Overview
- Douglass said he stepped down effective Monday to keep his family safe and apologized for the offense caused by his remarks.
- He was the only elected official identified in roughly seven months of leaked chats spanning chapters in Vermont, New York, Arizona and Kansas.
- Messages attributed to Douglass and his wife included a hygiene slur about an Indian woman and an antisemitic remark, and both left their Vermont Young Republican roles.
- Vermont Republican leaders, including Gov. Phil Scott, called for his resignation as the state party moved from an initial limited defense to supporting his exit.
- The Young Republican national board condemned the language, New York’s Young Republicans were suspended, and some participants lost jobs as Vice President JD Vance publicly downplayed the episode.