“We Are Not Going Anywhere” UF College Republicans Appears Defiant Amid Disbandment

On March 7, Sloan Rachmuth made an X (Twitter) post that states, "Last night UF student Julian Winer, was radiantly beaming with notorious Holocaust denier Myron Gaines... Julian is reportedly an active member of College Republicans of America at UF. He is a prominent supporter of James Fishback."

According to her bio Rachmuth is an "Investigative journalist," "Zionist," and "Terrorism survivor" who is "Defending Judeo-Christian values."

On March 11, the University of Florida (UF) College Republicans (UFCR) hosted Florida Governor candidate James Fishback for a town hall.

On March 12, at 7:13 p.m., Rachmuth made the following post on Twitter.

Rachmuth said the individual standing to the right in the photo is UFCR Secretary Dylan Estrella. The image shows him performing a Nazi salute alongside another individual.

On March 13, at 8:08 a.m., Nikki Fried, chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party, shared Rachmuth's post and said, "This is unacceptable."

Rachmuth did not respond to Fried's support with open arms.

On March 14, at 7:55 a.m., UF responded on their social media. The statement indicates that the Florida Federation of College Republicans (FFCR) has authority over UFCR. The post states FFCR informed UF that UFCR would be disbanded because "members engaged in a pattern of conduct that violated its rules and values, including a recent antisemitic gesture." UF said they are "in the process of deactivating" UFCR.

Former Gov. Rick Scott supported UF, stating he was grateful to the university for "working with FFCR to stand with Jewish students and resolve this quickly."

At 11:12 a.m., UFCR posted a response on Twitter where they implied Fishback's appearance had a role in their disbandment. They added that they are "not a part of" FFCR and that the organization has "no authority" over the chapter. UFCR said they are members of the College Republicans of America. UFCR said FFCR is lying to silence them.

UFCR reposted the response on their Instagram story with the caption, "WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE."

In the replies of a follow-up post, Rachmuth referred to the person doing a Nazi salute alongside Estrella as "a trans."

Rachmuth also published an image showing what appears to be far-right influencer Nick Fuentes standing with Estrella, both of whom are holding an upright index finger.

Fishback has been showing his support for UFCR, calling the disbandment a "disgusting assault on the First Amendment."

Attorney and Lake County Commissioner Anthony Sabatini said he will file a lawsuit on behalf of UFCR. Rachmuth said he is "full of shit" and that UFCR is under the authority of FFCR.

The College Republicans of America website does not currently present itself as having a chapter at UF. However, this appears to be due to UFCR being a new chapter.

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Less than two weeks ago, the College Republicans of America made a post welcoming UFCR as a chapter.

The FFCR has a website link on their Facebook account. As of this writing, the link redirect users to a URL not found page.

This is a developing story and more information may be added to this page tomorrow.

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