# 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:** 137
**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:** [May 5, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2722 "2024-05-05T20:51:39Z")
As if we need yet more evidence: > **[GOP official argues in favor of child marriage: Girls are ‘ripe’ and ‘fertile’](https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/05/gop-official-argues-in-favor-of-child-marriage-girls-are-ripe-and-fertile.html)** > > Twenty states don't set minimum age for girls to marry > One of those voting against was [Representative Jess Edwards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Edwards), whose comments sparked immediate gasps from colleagues. > > “… If we continually restrict the freedom of marriage as a legitimate social option, when we do this to people who are a ripe, fertile age and may have a pregnancy and a baby involved, are we not, in fact, making abortion a much more desirable alternative, when marriage might be the right solution for some freedom-loving couples?” [he said](https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1786751662935380205). ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2723 "2024-05-05T21:27:34Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > As if we need yet more evidence: > [@](#): > > “… are we not, in fact, making abortion a much more desirable alternative, when marriage might be the right solution for some freedom-loving couples?” [he said](https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1786751662935380205). Why do you hate freedom? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2724 "2024-05-05T21:37:10Z")
I heard some asshole republican on POTUS today (only for about 10 minutes) say that he refuses to pay for abortions. His other complaint was that women are deliberately getting pregnant so the ‘state’ will support them. I had to turn it off, I was driving. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2725 "2024-05-06T10:42:51Z")
Unreal: > **[Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/05/05/biden-cancer-moonshot-initiative-congress-funding/73525016007/)** > > The Moonshot program was the largest, organized effort by the U.S. government to find cancer cures. Congress voted it down. > However, with the ever-present dysfunction of Congress, maybe predictably, the program has been stalled. Some Republicans, refusing to give Biden a “win,” voted against the renewal of funding. > > Even though this would be a win for all Americans – and humanity – it apparently did not outweigh the politics of making a Democrat look good. This is the definition of party over country. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2726 "2024-05-06T11:04:48Z")
Well, Trump has often been called “a cancer on America”, so, of course, they’d vote against this. You don’t want the government standing between you and your oncologist, after all. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2727 "2024-05-07T08:07:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Some Republicans, refusing to give Biden a “win,” voted against the renewal of funding. Just based on the fact that [cancer is number two on the list of causes of death](https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/all-injuries/deaths-by-demographics/all-leading-causes-of-death/#:~:text=The%20top%20three%20leading%20causes,Preventable%20Injury) in the USA should possibly suggest to those Republicans opposing, that they may well die of cancer. I mean to a certain extent, problem solved, as least as far as they are concerned. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2728 "2024-05-07T13:56:42Z")
> Sometimes they’re evil, and sometimes they’re just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2729 "2024-05-07T14:43:33Z")
The repubs want to turn us into China! And, they’re stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2730 "2024-05-07T15:58:14Z")
> “The minute that goes away, this country will flourish,” McEntee told Knowles. And only Trump can fix it. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2731 "2024-05-07T16:00:36Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Sometimes they’re evil, and sometimes they’re just stupid. I mean, all you have to do is sign up for Covenant Eyes. Problem solved! ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2732 "2024-05-07T17:19:29Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Sometimes they’re evil, and sometimes they’re just stupid. Different thread. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2733 "2024-05-07T23:00:45Z")
If they think this is going to stop masturbation, they don’t have much imagination. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2734 "2024-05-08T01:00:55Z")
They want a 21st century version of Puritan Massachusetts. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2735 "2024-05-08T02:08:30Z")
And no doubt they dream of burning witches, conveniently ignoring the fact that Salem witches were hanged or in one case [pressed to death](https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2020/10/the-crushing-death-of-giles-corey-of-salem-1692/). It was those effete Europeans who burned witches at the stake. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2736 "2024-05-08T02:55:41Z")
But only if they weighted as much as a duck! `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2737 "2024-05-08T04:55:28Z")
Sadly nothing about that surprises me. Conservatives have long used sex related issues as a wedge to separate people. Sex is a natural human function. It feels good and it’s fun, because nature both wants us to procreate and it serves as a pair bonding activity, which encourages close knit communities. In conservatives addled, selfish, hateful , hypocritical thinking anything that encourages fun or self liberation is evil. Because control is there ultimate aim. People can’t be allowed to do anything with their own bodies without their say so, and that goes regardless of which side of the camera you’re on. I’m sure it feeds some way into their evident hatred for women’s bodies/freewill and healthcare as well. People can’t be allowed autonomy over their own bodies. It’s a pattern. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2738 "2024-05-08T05:00:26Z")
I think we now know why Noem published the story about her dispatching a puppy: [she knows Trump loves killers](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-privately-tells-donors-kristi-140551934.html). > Trump privately tells donors Kristi Noem ‘is somebody that I love’ after she bragged about killing her dog Let’s check the latest contenders for his adoration: Putin, killer Kim, killer Noem, killer Seems to be a pattern here. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2739 "2024-05-08T07:04:40Z")
I can’t help but think when I read things like this that Trump and his closest allies are going to overreach _again_, win or lose. Not a guarantee, of course, and not something to be tested, but this level of huffing one’s own fumes has to raise an eyebrow. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2740 "2024-05-08T13:32:40Z")
Which is interesting, because Puritans were apparently fine with sex, just not sex outside of marriage. So they’d presumably have some points of disagreement with modern conservatives. And abortion was fairly common-even Ben Franklin included an abortion aid in one of his books. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2741 "2024-05-09T12:11:19Z")
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