Leaked Students for Trump GroupMe Messages Reveal Extreme Republican Party Divisiveness
I thought that we as college students could keep level heads after the Penn State College Republicans voted to not endorse Trump. I expected them to agree to disagree. I expected them to simply co exist on campus without dividing this campus even more. I was wrong.
Leaked Students for Trump GroupMe Messages Reveal Extreme Republican Party Divisiveness
There's no question that Donald Trump has shaken up this election cycle. He's used divisive rhetoric, preyed on American's fears, and has run a campaign fueled by hate. He's damaged and split the Republican Party for years to come. I expected this split to funnel down to colleges and universities around the country, just as there is still divisiveness over progressives getting behind Hillary Clinton. College Republican organizations and clubs from Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and right here at Penn State have refused to endorse Trump for a variety of reasons.
But that's where my expectations ended. I thought that we as college students could keep level heads after the Penn State College Republicans voted to not endorse Trump. I expected them to agree to disagree. I expected them to simply co exist on campus without dividing this campus even more.
I was wrong.
Recently, I was made aware of a Twitter account that has been releasing redacted and photocopied screenshots of GroupMe messages from members of the Penn State Students for Trump (a.k.a. We Are For Trump Penn State, a.k.a. Penn State Bull Moose Party). While it is unclear whether or not the screenshots of the GroupMe are from the official Students for Trump organization (if that even exists), it does not matter. The profile pictures from the GroupMe clearly show members of Students for Trump and their executive board with their names changed.
The messages include:
"Right, [Penn State College Republicans]'re just bending over with their pants at their ankles so Hillary can anal rape them with a strap on. I guess Straw is into that."
"Fuck 'em in the ass"
"Fuck them in the ass is definitely the liberal lgbtqqia approach"
"Ok for real the [College Republican]s are cucks"…"fag"
"They take retarded autistic kids if those retarded autistic kids can go out and canvass correctly."
"When did Americans become pussies?"
"I legitimately want to punch the [Penn State College Republican] president straight in the face."
"[The Penn State College Republican President is] a queer, probably takes it up the ass from cheatin' lyin' Ted."
The people that have said these things are people that I'm friends with on Facebook. They're my fellow classmates and people who I see on campus. I'm frankly disgusted that I know them and of the things they've said.
Have they violated school rules or the law? No. I'm all for freedom of speech, but what they've said is simply toxic and it's a shame that I go to the same school as these students. The more they keep this up, the more our school becomes divided, and the more the Republican party remains damaged.
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