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Calls for Resignation Mount After Racist FIU Chat Leak

Miami-Dade GOP leaders are demanding the resignation of an official linked to a leaked student group chat containing antisemitic and racist remarks. The controversy has sparked widespread condemnation and calls for accountability at Florida International University.

4 articles·March 5 – March 6, 2026

Key Points

  • Leaked messages from an FIU student group chat revealed the use of racist and antisemitic slurs by participants.
  • Miami-Dade Republican Party secretary Abel Carvajal was identified as the creator of the group chat.
  • Prominent GOP officials, including Kevin Cooper and Juan Porras, have demanded Carvajal's resignation.
  • The incident has sparked widespread condemnation from across the political spectrum.
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