PAUL INGRASSIA has described “straight White men” as an intellectually superior group that should be prioritized in education.[28] In October 2025, Politico published text messages from a group chat with Republican “operatives and influencers” in which Ingrassia made numerous racist statements. In the messages, which were verified by Politico, Ingrassia wrote that Martin Luther King Jr. “was the 1960s George Floyd” and that his holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of Hell”. He used an Italian slur for Black people while calling for the discontinuation of all US holidays related to Black culture and history, adding that “Blacks behave that way because that’s their natural state” and that “all of Africa is a shithole”. In reference to Vivek Ramaswamy, Ingrassia wrote, “Never trust a Chinaman or Indian”; he also stated that “We need competent white men in positions of leadership” while rejecting the notion that “all men are created equal”. When another participant in the chat compared him to the Hitler Youth, Ingrassia responded, “I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it.”

**Paul Ingrassia (born May 13, 1995) is an American attorney who has served as the White House liaison to the United States Department of Homeland Security since February 2025. Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.

J.D. VANCE: “Kids do stupid things, especially young boys. 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.

**J.D. Vance is the Vice-President of the United States