# Republicans: candidate who assaulted reporter is fine with us! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 25, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443 "2017-05-25T21:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/581 "2018-10-20T05:02:56Z")
Republicans would do this to anyone who challenges them. I’ve been proven right: you cannot reason with this lot. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/582 "2018-10-20T05:14:39Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [This sems to me to fit in with this thread:](https://www.yahoo.com/news/nearly-20-trump-fans-think-192635080.html) > > > [@](#): > > > > Nearly 20% of Trump Fans Think Freeing the Slaves Was a Bad Idea > > WTELF? As previously noted, the real percentage is almost certainly much higher. But the scarier thing is that _ **100%** _ of Trump fans are fans of Trump. They think he’s the bestest president ever. I think it’s time for some sort of basic intelligence test as a condition of voting. ---
**Author:** ![Modesty\_Blaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Modesty\_Blaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modesty_Blaise)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/583 "2018-10-20T13:37:12Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > As previously noted, the real percentage is almost certainly much higher. > > But the scarier thing is that _ **100%** _ of Trump fans are fans of Trump. \*\*They think he’s the bestest president ever. > \*\* > I think it’s time for some sort of basic intelligence test as a condition of voting. This fact. I am stunned, every single day by this fact. I look at him and I see a person who is catastrophically unqualified for the job of POTUS. They see…the best POTUS ever? It’s breathtaking. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/584 "2018-10-20T13:48:37Z")
To be fair, not all of his fans think he’s the best president ever. But just the fact that they thought that he was better than the alternative is bad enough. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/585 "2018-10-20T13:52:14Z")
> [@Modesty\_Blaise](#): > > This fact. I am stunned, every single day by this fact. I look at him and I see a person who is catastrophically unqualified for the job of POTUS. They see…the best POTUS ever? It’s breathtaking. Yep, I’m stunned every day that anyone would willingly vote for a moronic crook to ‘lead’ the country. More and more it seems to be simple racism. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/586 "2018-10-20T14:00:08Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [This sems to me to fit in with this thread:](https://www.yahoo.com/news/nearly-20-trump-fans-think-192635080.html) > > WTELF? And probably another 20-50% thinks we should go back to the Jim Crow era. Republicans are just shit. I got called out for saying that I’m ‘dehumanizing’ them. Well what the fuck am I supposed to think of these fucking animals? That they made a mistake? That they got duped? Fuck no, they know what they’re voting for. They’re goddamned America’s version of Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![Modesty\_Blaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Modesty\_Blaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modesty_Blaise)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/587 "2018-10-20T14:03:27Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Yep, I’m stunned every day that anyone would willingly vote for a moronic crook to ‘lead’ the country. More and more it seems to be simple racism. Agreed. And some misogyny thrown in for good measure. I find the “identity politics” label from the right to be sad and an obvious projection - their whiteness is more important than anything else. Besides pwning the libtards, that is ETA: Also, making sure shitty things happens to “others”. ---
**Author:** ![LAZombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b38774/32.png) [@LAZombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LAZombie)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/588 "2018-10-21T01:57:02Z")
African American MMA fighter pays tribute to Trump. I’m sure my liberal friends missed it since footsies is their favorite sport. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/F_E6jXHMPs4/maxresdefault.jpg "UFC 229: Derrick Lewis Octagon Interview") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_E6jXHMPs4) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/589 "2018-10-21T02:17:02Z")
[quote=“LAZombie, post:588, topic:787443”] African American MMA fighter pays tribute to Trump. I’m sure my liberal friends missed it since footsies is their favorite sport. [/QUOTE] Like the chicken and egg question, this is just an example for others to wonder if [Trump Republicans deserve a boot to the head](https://youtu.be/Hjo_bWOILjY?list=RDZ8VD4JXUozM&t=467) or if they are like that thanks to too many boots to the head. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/590 "2018-10-21T11:09:36Z")
[quote=“LAZombie, post:588, topic:787443”] African American MMA fighter pays tribute to Trump. I’m sure my liberal friends missed it since footsies is their favorite sport. [/QUOTE] I don't click through to YouTube links, so I'll just say I have no idea who or what you're talking about, and would probably care even less if I knew, and leave it at that. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/591 "2018-10-21T11:19:10Z")
