messages include frequent use of a racial slur reportedly over 200 times and antisemitic remarks, with named participants including FIU College Republicans recruiter Dariel Gonzalez and Turning Point USA chapter president Ian Valdes.
- One user identified as “William” posted graphic calls for violence against Black people, to which Gonzalez responded, “How edgy,” according to the Floridian Press report.
- The Floridian also reports an African-American student referred to as “Sandra” left the FIU College Republicans after being targeted with slurs, echoing fallout from earlier leaked conservative chats last year.