Dariel Gonzalez #
Introduction #
Dariel Gonzalez, the recruitment chair of the College Republicans at Florida International University, was suspended from the university for two years in May 2026 after leaked WhatsApp logs revealed the racist and antisemitic remarks he exchanged in a group chat run by Miami-Dade GOP secretary Abel Carvajal. The suspension — which runs until May 11, 2028, and requires him to reapply for admission if he wants to return — was revealed in court documents first reported by the Miami Herald and confirmed by FIU’s student paper. In the leaked messages, Gonzalez repeatedly used “colored” to describe Black people, responded “How edgy” to calls for violence against them, and described the chat’s Nazi-adjacent rename as “Nazi heaven sort of,” according to the Guardian and Herald’s accounts of the logs.
Background Information #
Gonzalez served as the College Republicans’ recruitment chair at FIU and, around the time the chat was exposed, had applied to become a GOP committee member. The chat he took part in was created by Carvajal after Charlie Kirk’s killing in September 2025 and included Turning Point USA chapter president Ian Valdes alongside other Miami-area conservative students. New Times described Gonzalez as a familiar figure in Coral Gables politics, a “prohibitionist cosplayer seemingly cozy with community leaders” there.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation #
Allegations. The chat’s contents are as reported by the Miami Herald, the Guardian and New Times from leaked logs and court filings; they describe university conduct charges that were resolved through FIU’s disciplinary process, not criminal charges, and nothing in them has been adjudicated in court.
According to the logs the Miami Herald obtained, Gonzalez “repeatedly used ‘colored’ to describe Black people,” writing “Ew you had colored professors?!” and “Avoid the coloreds like the plague,” and said he used the term because “I was told we can’t say black anymore.” When another participant called for extreme violence against Black people, Gonzalez responded: “How edgy.” New Times reported that Gonzalez allegedly wrote “Total Negro Death!” in one message and, discussing a Black student who left FIU’s College Republicans after being called a racial slur, wrote that another member “called her a n*gger so she left.” He also reportedly described the chat’s rename to “Gooning in Agartha” — a reference to a mythical white civilization promoted by Heinrich Himmler — as “Nazi heaven sort of,” and wrote of Jewish people: “You can f— all the [Jewish slur] you want. Just don’t marry them and procreate.” When FIU moved against him, Gonzalez faced university charges including personal abuse — verbal or written abuse — along with driving under the influence and endangerment, marijuana possession, and violations of federal, state and local laws, per the student paper’s account of his case.
Public Reaction and Consequences #
The chat’s exposure in early March 2026 produced wall-to-wall condemnation from Florida politicians and Jewish organizations, and FIU came under sustained pressure from students and administrators over its perceived inaction. Gonzalez and Carvajal sued FIU president Jeannette Nuñez with attorney Anthony Sabatini, arguing the university had violated their First Amendment rights — but Chief District Judge Cecilia Altonaga dismissed the complaint in May 2026, finding the students could not sue while punishment remained pending in the university’s appeals process. Days later, the two-year suspensions landed. Gonzalez’s punishment also carries unusual conditions: he must produce a seven- to ten-minute podcast reflecting on his behavior, describe the impact of his conduct on others, and complete a “Life Goals Action Plan” and reflection papers before any return.
Current Status #
Gonzalez is suspended from FIU until May 11, 2028, and must reapply for admission to return to campus. His federal lawsuit against the university was dismissed at its first stage, and no appeal outcome had been reported by the outlets covering the case. His GOP committee application predated the scandal; no report says it advanced. His quoted messages — “Avoid the coloreds like the plague,” “How edgy,” “Nazi heaven sort of” — remain in wide circulation in coverage of the chat.
Impact on Their Career/Life #
Two years removed from campus, Gonzalez loses the College Republicans platform he used for recruitment and the party pathway he was courting; a young man described by New Times as a fixture of Coral Gables civic imagery now carries a university disciplinary record for verbal abuse alongside the leaked messages themselves. The court filing’s own words — that the chat’s members were “suffering immediate and irreparable harm” of self-censorship — became the case’s irony: the only documented consequence of the chat’s speech was visited on the people exposed by it, not the Black student who left College Republicans after allegedly being called a slur. Whether he reapplies to FIU in 2028 or transfers, the podcast assignment and the public logs will both follow him.