Wealthy Florida community caught up in Republican racist chat uproar

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The Miami New Times reports the participants of a racist young Republican group chat are tainting an ever-expanding patch of territory around them.“Dariel Gonzalez, one of the participants in a young Republican group chat that repeatedly used the N-word and antisemitic slurs, appears to be heavily involved in the Coral Gables community,” reports the Times. .Miami-Dade County GOP secretary Abel Alexander Carvajal created the group chat primarily for conservative students last fall — and within three weeks the Times reports it was choked with racist slurs. WhatsApp conversations leaked to the Miami Herald revealed participants using variations of the n-word more than 400 times, describing women as ‘whores,’ and slinging slurs to identify Jewish and gay people while musing about Hitler’s politics.Gonzalez, a Florida International University student and former recruitment chair of FIU’s College Republicans, allegedly wrote in one message, “Total Negro Death!” At other points, Gonzalez appears to have referred to the Black community as the “coloreds,” and used the antisemitic slurs “kike,” which he spelled “kyke.” He also appears to have described Agartha — a kooky lost Aryan civilization devised by Heinrich Himmler, a key architect of the Adolf Hitler’s ‘Final Solution plan’ for the Jewish people — as a “Nazi heaven sort of,’ according to the Times, and a “Heaven inside the earth,” according to the Floridian.“You can f—— all the kyke you want, just … don’t marry them and procreate,” he said, according to the Herald.A local affiliate of the Florida Republican Party is already petitioning the state party for permission to jettison the secretary that created the group chat, which he named “Nazi Heaven,” but now other communities tied to chat members are catching splash damage.Gonzalez, for example, is an active member of the affluent Coral Gables community WhatsApp chat, and regularly volunteers at historic city venues, including acting as a tour guide at the Coral Gables Merrick House” the Times reports. He also led a presentation for the Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables at the library last June about the city’s founder, George Merrick—who was himself an avowed racist. In a podcast interview, Gonzalez also claimed he helped organize a concert for the city’s centennial in December 2025, where he hobnobbed with local figures and was photographed with Miami-Dade County Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez.The Times reports Gonzalez’ made his views known in the community’s WhatsApp from July 2024, where he complained about the city raising an LGBTQ+ Pride flag and the police department hosting a Pride parade.“Police should focus on policing,” he wrote. “They’re not advertisements or fundraisers.”Gonalez also posted “You’re totally right Frank,” after “Frank” admitted his parents “celebrated just the regular holidays,” not “Hispanic week,” “Pride Week,” or Black History Month.Additionally, Gonzalez was a research assistant with R.J. Heisenbottle Architects, which has condemned his behavior, saying “We unequivocally condemn antisemitism, racism, and any language or conduct that promotes hate, violence, or discrimination.”

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The Miami New Times reports the participants of a racist young Republican group chat are tainting an ever-expanding patch of territory around them.“Dariel Gonzalez, one of the participants in a young Republican group chat that repeatedly used the N-word and antisemitic slurs, appears to be heavily involved in the Coral Gables community,” reports the Times. .Miami-Dade County GOP secretary Abel Alexander Carvajal created the group chat primarily for conservative students last fall — and within three weeks the Times reports it was choked with racist slurs. WhatsApp conversations leaked to the Miami Herald revealed participants using variations of the n-word more than 400 times, describing women as ‘whores,’ and slinging slurs to identify Jewish and gay people while musing about Hitler’s politics.Gonzalez, a Florida International University student and former recruitment chair of FIU’s College Republicans, allegedly wrote in one message, “Total Negro Death!” At other points, Gonzalez appears to have referred to the Black community as the “coloreds,” and used the antisemitic slurs “kike,” which he spelled “kyke.” He also appears to have described Agartha — a kooky lost Aryan civilization devised by Heinrich Himmler, a key architect of the Adolf Hitler’s ‘Final Solution plan’ for the Jewish people — as a “Nazi heaven sort of,’ according to the Times, and a “Heaven inside the earth,” according to the Floridian.“You can f—— all the kyke you want, just … don’t marry them and procreate,” he said, according to the Herald.A local affiliate of the Florida Republican Party is already petitioning the state party for permission to jettison the secretary that created the group chat, which he named “Nazi Heaven,” but now other communities tied to chat members are catching splash damage.Gonzalez, for example, is an active member of the affluent Coral Gables community WhatsApp chat, and regularly volunteers at historic city venues, including acting as a tour guide at the Coral Gables Merrick House” the Times reports. He also led a presentation for the Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables at the library last June about the city’s founder, George Merrick—who was himself an avowed racist. In a podcast interview, Gonzalez also claimed he helped organize a concert for the city’s centennial in December 2025, where he hobnobbed with local figures and was photographed with Miami-Dade County Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez.The Times reports Gonzalez’ made his views known in the community’s WhatsApp from July 2024, where he complained about the city raising an LGBTQ+ Pride flag and the police department hosting a Pride parade.“Police should focus on policing,” he wrote. “They’re not advertisements or fundraisers.”Gonalez also posted “You’re totally right Frank,” after “Frank” admitted his parents “celebrated just the regular holidays,” not “Hispanic week,” “Pride Week,” or Black History Month.Additionally, Gonzalez was a research assistant with R.J. Heisenbottle Architects, which has condemned his behavior, saying “We unequivocally condemn antisemitism, racism, and any language or conduct that promotes hate, violence, or discrimination.”

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