University of Florida moves to deactivate College Republicans after report of antisemitic behavior.

[hay rick]

Source: Sun Sentinel

The University of Florida says it’s deactivating the campus College Republicans as a registered student group after being notified that some members engaged in antisemitism.

The deactivation effort at the University of Florida campus marks the second time this month that a public university in Florida has taken action against a Republican group accused of being involved in racist or antisemitic behavior.

Earlier this month, Florida International University in Miami launched an investigation into a group chat started by an official with the Miami-Dade chapter of the Republican Party that included violently racist slurs, antisemitic comments and misogynistic language. The chat involved students and several top conservative leaders at Florida International University.

Officials at the University of Florida said over the weekend that they had been informed by the Florida Federation of College Republicans that the federation had disbanded the Gainesville campus’ chapter after determining that some members had “engaged in a pattern of conduct that violated its rules and values, including a recent antisemitic gesture.”

Read more: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/03/16/university-of-florida-moves-to-deactivate-college-republicans-after-report-of-antisemitic-behavior/

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In Florida, most hate speech gets a "free speech" pass, in accordance with the gospel of St. Charlie Kirk. It turns out there are exceptions.

[Easterncedar]

1. It's hard to know what this means. Very confusing!

Trump's administration has been faking up accusations of anti-Semitism against liberal universities in order to compel fealty and kickbacks. The leadership of the University of Florida system is largely made up of Republican politicians, not academics. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/03/16/florida-college-university-charlie-kirk/89000886007/

It will be interesting to see where this is headed.

[groundloop]

2. I expect a heartfelt apology saying they're sorry (for getting caught)

Campus republicans are some of the worst entitled little slimeballs on this planet.

I recall an instance (can't remember which university) where the Campus Democrats had reserved school vans for election day to transport shut-ins to vote. The Little Hitlers got the vans the day before and hid them off-campus.

[pat_k]

3. Where's JD? Shouldn't he be defending these "kids"?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/jd-vance-racist-messages-young-republicans-chat-leak

JD Vance sought to downplay the revelation that leaders of a group called the Young Republicans exchanged hundreds of racist, sexist text messages – including one in which rape was called “epic”, and another in which someone wrote “I love Hitler” – as youthful indiscretions....

“The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys,” Vance said. “They tell edgy, offensive jokes. That’s what kids do. And 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.”

[Marie Marie]

4. Here we go again. MAGAs hate the Jews but love Israel. Rapture and all that...

Do these people ever make any reasonable sense?