Everything is fine with Republicans, including those in Congress. 20 Republican-controlled states are suing to get the pre-existing condition coverage requirement removed. Lotsa GOP candidates look at the camera and talk in sincere tones about how they have family and friends with pre-existing conditions, and how important this coverage is to them - but have they said a word against those fighting to remove that coverage? And those in Congress - practically all of them voted to gut or remove that requirement, because that’s what the Obamacare repeal bills did. They’re also fine with [Steve King (R-IA)'s white Christian supremacy](https://www.unzensuriert.at/content/0027654-Steve-King-Bring-Pride-back-Austria), and not one has moved to censure him, let alone kick him out of the party like they should. They’re fine with kids being snatched from their parents and locked up in cages. They’re fine with workers making $12/hour not getting paid overtime because their employer says they’re a ‘supervisor,’ because they voted to repeal the Obama-era reg that would have prohibited that for workers making under $50K/year before it took effect. They’re fine with a metric ton of bad shit. And I’m not just talking about the MAGA-hat folks, I’m talking about Republican governors and Congresspersons and candidates and officeholders at pretty much every level now. The only cure is to toss the bums out. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/592 "2018-10-21T11:24:08Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Everything is fine with Republicans, including those in Congress. > > 20 Republican-controlled states are suing to get the pre-existing condition coverage requirement removed. Lotsa GOP candidates look at the camera and talk in sincere tones about how they have family and friends with pre-existing conditions, and how important this coverage is to them - but have they said a word against those fighting to remove that coverage? > > And those in Congress - practically all of them voted to gut or remove that requirement, because that’s what the Obamacare repeal bills did. > > They’re also fine with [Steve King (R-IA)'s white Christian supremacy](https://www.unzensuriert.at/content/0027654-Steve-King-Bring-Pride-back-Austria), and not one has moved to censure him, let alone kick him out of the party like they should. > > They’re fine with kids being snatched from their parents and locked up in cages. > > They’re fine with workers making $12/hour not getting paid overtime because their employer says they’re a ‘supervisor,’ because they voted to repeal the Obama-era reg that would have prohibited that for workers making under $50K/year before it took effect. > > They’re fine with a metric ton of bad shit. And I’m not just talking about the MAGA-hat folks, I’m talking about Republican governors and Congresspersons and candidates and officeholders at pretty much every level now. > > The only cure is to toss the bums out. And yet, the Republicans seem to be energized since the Democrats dared to question a judicial nominee about allegations of sexual assault. Democrats are not only losing the opportunity to recapture the Senate, which once seemed feasible, but they’re now in danger of becoming an even smaller minority. If RBG goes down, the Courts will become even more reliably conservative - for decades to come. There’s no cure for stupid. The stupid people who believe that republicans can do whatever they want as long as they have a good job outnumber us. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/593 "2018-10-21T11:40:08Z")
[quote=“LAZombie, post:588, topic:787443”] African American MMA fighter pays tribute to Trump. I’m sure my liberal friends missed it since footsies is their favorite sport. [/QUOTE] So you’re throwing this shit in random threads now? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/594 "2018-10-21T11:56:14Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > And yet, the Republicans seem to be energized since the Democrats dared to question a judicial nominee about allegations of sexual assault. Democrats are not only losing the opportunity to recapture the Senate, which once seemed feasible, but they’re now in danger of becoming an even smaller minority. Huh. According to 538, the Kavanaugh bump is already gone nationally. So the Dems won’t be “an even smaller minority” in terms of public support. The Dems are overwhelmingly favored to retake the House: by 538’s measure, if the Dems take all the solid/likely/lean Dem seats, _and not a single tossup or worse_, they’ll have 216 seats in the next House. And the likelihood that the Dems will get nearly shut out on those tossups is awfully slim. So they won’t be “an even smaller minority” in the House; they’ll almost surely be in the majority there. The Senate’s being played out on a battlefield that’s always favored the Republicans, yet the odds there in terms of gain/loss are almost balanced: according to 538, there’s ~18% chance that things stay right where they are (net), 16% each that the Dems gain/lose one seat, 21% chance that the Dems gain 2 or more seats (to win a majority), and 29% chance that the GOP gains 2 or more. Yeah, the Senate’s more of an uphill battle than it was a few weeks ago, but it’s never been better than about a 1-in-3 chance of a majority, so now it’s 21% instead of 33%. Yeah, that’s disappointing, but I’m not going to go into a tailspin about it. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/595 "2018-10-21T12:00:17Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > So you’re throwing this shit in random threads now? Conservatives identify with macho. If the country were just a little more ‘manly’, a little less gay, a little more pugilistic…:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/596 "2018-10-21T12:59:46Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Yep, I’m stunned every day that anyone would willingly vote for a moronic crook to ‘lead’ the country. More and more it seems to be simple racism. Well, maybe, or perhaps there is some sort of vast constituency of moronic crooks who were unrepresented until Trump came along. