India, Oct. 15 -- US Vice President JD Vance tried to downplay the offensive nature of text messages shared among a group of Young Republicans leaders that were brought out by Politico. In an expose published on October 14, the outlet revealed the pervasive use of violent language, racial slurs, offensive terms and admiration of Nazis among the people in the group.

However, Vance claimed that the matter is not as serious as it is being made out to be. He compared the text messages brought out by Politico to random college group chats and the leaked text messages of Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones. Vance shared a screenshot of text messages Jones wrote in a post on X.

In these messages, Jones seems to be making vio...