Young Republican National Federation
The Young Republicans (YRs) are the oldest political youth organization in the United States and serve as the young professional auxiliary of the Republican Party. Our mission is to RECRUIT, TRAIN & ELECT the next generation of Republican leaders! Founded in 1931 by West Point graduate George H. Olmsted as he began to attract the attention of the leaders of the national Republican Party, and he was invited to meet with President Herbert Hoover at the White House. President Hoover, so impressed with his visit with Olmsted, asked the young man to head the Young Republican division of the Republican Party, which Olmsted did. In 1935, the Young Republican division officially became the Young Republican National Federation (YRNF), and the YRNF elected Olmsted as the organization’s first president. Since its creation, YRNF has established itself as the premier Republican grassroots organization in the nation, providing essential grassroots support for Republican candidates and conservative issues on the local, state and national levels. YRNF has a solid record of producing future Republican Party leaders – including Governors, Senators, Congressmen, nationally recognized campaign consultants, and community leaders. Through recruiting, training and mobilizing people, the YRNF presents an opportunity for ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Through community involvement in political issues, charitable projects and participation in political campaigns, YRs work to improve the world in which we live. While the YRs are best known for political activism and service to our communities, YR events also provide a great opportunity for interaction amongst membership. This interaction allows for the exchange of ideas, networking, and friendships that will last a lifetime.www.yrnf.com
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Sep 27, 2026
Jesse MaysharkHOST
So I haven't been able to talk to him.
Jesse MaysharkHOST
Austin Reinerson, the other co-founder of both of these groups, whose name was also on the state filing for Heritage Hubs originally, is now the president of the Knox County Young Republicans.
Jesse MaysharkHOST
So somebody who has been involved with both of these organizations, which are both pushing for this basically white nationalist agenda, is now the president of Knox County Young Republicans.
Jesse MaysharkHOST
And because he's the president of Knox County Young Republicans, he is granted a seat on the county party's executive committee, which meets monthly.
Jesse MaysharkHOST
He has a voice there.
Jesse MaysharkHOST
He shows up at Republican events.
Jesse MaysharkHOST
I asked Daniel for a comment on this and on Reinerson's kind of role within the party, and he just referred me to the state guidelines that say that whoever the president of the young Republican group in the county is gets to be on the executive committee.
Jesse MaysharkHOST
He declined to comment on his thoughts on whether he had any concerns about this sort of rising tide that's been seen across the country of more and more extreme views, particularly among young conservatives.
KathyNARRATOR
It is clear that among the young staffer and operative class of the Republican Party are people with neo-Nazi sympathies and white supremacist views.
KathyNARRATOR
Last year, for example, leaked messages from a group chat of young Republicans from chapters across the country, who ranged in age from 18 to 40, included racial slurs, support for Nazi ideas, and a declaration of admiration for the leader of the Third Reich, all formed as jokes.
KathyNARRATOR
I love Hitler, wrote Peter Gwinta, then the chief of staff to a New York State assemblyman.
KathyNARRATOR
Asked if he was watching an NBA playoff game, Gunta, who was also the chairman of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, replied, I'd go to the zoo if I wanted to watch a monkey play ball.
KathyNARRATOR
If these were jokes, they revealed a taste for both cruelty and casual bigotry.
KathyNARRATOR
The University of Florida's college Republican chapter was disbanded after two members were seen performing a Nazi salute on social media.
KathyNARRATOR
It is clear that among the young staffer and operative class of the Republican Party are people with neo-Nazi sympathies and white supremacist views.
KathyNARRATOR
Last year, for example, leaked messages from a group chat of young Republicans from chapters across the country, who ranged in age from 18 to 40, included racial slurs, support for Nazi ideas, and a declaration of admiration for the leader of the Third Reich, all formed as jokes.
KathyNARRATOR
I love Hitler, wrote Peter Gwinta, then the chief of staff to a New York State assemblyman.
KathyNARRATOR
Asked if he was watching an NBA playoff game, Gunta, who was also the chairman of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, replied, I'd go to the zoo if I wanted to watch a monkey play ball.
KathyNARRATOR
If these were jokes, they revealed a taste for both cruelty and casual bigotry.
KathyNARRATOR
The University of Florida's college Republican chapter was disbanded after two members were seen performing a Nazi salute on social media.
Michael RegilioHOST
Certainly a Republican.
Michael RegilioHOST
The text thread for the National Young Republicans was leaked, and it was full of praise for Hitler and jokes about Jewish people and the Holocaust.
Michael RegilioHOST
When asked to condemn it, J.D. Vance wouldn't do it.
Michael RegilioHOST
said he wasn't going to ruin the lives of young men, and then we found out the average age of the person in the Young Republicans was 40.
Michael RegilioHOST
Yeah, most of them were older than me.
Michael RegilioHOST
In case you're wondering what the party of Mitch McConnell considers to be young.
Adam MocklerGUEST
This is a type of white supremacy that is incentivized in the party.
Adam MocklerGUEST
We have that Young Republican group chat that leaked about a year ago, where all the, all the Young Republicans are talking about gas chambers and nooses and Hitler.
Adam MocklerGUEST
JD Vance didn't condemn that.
Adam MocklerGUEST
We have Paul Ingrassia, who said he has a Nazi streak, and he's still in the administration.
Benjamin SchraderGUEST
My name is Benjamin Schrader.
Benjamin SchraderGUEST
I'm the chairman and president of the Austin Young Republicans, and I have to say, uh, myself, as a man, I would never play in women's sports.
Craig CollinsHOST
[laughs]
Benjamin SchraderGUEST
So it's kinda crazy.
Shalirah TaylorGUEST
And...
Shalirah TaylorGUEST
Thursdays, the Young Republicans will be having their phone banking.
Shalirah TaylorGUEST
Mondays are for Madison County.
Shalirah TaylorGUEST
So Monday, Madison will be doing their phone banking.
Winston HodgesGUEST
It was like – mine was pretty gradual.
Winston HodgesGUEST
It was like – All the way through high school, young Republican.
Winston HodgesGUEST
But I was someone that was like very like.
Winston HodgesGUEST
How small was the high school to?
Winston HodgesGUEST
It was tiny.
Winston HodgesGUEST
It was like a really small private school.
Winston HodgesGUEST
Did they even have young Democrats or was it just young Republicans? It was one guy in the Young Democrats, and he was his senior.
Winston HodgesGUEST
This is a distinct memory.
Roger StoneHOST
I'm a proud Republican.
Roger StoneHOST
I'm a former national chairman of the Young Republican National Federation.
Roger StoneHOST
I have had the great honor of working in 13 national Republican presidential campaigns at senior levels.
Roger StoneHOST
I've had the honor of working for three great Republican presidents.
Jack RabidHOST
But If you can, if you've got something to say, please do say it.
Jack RabidHOST
We need everybody to speak up, as Burning Limos clearly have there, because the title of that track is Young Republicans.
Jack RabidHOST
I've previously played you a song of theirs recorded 40 years ago and released now.
Jack RabidHOST
But sometimes it's also new recordings.
Jack RabidHOST
I'll just read you what they told me.
Jack RabidHOST
They said the Burning Limos wrote it more than four decades ago.
Jack RabidHOST
Yet Young Republicans is a cautionary story about belonging, privilege, and youthful ambition gone wrong.
Jack RabidHOST
Produced by the band and Zero Boys, Paul Mahern, the single previews their forthcoming self-titled album, which revisits and expands the eight-song EP they originally intended to release in 1985.
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