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/597 "2018-10-21T23:24:04Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Everything is fine with Republicans, including those in Congress. > > 20 Republican-controlled states are suing to get the pre-existing condition coverage requirement removed. Lotsa GOP candidates look at the camera and talk in sincere tones about how they have family and friends with pre-existing conditions, and how important this coverage is to them - but have they said a word against those fighting to remove that coverage? > > And those in Congress - practically all of them voted to gut or remove that requirement, because that’s what the Obamacare repeal bills did. > > They’re also fine with [Steve King (R-IA)'s white Christian supremacy](https://www.unzensuriert.at/content/0027654-Steve-King-Bring-Pride-back-Austria), and not one has moved to censure him, let alone kick him out of the party like they should. > > They’re fine with kids being snatched from their parents and locked up in cages. > > They’re fine with workers making $12/hour not getting paid overtime because their employer says they’re a ‘supervisor,’ because they voted to repeal the Obama-era reg that would have prohibited that for workers making under $50K/year before it took effect. > > They’re fine with a metric ton of bad shit. And I’m not just talking about the MAGA-hat folks, I’m talking about Republican governors and Congresspersons and candidates and officeholders at pretty much every level now. > > The only cure is to toss the bums out. Oh yeah, now that Trump’s saying he wants to pull the U.S. out of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty, I bet the Republicans in Congress will be fine with that too. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/598 "2018-10-21T23:33:43Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Huh. According to 538, the Kavanaugh bump is already gone nationally. So the Dems won’t be “an even smaller minority” in terms of public support. > > The Dems are overwhelmingly favored to retake the House: by 538’s measure, if the Dems take all the solid/likely/lean Dem seats, _and not a single tossup or worse_, they’ll have 216 seats in the next House. And the likelihood that the Dems will get nearly shut out on those tossups is awfully slim. So they won’t be “an even smaller minority” in the House; they’ll almost surely be in the majority there. > > The Senate’s being played out on a battlefield that’s always favored the Republicans, yet the odds there in terms of gain/loss are almost balanced: according to 538, there’s ~18% chance that things stay right where they are (net), 16% each that the Dems gain/lose one seat, 21% chance that the Dems gain 2 or more seats (to win a majority), and 29% chance that the GOP gains 2 or more. > > Yeah, the Senate’s more of an uphill battle than it was a few weeks ago, but it’s never been better than about a 1-in-3 chance of a majority, so now it’s 21% instead of 33%. Yeah, that’s disappointing, but I’m not going to go into a tailspin about it. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/412445-trumps-approval-rating-jumps-higher-than-obamas-ahead-of-midterms](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/412445-trumps-approval-rating-jumps-higher-than-obamas-ahead-of-midterms) Trump’s approval rating just hit an all-time high. The Democrats will (probably) win the House, but not by much. They will lose the Senate, and the split government will play into Trump’s hands. He feeds off of gladiator politics, and there is probably no better scenario for his re-election campaign than what he’s about to be given. A solid senate majority with a minority in the House that can be bullied. The underlying problem here is that this country is dumb. There’s no fixing stupid. We’re going to have to feel the pain before we cleanse ourselves and rid ourselves of this sickness. Another great depression might - might - do the trick. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/599 "2018-10-21T23:36:29Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Conservatives identify with macho. > > If the country were just a little more\*\* ‘manly’, a little less gay,\*\* a little more pugilistic…:rolleyes: Heh! Right on cue. > **[‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration...](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/politics/transgender-trump-administration-sex-definition.html)** > > The Trump administration is considering a legal definition of gender as immutable and fixed at birth, the most drastic in a series of moves against transgender people. > [@](#): > > ‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443/600 "2018-10-22T00:16:37Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/412445-trumps-approval-rating-jumps-higher-than-obamas-ahead-of-midterms](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/412445-trumps-approval-rating-jumps-higher-than-obamas-ahead-of-midterms) > > Trump’s approval rating just hit an all-time high. > > The Democrats will (probably) win the House, but not by much. They will lose the Senate, and the split government will play into Trump’s hands. He feeds off of gladiator politics, and there is probably no better scenario for his re-election campaign than what he’s about to be given. A solid senate majority with a minority in the House that can be bullied. > > The underlying problem here is that this country is dumb. There’s no fixing stupid. We’re going to have to feel the pain before we cleanse ourselves and rid ourselves of this sickness. Another great depression might - might - do the trick. Well hell, let’s all give up, because nothing short of another great depression will do any good. I bet you’re lots of fun at parties. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-candidate-who-assaulted-reporter-is-fine-with-us/787443.md?page=31)