# The Republican Party is the Party of Evil **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 4, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187 "2021-03-04T17:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 107
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2122 "2023-08-25T23:01:39Z")
Ohio Republicants are still screwing with the state abortion amendment coming up for vote by the citizens - not the MAGA legislature. > **[Ohio Board Replaces Term 'Fetus' With 'Unborn Child' on November Abortion...](https://jezebel.com/ohio-board-replaces-term-fetus-with-unborn-child-on-nov-1850774927)** > > The amendment summary is the last thing voters read in the booth before voting, and this language is clearly intended to sway them in a certain direction. They lost big on moving the goalposts, now it’s the wording. Surprised they didn’t put smiling faces of babies and puppies on the ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2123 "2023-08-31T01:35:00Z")
Tennessee prosecutor will enforce a state anti-drag performance law that was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. > **[Tennessee prosecutor threatens pride event, warning he'll enforce anti-drag law](https://www.lawdork.com/p/tennessee-prosecutor-threatens-pride)** > > Law Dork was provided a memo Blount County prosecutor Ryan Desmond sent to law enforcement, Blount Pride, and other officials. A lawsuit is expected. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2124 "2023-08-31T13:04:17Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Tennessee prosecutor will enforce a state anti-drag performance law that was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. Hey, at least he’s sticking to his own state. Not so much the Alabama AG: > **[Alabama attorney general says he has right to prosecute people who facilitate...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/31/politics/alabama-attorney-general-abortion-prosecute/index.html)** > > Alabama’s Republican attorney general said in a court filing that he has the right to prosecute people who make travel arrangements for pregnant women to have out-of-state abortions. > In a court filing [Monday](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23932753-yellowhammer-fund-et-al-v-steve-marshall-and-west-alabama-womens-center-et-al-v-steve-marshall), attorneys for Attorney General Steve Marshall wrote that providing transportation for women in Alabama to leave the state to get an abortion could amount to a “criminal conspiracy.” ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2125 "2023-08-31T13:07:27Z")
Monsters - all. Harassing children, teachers, librarians, human beings. Reich-wing crazies; hate, fear, more hate. > **[Right-Wing Harassment Led to Bomb Threats Against 3 Elementary Schools and...](https://jezebel.com/right-wing-harassment-led-to-bomb-threats-against-3-ele-1850787741)** > > A library was targeted for kicking out Moms for Liberty, while schools in Oklahoma and California received threats after being singled out by Libs of TikTok. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2126 "2023-09-06T23:12:50Z")
A federal judge has ordered the state of Texas to remove the floating buoy barriers on the Rio Grande, and not to build any more. Abbott, of course, plans to appeal. > **[Federal judge orders Texas to remove floating border barrier. Abbott...](https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/06/texas-border-floating-barrier-buoys-federal-judge-ruling/)** > > Nearly three months after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the deployment of the 1,000-foot line of buoys and mesh in the Rio Grande, an Austin federal judge ordered the state to remove the barrier and stop building further obstructions in the river. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2127 "2023-09-07T05:03:21Z")
We’ve had a president send in federal troops to enforce a federal court order regarding education access. I’d love to see President Biden send federal troops to the Rio Grande to remove that atrocity (the barrier, not the governor, but I understand the confusion) and then see how brave the gov and the local anti-immigrant crowd really is. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2128 "2023-09-07T08:09:08Z")
Or they could send the Army Corps of Engineers in to remove it for them, and deduct the cost from the operating funds at one of the military installations in Texas (perhaps the funding that keeps officers’ clubs open. Or, does the Texas National Guard operate with federal funding?). ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2129 "2023-09-07T13:59:26Z")
I want to know what kind of asshole designed them. Personally, I’d refuse if someone asked me to make something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2130 "2023-09-07T14:16:33Z")
> [@Sinaptics](#): > > I want to know what kind of asshole designed them. Evidently it’s a thing that is being used elsewhere. Here’s one manufacturer. > **[Marine Floating Barrier - Cochrane - World Leaders in High Security Fence...](https://www.cochraneglobal.com/maritime-security-marine-floating-barrier-by-cochrane-global/)** > > In response to growing maritime security challenges Cochrane Global has developedthe Marine Floating Barrier, an indestructible coastal perimeter barrier ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2131 "2023-09-07T14:33:31Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Evidently it’s a thing that is being used elsewhere. But notice, all their examples are of protecting smaller areas, associated with critical military or infrastructure sites. Anyone trying to access those sites can safely be assumed to be up to no good, looking to sabotage a ship or harbor installation. It’s a bit like razor wire. It has legitimate uses, but not where regular civilians are likely to encounter it. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2132 "2023-09-07T22:51:07Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > But notice, all their examples are of protecting smaller areas, associated with critical military or infrastructure sites. Anyone trying to access those sites can safely be assumed to be up to no good, looking to sabotage a ship or harbor installation. Yeah those went up around damns to keep boats away from them after 9-11. Also no truck or car towing a trailer could go over the damn, least it be packed full of explosives. That’s where I live though. Don’t know about other areas. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2133 "2023-09-08T12:59:49Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Yeah those went up around damns to keep boats away from them after 9-11. Also no truck or car towing a trailer could go over the damn, least it be packed full of explosives. That’s where I live though. Don’t know about other areas. I don’t give a dam. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2134 "2023-09-08T13:10:05Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I don’t give a dam. The famous quote by Rhett Beaver. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2135 "2023-09-15T05:24:22Z")
Just in case you’ve forgotten the pubblies don’t give a hoot about humans once they’re born, [Texas is having an epidemic of congenital syphilis](https://www.yahoo.com/news/epidemic-syphilis-rages-texas-causing-100000754.html). Key point here: > Communities of color and people earning lower incomes are disproportionately affected by the disease — more prevalence and higher death rates — because they tend to have less access to health care, Eppes said. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2136 "2023-09-15T15:35:22Z")
Sounds like slow-motion eugenics at work, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2137 "2023-09-15T17:34:32Z")
[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wJSZqSfloEE](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wJSZqSfloEE) Like Hans says…, ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2138 "2023-09-15T21:27:11Z")
I am not sure if this belongs here or in the stupid thread (mods feel free to move). I put it here because…it’s evil even if due to stupidity. You can’t make this idiocy up. I get the source may make some question it but the video of her saying that is in the link. > **[Republican sobs as she claims LGBTQ+ activists train children to use butt plugs](https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/14/republican-butt-plugs-speech/)** > > A Republican woman choked back apparent sobs as she accused LGBTQ+ activists of training eight-year-olds how to use sex toys. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2139 "2023-09-15T22:23:44Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > You can’t make this idiocy up. Isn’t the point that someone literally _did?_ ---
**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:** [September 15, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2140 "2023-09-15T22:24:09Z")
As we know that every accusation by these folks is a confession… Someone should do a child welfare check on any child that this person has any contact with. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2141 "2023-09-18T02:48:23Z")
They’re having actual book burnings in Missouri. > [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=106) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=108)