# Repubs have formed an openly racist caucus **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 17, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207 "2021-04-17T12:56:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/201 "2021-04-17T22:55:29Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Well, I’d already mentioned the ‘uniquely Anglo-Saxon’ bit, and I’ll gladly object to the word “imported” likewise; and I disagree with the part about Section 230 as well. Yes, let’s not talk about the racist _foundation_ of the “freedom caucus”. Rather let’s look at this nice bowl of flowers that they’ve arranged. ---
**Author:** ![ALOHA\_HATER](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@ALOHA\_HATER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ALOHA_HATER)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/202 "2021-04-17T23:03:29Z")
Boy, it sure would be nice if we could all agree that it’s a bad thing when our elected officials publish a white supremacist manifesto. Geriatric cunts. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/203 "2021-04-17T23:12:21Z")
> [@ALOHA\_HATER](#): > > Boy, it sure would be nice if we could all agree that it’s a bad thing when our elected officials publish a white supremacist manifesto. Somewhat surprisingly, it turns out that there has in fact been [enough pushback against it to cause its Republican promoters to abandon it, at least for now](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/04/republicans-blast-caucus-anglo-saxon-traditions.html). > [@](#): > > There won’t be an America First Caucus after all. At least for now. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accused the media of making a big deal about something that wasn’t even a reality yet and aides said she wasn’t starting any new group. “The Congresswoman wants to make clear that she is not launching anything. This was an early planning proposal and nothing was agreed to or approved,” [Nick Dyer, Greene’s spokesperson, said](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-caucus/index.html). Personally, I think we can probably find adequate diversity of reasonable opinions on issues like immigration and trade without looking to a bunch of nativist shitheels advocating for so-called “Anglo-Saxon political traditions”. (Having watched The Last Kingdom on Netflix and read the books, I don’t think Rep. Greene would like “Anglo-Saxon political traditions” as much as she thinks she would.) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/204 "2021-04-17T23:16:28Z")
MTG is backing down after getting blowback from the Party. > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene scraps planned launch of controversial 'America First'...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-caucus/index.html)** > > Conservative Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is scrapping the planned launch of her "America First" caucus after receiving blowback from leaders in her own party, despite confirming through a spokesperson on Friday that the caucus would launch. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/205 "2021-04-17T23:19:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > MTG is backing down after getting blowback from the Party. There’s only one dumbfuck left openly defending this racist manifesto… @The_Other_Waldo_Pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/206 "2021-04-17T23:22:17Z")
Norman since 1066. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/207 "2021-04-17T23:23:47Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > This was an early planning proposal and nothing was agreed to or approved,” [Nick Dyer, Greene’s spokesperson, said](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-caucus/index.html). “This was an early racist trial balloon that apparently blew the dog whistle a little too loudly.” ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/208 "2021-04-17T23:24:23Z")
Thats Cnuts. As in Anglo Saxon king from 1016-1035. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/209 "2021-04-17T23:48:26Z")
> [@Kimstu (quoting Slate)](#): > > …aides said she wasn’t starting any new group. So then, she figured the group was going to espouse mainstream Republican stances. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/210 "2021-04-17T23:50:03Z")
It looks like you are off the hook, since they have backtracked and are claiming it was just an idea they were floating…despite the seven page detailed manifesto they came up with. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/211 "2021-04-17T23:55:16Z")
I think this thread is what killed it. Well done! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/212 "2021-04-17T23:57:59Z")
No-I’m giving credit to the boosters and apologists that just don’t know when to shut the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/213 "2021-04-17T23:58:39Z")
Waldo will never let it die! Some of the punctuation wasn’t racist. And like 90% of the prepositions weren’t racist. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/214 "2021-04-18T00:00:22Z")
It’s so sad to see white power fizzle again. That’s some feeble power right there. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/215 "2021-04-18T00:11:42Z")
Do’s and don’t’s for having a polite debate about immigration policy. Do… start a thread about the topic in Great Debates. Don’t… spend an afternoon defending a racist manifesto in a Pit thread like a total fucking moron. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/216 "2021-04-18T00:15:00Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > Don’t… spend an afternoon defending a racist manifesto in a Pit thread like a total fucking moron. … A racist manifesto that even the racists _themselves_ quickly disavow. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/217 "2021-04-18T00:28:37Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > … A racist manifesto that even the racists _themselves_ quickly disavow. … A racist manifesto that even @The_Other_Waldo_Pepper acknowledges is hateful and ignorant of American history and values. Just a piss poor hill to die on if you ask me, but dipshits gotta dipshit. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/218 "2021-04-18T01:01:52Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > But that’s my point: if you’re asking about legal immigrants — either now or in the past — I’d say that our elected officials based their decision on the idea that, hey, _these are the folks we’ve chosen to allow in, presumably because we think it’d be for the benefit of the country_ ; and if you’re asking about _illegal_ immigrants, now or then, I’d say that our elected officials have decided that, _oh, yeah, these folks, we haven’t chosen to allow them in, because we don’t think it’d be to our benefit._ Is there any reason to think immigrants from Germany or the United Kingdom (which I assume are “Anglo-Saxon” countries) will benefit America more than immigrants from Mexico or Nigeria or India? Looking ahead a few years, is there any reason to think the children and grandchildren of immigrants from Germany or the United Kingdom will benefit America more than the children and grandchildren of immigrants from Mexico or Nigeria or India? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/219 "2021-04-18T01:05:51Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I’m not following you: is someone advocating for murdering you? For exiling you? For enslaving you? What do you think these people want? They come complete with Nazi flags. > **[Unite the Right rally](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally)** > > Counter-protesters > Protesters > American militia movement ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207/220 "2021-04-18T01:06:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Is there any reason to think immigrants from Germany or the United Kingdom (which I assume are “Anglo-Saxon” countries) will benefit America more than immigrants from Mexico or Nigeria or India? Looking ahead a few years, is there any reason to think the children and grandchildren of immigrants from Germany or the United Kingdom will benefit America more than the children and grandchildren of immigrants from Mexico or Nigeria or India? I wouldn’t think so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repubs-have-formed-an-openly-racist-caucus/940207.md?page=12)