# 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:** 109
**Author:** ![JoePockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2162 "2023-09-28T04:06:52Z")
I agree ! Yet Democrats do a terrible jobs of exposing the true GOP agenda! Also there is easily 5 % of the nations vote that are driven to the right because of their fear of far left agenda. Years ago in school in history the power labor unions and correlation with voting was explained…Not today! In Europe France as a nation would go on strike if they tried to take away a 10 min coffee break! As nation America can not identify with the party that will serve closest there own best interests ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2163 "2023-09-28T19:46:00Z")
But we’re all just temporarily embarrassed millionaires, y’know. A tax on the richest is a tax on us (eventually). ---
**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:** [October 1, 2023, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2164 "2023-10-01T09:45:48Z")
A Republican and former San Fran official who was held up as a victim of MeToo overreach has been arrested for murdering his fiancé. Joseph Roberts was trotted out as a justification for Betsy DeVos’ policies on college sexual assault. [California official who opposed #MeToo movement accused of killing fiancee | California | The Guardian](https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/30/metoo-california-murder-rachel-elizabeth-imani-buckner-joseph-roberts) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2165 "2023-10-01T11:07:11Z")
That’s gonna put a dent in female membership on Reich-wing dating sites. (I hope?) ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2166 "2023-10-01T18:01:41Z")
I hate betsy devos. She’s is so stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2167 "2023-10-05T16:37:15Z")
I can’t think of a better place to put this than here. Gift link: > **[From a Capitol Hill Basement, Bannon Stokes the Republican Party Meltdown](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/04/us/politics/bannon-republicans-gaetz-mace.html?unlocked_article_code=1cPJK0IEdCfbcAjYn39M5Y3-n-yn8XP2_kMtH_a40z5SIXV36M_3f-pyqWR0LeoTS-nkhQInBsg5OGy-gaOyXrifNSO5vUF8WYZexItgfiaS5v5qHHdk7N7pRRQa3OnLDQAEo_dFRQ2CVFFIaQdzXqk71Q2xec04dYDioSBEe-VDbSFDqZdH_pcxi1zbafG0f-wgj67MX_Cvple1PGVfnzfA3unUMlI30z1I3z_rWMYfuVNi8xsYB_mTpbqcO7MdfA8xuT0E89g91q8s1iQAPSdt8Nl3DqnayLWidvd7ly1gLQLwMLGsjtWwCa6VdwTTnUCjhHAveDuRQAfnhVnxtq6MDtUgxE2ubw7xlQ&smid=url-share)** > > The former Trump adviser has helped create the spectacle of G.O.P. dysfunction, using it to build his own following and those of the right-wing House rebels who took down Kevin McCarthy. This both offends and appalls me. I mean, I knew the bastard was broadcasting his shit from somewhere, but I didn’t think he was in _Washington_. I so hope there is an arrest warrant with his name on it when Jack Smith thinks the time is right. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2168 "2023-10-05T17:43:35Z")
Everything’s starting to blur together for me. Did Bannon get a pardon? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2169 "2023-10-05T17:57:31Z")
No for his latest crime; he was convicted and sentenced. However, he’s a rich, white, connected guy so he’s out on (eternal) appeal. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2170 "2023-10-05T18:09:21Z")
He did get an eleventh hour pardon from Trump for his participation in a scheme defrauding Trump supporters in a “build-the-wall” fund-raising effort. He pocketed a million dollars’ worth of the donations for himself. He’s got a 4-month sentence hanging over his head for a conviction in his contempt of Congress trial. He’s currently been granted bail on appeal, so who knows how long before he actually surrenders to serve that sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2171 "2023-10-06T14:54:37Z")
I am not a member of the democratic party, but I just HATE when people invariably blame the democrats when talking about how much the Republican party sucks. This whataboutism or bothsidesism or whatever it is is just bullshit. The democratic party does a fine job of exposing the GOP agenda, but the billionaire owned media has no motivation to help them spread the message and there is an army of people like you on the internet that yells both sides suck every time we try to discuss the GOP agenda. The problem is not the dems. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2172 "2023-10-06T22:25:14Z")
> **[Fox News' Greg Gutfeld suggests "civil war" because "elections don't work"](https://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-greg-gutfeld-suggests-190456184.html)** > > "It leaves you with ‘you need to make war to bring peace’ because you have a side that cannot change," Gutfeld said. Elections don’t work. Let’s go to war. … Don’t be surprised if this is floated again. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2173 "2023-10-06T23:27:13Z")
> [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](#): > > the billionaire owned media has no motivation to help them spread the message To that point, this was an actual CNN headline today: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53239901170_10521ca42f_z.jpg "20231006\_182446") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/53239901170/) ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2174 "2023-10-08T05:53:05Z")
Go ahead. Tell me the Republicans care about children. [Of course, that means you would have to lie to me.](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/florida-lawmakers-consider-weakening-century-192400424.html) > **Florida lawmakers to consider weakening century-old child labor laws** > > A proposed Republican bill to loosen child labor laws in Florida is part of a national trend aimed at repealing or weakening workplace protections for young people that have been in place for more than 100 years. > > The bill could worsen graduation rates and hurt lower-income families, experts said, and could also be a way to replace some immigrant labor as Florida and other GOP-led states continue to crack down on undocumented workers. > > “Are we willing to return to a world where we accept that children of the poorest families are working more than full-time jobs under hazardous conditions?” said Jennifer Sherer, director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network at the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute. > > State Rep. Linda Chaney, though, said in a statement that her bill “intends to provide teenagers with the flexibility to work whatever hours they deem fits best with their schedule and financial goals.” > > “Families are struggling in the worst economy in decades and I want to do what I can to help by providing opportunity,” said Chaney, R-St. Petersburg. “Government should not be in the way of people wanting to learn skills and make a living.” There’s a lot to unpack in the full article, but let’s go with these two. First, I guess the declining graduation rate won’t matter so much what with Florida’s government being hell-bent on removing all value from a Florida diploma. Next, ah, yes, “learning skills”. I guess we really have gone full circle to having children basically being slave labor. You remember that benefit for Blacks back in the day, right? Seriously, how am I arguing against someone learning valuable skills. I really have to give to the pubbies. They’re making me say _Jesus Christ_ more often than I ever did in church. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2175 "2023-10-08T16:35:25Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I really have to give to the pubbies. GOP fundraiser/groomer!!! Oh…_hand it_…got it. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2176 "2023-10-08T17:45:08Z")
Don’t forget to mention this little dig. ““Families are struggling in the worst economy in decades” Really? Worst in decades? They’re really pushing this “bad economy” thing. The only way they win in 2024 is to convince everyone who isn’t a MAGA that things suck. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2177 "2023-10-09T18:48:59Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The bill could worsen graduation rates and hurt lower-income families, experts said, and could also be a way to replace some immigrant labor as Florida and other GOP-led states continue to crack down on undocumented workers. Strike ‘could’ and replace with ‘is designed to’ ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2178 "2023-10-10T14:43:04Z")
Jim Jordan as third in line with the nuke button - NOPE "Jim Jordan wants to be Speaker of the House. That’s right, the man who [once accused](https://www.newsweek.com/jim-jordon-lying-child-abortion-ohio-fact-check-1811545) a nine-year-old child rape victim of “lying” about the incident in order to get an abortion wants to be third in line to run the United States of America. This is a terrible idea for lots of reasons, such as valuing intelligence, a moral compass, reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ rights, and the Constitution of the United States of America." “The Ohio right-winger is up to his neck in the unforgivable attack on our Capitol. He didn’t just amplify the baseless falsehoods of a “stolen election” at every opportunity to stoke MAGA rage until it exploded on Jan. 6. Jordan also worked zealously behind the scenes to try to _steal_ a decided election for a megalomaniac who lost it fair and square. He advanced plans to scrap the people’s choice and install the _loser_ by having the vice president simply _discard_ electoral votes Republicans disapproved of. It was a sinister ploy to mortally wound our democratic republic. And almost did.” And the sex scandal at The Ohio State Univ. He’s denied involvement but the victims assert he had to be aware of the sex assaults. Alas, that’s not a disqualifying factor for today Republicants; even the front runner is poster boy for sex assault. > **[Shouldn’t we be hearing more about Jim Jordan and the Ohio State wrestling...](https://deadspin.com/jim-jordan-ohio-st-wrestling-sex-abuse-scandal-1850911739)** > > Allegations that he knew of the abuse and did nothing seem relevant to his trying to become third in line to the nuclear codes ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2179 "2023-10-10T15:18:15Z")
Hell, I hadn’t heard about the Ohio State thing until I started on the Dope. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2180 "2023-10-10T15:35:02Z")
This opinion piece lays out the GOP’s support of Israel vs. unconcern with Ukraine. I happen to agree with the points made here, and feel that it’s certainly an example of evil. Greed allowing them to pick and choose who dies and who gets our support. Please note, I’m not suggesting that we shouldn’t support Israel, just that their choice is stark in its hypocrisy. > **[Anti-Ukraine GOPers are being exposed by the Israel-Hamas conflict](https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/israel-hamas-republicans-anti-ukraine-aid-rcna119563)** > > Republicans who have denounced aid for Ukraine sound completely different now, calling for the U.S. to help Israel in its fight against Hamas. Why is that? ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2181 "2023-10-10T19:10:31Z")
> [@](#): > > # [North Carolina GOP uses gerrymandered supermajority to take over election boards and restrict voting](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/10/2173641/-North-Carolina-GOP-uses-gerrymandered-supermajority-to-take-over-election-boards-and-restrict-voting) > > North Carolina Republicans have used their [gerrymandered supermajorities](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/16/2169468/-Blame-GOP-gerrymandering-for-North-Carolina-s-new-abortion-restrictions) to [override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes](https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/using-new-veto-proof-supermajority-north-carolina-republicans-enact-two-laws-drastically-altering-elections/) of two bills that threaten voting rights and election integrity ahead of next year’s hotly contested elections. One of the newly enacted laws [strips Cooper of the power](https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S749) to shape election administration in the Tar Heel State, and [effectively transfers it to GOP elected officials](https://www.wunc.org/politics/2023-06-12/gop-lawmakers-want-to-pry-control-of-state-elections-board-from-governor). The other law directly [restricts access to voting](https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S747) and [quickly drew a federal lawsuit](https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/voting-rights-groups-challenge-part-of-new-north-carolina-voter-suppression-law/) moments after it was enacted. Lotsa anti-democratic (small “d”) nastiness in this article. > **[North Carolina GOP uses gerrymandered supermajority to take over election...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/10/2173641/-North-Carolina-GOP-uses-gerrymandered-supermajority-to-take-over-election-boards-and-restrict-voting?utm_campaign=recent)** > > North Carolina Republicans have used their gerrymandered supermajorities to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes of two bills that threaten voting rights and election integrity ahead of next year's hotly contested elections. One of the... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=110)