# 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:** 160
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3182 "2025-08-14T00:52:53Z")
They’ve obviously never been to BigBobGibson’s and had the bbq chicken with white sauce. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3183 "2025-08-19T23:51:42Z")
It’s not not big evil, but yet another little snip at freedom of the press and trust in them. And yes, I’m sure Scott Perry would fight against this stupid requirement if only he’d had the chance. > **[Journalists planning to cover McCormick, Perry event in Pa. must prove their...](https://www.pennlive.com/news/2025/08/journalists-planning-to-cover-mccormick-perry-event-in-pa-must-prove-their-us-citizenship.html)** > > One media attorney finds it problematic that members of the media who are not U.S. citizens are barred from covering an event at BAE Systems in York County on Tuesday featuring Sen. Dave McCormick, Rep. Scott Perry and other lawmakers. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3184 "2025-08-20T01:14:55Z")
My immediate split-second reaction was “meh.” Seems like a gray line that would be tough to get worked up over. But then I started thinking, wait, so, like, no BBC? That seems kind of fucked up. Maybe I could get worked up over it after all. ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3185 "2025-08-20T01:25:56Z")
> **[Federal Agents Are the New Proud Boys](https://newrepublic.com/article/199263/federal-agents-dc-takeover-proud-boys-far-right-violence)** > > It used to be far-right groups who flooded cities wearing masks and military gear, looking for a fight. Now it’s anonymous federal agents who are violently attacking people on the street. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3186 "2025-08-20T18:59:25Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > But then I started thinking, wait, so, like, no BBC? That seems kind of fucked up. Maybe I could get worked up over it after all. Or a Spanish-language channel. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3187 "2025-08-21T01:17:14Z")
Glad to see that article in a generally right-leaning publication. * * * Going after judges so they can’t find out what bad things your administration (and other shitty actors) have done? Evil enough for me. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-judge-icc-trump-1.7613704](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-judge-icc-trump-1.7613704) > [@](#): > > ICC jurists Nicolas Guillou of France, Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji and Mame Mandiaye Niang of Senegal were also sanctioned, with the State Department linking the decision to the [tribunal’s investigation into Israel’s actions](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/08/imposing-further-sanctions-in-response-to-the-iccs-ongoing-threat-to-americans-and-israelis) in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. As a result of the sanctions, any assets they hold in U.S. jurisdictions are frozen. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3188 "2025-08-22T21:27:51Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > My immediate split-second reaction was “meh.” Seems like a gray line that would be tough to get worked up over. You’re holding a fucking press conference to publicize some of the capabilities of the plant, and you’re worried about ITAR because some of the journalists aren’t citizens? Fuck that’s a piece of bullshit. I get ITAR is no joke and there’s no time to vet individuals. Maybe don’t hold a press conference? With those things they call “cameras”. It’s just one more stab at restricting the press. Only let favorable coverage. Punish anyone that doesn’t comply with your stupid shibboleths (Gulf of America). > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Going after judges so they can’t find out what bad things your administration (and other shitty actors) have done? Evil enough for me. This thread title has lost any hyperbole it might have once had. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3189 "2025-08-23T02:05:01Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > generally right-leaning publication. New Republic right-leaning? Really? All bias measure sites I’ve seen put them securely on the left. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3190 "2025-08-23T11:57:24Z")
Sometimes I confuse them with the National Review, just because of the initials. But they are very different publications, especially these days. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3191 "2025-08-23T13:22:46Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > This thread title has lost any hyperbole it might have once had. _Pffft_. It’s the most non-controversial thread title ever to grace this forum. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3192 "2025-08-28T00:07:02Z")
Geez, this guy must really hate Dairy Queen. But how does making them look bad help him? Looking for a payday? > **[NC county elections chair accused of putting cocaine, MDMA in granddaughters'...](https://www.wral.com/news/local/surry-board-elections-drug-ice-cream-wilmington-august-2025/)** > > The chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections was charged after Wilmington police said they found evidence he placed illegal narcotics in his granddaughters' ice cream. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3193 "2025-08-28T00:21:26Z")
Yeh, very likely planning a lawsuit threat to get a big payoff from Dairy Queen. Notice how he “found” the pills before his granddaughters ate the ice cream? ---
**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 15, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3194 "2025-09-15T01:51:22Z")
Marco Rubio is asking Congress for the power to revoke passports of US citizens with no due process. > **[New 'Thought Policing' Bill May Let Rubio Strip Passports from US Citizens...](https://www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-thought-policing-bill)** > > Free speech advocates fear a new bill could let the Secretary of State strip passports from US citizens based on their speech. "Rubio has claimed the power to designate people terrorist supporters based solely on what they think and say," one said. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3195 "2025-09-15T02:35:27Z")
That’s awfully polite for this administration. Asking permission, aww, I wanna pinch its cheeks! ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3196 "2025-09-15T08:09:19Z")
Let’s get JD Vance up on the ~~petard~~ podcast. **Vice President Vance says he will host ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’ on Monday** Nice of him to take a break from his vacations for this but can this guy do a single thing related to his $250,000/year job as Vice President of the United States of America? Deifying ~~Horst Wessel~~ Charlie Kirk seems to be the order of the day. Right out of the playbook of Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. > **[Horst Wessel](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel)** > > Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (9 October 1907 – 23 February 1930) was a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, who became a propaganda symbol in Nazi Germany following his murder in 1930 by two members of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). After his death, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels elevated him into a martyr for the Nazi Party. > Wessel first joined a number of youth groups and extreme right-wing paramilitary groups, but later resigned f... ---
**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3197 "2025-09-15T10:08:58Z")
For those stripped of their citizenship, will they have to pay the “exit tax”? Because I have a whole lot of things I’m willing to say about this administration if I have such an easy way out… 😜 (What I’m guessing’s more likely: all their US assets would be confiscated… 😭) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3198 "2025-09-15T11:24:53Z")
> [@SailorHG](#): > > (What I’m guessing’s more likely: all their US assets would be confiscated… 😭) Wedding rings and gold filings too. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3199 "2025-09-15T14:58:32Z")
And also gold fillings. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3200 "2025-09-15T20:40:19Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Let’s get JD Vance up on the ~~petard~~ podcast. > **Vice President Vance says he will host ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’ on Monday** Where he and others in the administration proceeded to threaten left-wing groups, stoke conspiracy theories, and no doubt encourage more violence (gift link): [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/jd-vance-charlie-kirk-show.html?smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/jd-vance-charlie-kirk-show.html?smid=url-share) > Trump administration officials on Monday responded to the activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination by threatening to bring the weight of the federal government down on what they alleged was a left-wing network that funds and incites violence, seizing on the killing to make broad and unsubstantiated claims about their political opponents. > The White House and President Trump’s allies suggested that he was part of a coordinated movement that was fomenting violence against conservatives — without presenting evidence that such a network existed. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3201 "2025-09-15T23:26:47Z")
Yes, Vance declared there was a radical leftist agenda of violence and hate and that the only way to stop it was for good Republicans to bring this country together by … … continuing their rightwing agenda of violence and hate? … wait, good Republicans? … oh, unleashing the Justice Department to go after them. In other words, we have our fig leaf, now all Dems and lefties beware. I’m trying to figure out how they will target gun control groups as violent, but I’m sure it won’t be logical. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=159) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=161)