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5. Republican state senator faces calls to resign after posting racist messages in group chat

Republican state senator faces calls to resign after posting racist messages in group chat | Vermont Public https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-10-14/republican-state-senator-faces-calls-to-resign-after-posting-racist-messages-in-group-chat

A first-term Republican state senator from Orleans County is facing pressure from members of his own party to resign after a story published by Politico Tuesday detailed his involvement in a racist text chat between members of Young Republican chapters in four states, including Vermont.

Samuel Douglass, 27, was part of a historic red wave last November that saw the GOP pick up six seats in the Vermont Senate and reconfigure the balance of power in the Legislature.

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On Tuesday evening, Republican Gov. Phil Scott called on Douglass to resign after a leaked group chat showed Douglass and his wife using racist and antisemitic language with fellow young Republicans from across the country.

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That group chat included a message from Douglass mocking the bathing habits of people from India, and an exchange in which Douglass’ wife, Brianna, wrote of “expecting the Jew to be honest.”

Those revelations have cost Douglass the faith and support of top Republican leaders in the Vermont Statehouse. House Republican Leader Pattie McCoy and Senate Republican Leader Scott Beck, along with their deputies, also called on Douglass to resign Tuesday.