# Presenting: The Most Vile Person Running for Office in the United States Today (R-Michigan) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 8, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697 "2022-03-08T20:20:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/41 "2022-03-10T02:12:12Z")
I lived in Michigan for three years. Right there in East Lansing. This gives me the creeps. It’s a good thing Regan and I will never be in the same room, because as a rape victim myself I might, just might, try to bash his face in. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/42 "2022-03-10T02:28:57Z")
And tell him to lie back and enjoy it while you do. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/43 "2022-03-10T03:12:18Z")
I dunno. This guy seems like he’s all talk. Has he tried to overthrow the government? Raped any women? Been part of a lynch mob? It’s 2022. If somebody wants the title of Most Vile Republican they need to get out there and start committing some serious felonies. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/44 "2022-03-10T03:25:46Z")
Hey, don’t give anybody any ideas! ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/45 "2022-03-10T12:14:34Z")
So, help me understand one thing. How is father-daughter talk centered on rape even a thing? What kind of person looks at their teen daughters and thinks, “Let’s talk about rape!” Is it because that’s what he thinks about when he looks at them? Hmmm? HMMMM?? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/46 "2022-03-10T12:20:47Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > “I will hurt the kids to get your attention” This is pretty much the GOP platform now. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/47 "2022-03-10T14:22:54Z")
I’m still trying to parse his walk back, which somehow tied the whole “I want my daughters to enjoy rape” thing back to the stolen election. Was he saying ….Joe Biden stole the election, which means he’s currently raping every Trump voter in the country so we should just embrace him and enjoy his presidency because we are too weak to fight back? Somehow, that doesn’t fit with the conservative ethos as I observe it. If anything, I think he would be saying the opposite, that Republicans should fight back against the senile weakling that kicked their tender snowflake asses and masterminded the crime of the century. But that would mean his daughters _shouldn’t_ do that _lie back and enjoy it_ thing. So I don’t know what he meant. Maybe he’s trying to tell us his daughters are Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/48 "2022-03-10T14:49:02Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > How is father-daughter talk centered on rape even a thing? It’s normal for a father to be concerned that his teenaged daughter might be a victim of rape. (I am a father of a teenaged daughter, and it’s something I don’t ever like to think might happen but intellectually I realize it happens to young women.) It’s not normal to tell them to enjoy it. Holy shit. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/49 "2022-03-10T16:54:42Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It’s not normal to tell them to enjoy it. Holy shit. Well, the alternative would be to prioritize the well-being and autonomy of his daughters over the innate fundamental right of (white) men to control women’s sexuality for their own benefit. And naturally we can’t have that. (You can be absolutely certain that this fucknut is not advising his daughters to submit to and enjoy a rape situation where the rapist isn’t white.) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/50 "2022-03-10T17:11:19Z")
Doubtful that he ever actually told his daughters to enjoy rape. He’s just using them as a political prop to make a really bad argument, because that’s all they are to him. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/51 "2022-03-10T17:13:43Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I’m still trying to parse his walk back, which somehow tied the whole “I want my daughters to enjoy rape” thing back to the stolen election. > > Was he saying ….Joe Biden stole the election, which means he’s currently raping every Trump voter in the country so we should just embrace him and enjoy his presidency because we are too weak to fight back? Somehow, that doesn’t fit with the conservative ethos as I observe it. > > If anything, I think he would be saying the opposite, that Republicans should fight back against the senile weakling that kicked their tender snowflake asses and masterminded the crime of the century. But that would mean his daughters _shouldn’t_ do that _lie back and enjoy it_ thing. > > So I don’t know what he meant. Maybe he’s trying to tell us his daughters are Democrats. Here’s the [quote with a bit of context from an NBC story](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/michigan-gop-candidate-fire-rape-analogy-tells-daughters-lie-back-enjo-rcna19350): > Robert Regan, a favorite to win Michigan’s District 74 seat, made the comment at a livestreamed panel Sunday in response to an assertion that it was “too late” to overturn the election results. “That’s kind of like having three daughters. I tell my daughters if rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it,” Regan said. “That’s not how we roll. That’s not how we won this election.” I’m _pretty_ sure he’s saying that _if_ it were too late to overturn the election results, Republicans should accept the inevitable. But, it’s not too late, so Republicans _shouldn’t_ lie back and enjoy it, they should continue to fight. And, yes, it’s a seriously muddled analogy, but he’s also speaking extemporaneously, so I’d cut him some slack for that. But, of course, the actual analogy he uses is _beyond_ “ick”, and the underlying premises are beyond idiotic and awful. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/52 "2022-03-10T17:16:46Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > Doubtful that he ever actually told his daughters to enjoy rape. He’s just using them as a political prop to make a really bad argument Kind of irrelevant at this point whether he actually said those words to his daughters prior to publicly stating that he said them to his daughters. Either way, he is evidently willing to go on record in public perception as somebody who advocates such a view. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/53 "2022-03-10T17:25:29Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > And, yes, it’s a seriously muddled analogy, but he’s also speaking extemporaneously, so I’d cut him some slack for that. But, of course, the actual analogy he uses is _beyond_ “ick”, and the underlying premises are beyond idiotic and awful. But why would _that_ analogy come to mind off the top of his head – especially when it expresses the _opposite_ of the attitude he’s advocating? Spoiler: Because he’s a sick fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/54 "2022-03-10T17:35:37Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > Doubtful that he ever actually told his daughters to enjoy rape. He’s just using them as a political prop to make a really bad argument, because that’s all they are to him. I can’t tell if that’s worse or not. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/55 "2022-03-10T17:36:16Z")
I just sent a nasty email to the Michigan Republican Party email address informing them that I have daughters too and I will never vote for any party that endorses this scumbag. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/56 "2022-03-10T19:41:23Z")
Sincere question: Are you currently a Republican? Because you know he’s not alone in this type of unpleasantness, right? ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/57 "2022-03-10T19:56:18Z")
I’m not. I’m sort of hoping they think so though. I doubt they care what Democrats think but they might hesitate if enough likely Republicans push back. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/58 "2022-03-10T20:33:39Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > At least he doesn’t have to worry about them getting pregnant. Because you know, if it’s _legitimate rape_ the body has a way of shutting that down. But if they manage to follow his advice and enjoy it, is it still “legitimate rape”? And if not, might they get pregnant? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/59 "2022-03-10T20:56:02Z")
Back in college, I registered as a Republican due to them being the ones who asked me first. I’ve never changed that, but I’m also not sure if it carries over. But I always refer to myself as a registered Republican when I try to convince them of anything. I can’t bring myself to go further than that, e.g. start saying stuff like “It’s bad enough them SJWs are taking over, but then you let this guy run and prove them right?” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697/60 "2022-03-12T12:20:32Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Back in college, I registered as a Republican due to them being the ones who asked me first Now I’m imagining a Thunderdome situation with the Parties fighting for voters. Mel would be the Republican. So I guess the Dems are the giant man-babies? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-most-vile-person-running-for-office-in-the-united-states-today-r-michigan/960697.md?page=4)