The allegations of antisemitism against the University of Florida College Republicans originated with Sloan Rachmuth, known for attacking populist-conservative figures. Rachmuth tweeted images, including one of a Nazi salute, but these do not substantiate claims of antisemitism within UFCR.
Abel Alexander Carvajal, secretary of Miami-Dade county's Republican party and a student at FIU's College of Law, reportedly started the chat after the killing of Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, in September 2025. But on Wednesday, the Miami Herald published leaked WhatsApp conversations in which the college Republicans made racist, sexist, antisemitic and homophobic comments, including variations of the N-word used more than 400 times.
Brown University sophomore Ella Cook, who served as vice-president of the university's College Republicans club, was confirmed Sunday as one of the students killed in a campus shooting on Saturday. Cook's identity as a victim was revealed during a service at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama, where she was a parishioner. Speaking during the Mass, the Very Rev. R. Craig Smalley described Cook as an incredible, grounded, faithful bright light,