In 2018, following the election of YFG president Killian Foley-Walsh, "The Journal" wrote about a tweet sent by Mr Foley-Walsh in 2015 which argued against the use of abortion pills with reference to “coat hangers,“ which he described as an “atrocious” comment. This was followed by a profile piece in Phoenix Magazine describing Mr Foley-Walsh as “The baby-faced Blueshirt.” In August 2019, there were calls for Foley-Walsh to resign when he and another member of the National Executive attended the Young America Foundation's annual conference at which many prominent Republicans including the then VP Mike Pence and Ted Cruz spoke. Foley-Walsh also come under fire for his views expressed before being elected — including his apparent victim-blaming of those murdered by right-wing terrorist Anders Breivik who killed 77 people in Oslo and Utoya in 2011. Neither individual resigned their post.