# 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:** 28
**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 11, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/541 "2021-05-11T10:47:47Z")
That’s been the gerrymandering endgame for years. Pin down the right number of states for just long enough, and rewrite the whole shebang to set minority rule in stone. It’s a nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/542 "2021-05-11T12:29:23Z")
“You know what the real problem with our elections is? They’re not unrepresentative _enough._” ---
**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:** [May 11, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/543 "2021-05-11T23:28:11Z")
Another Randy Rainbow masterpiece detailing the current state of the Republican party, let’s cut the shit: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/07II_EJlcYg/maxresdefault.jpg "Clang, Clang, Clang Went Josh Hawley! - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07II_EJlcYg) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/544 "2021-05-11T23:36:44Z")
“Calm down, Mr. Fister.” 😆 ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/545 "2021-05-11T23:42:04Z")
They might as well replace the elephant as the symbol of their party with the COVID ball. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/546 "2021-05-12T00:28:47Z")
How do we get Randy Rainbow declared a National Treasure? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/547 "2021-05-12T03:09:59Z")
I’ll do it: Randy Rainbow is a National Treasure. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/548 "2021-05-12T03:45:50Z")
Seconded. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/549 "2021-05-12T08:48:44Z")
I do declare! ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/550 "2021-05-12T12:21:23Z")
It’s easy to admire Liz Cheney’s principled stand on democracy, but, as this piece points out, she helped to bring the current situation about: > [@](#): > > **Liz Cheney Helped Create Donald Trump’s GOP** > > **The Wyoming representative is now standing up to the president’s lies, but from flirting with birthers to pushing anti-Muslim rhetoric, she long stood with him.** > > … > > In recent weeks, pundits and political writers have called Cheney “[the conscience of Republicans](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/12/politics/liz-cheney-donald-trump-impeachment-vote/index.html),” a “[martyr](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57004042)” and a “[symbol of courage](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/05/05/rep-liz-cheney-symbol-courage-trump-big-lie-column/4942615001/),” and have bemoaned “[a party that lost its way](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cheney-republicans/2021/05/04/fa942f58-ad30-11eb-ab4c-986555a1c511_story.html).” She’s been gaining anti-Trump admirers who like her courage and see her as a voice of reason. > > But make no mistake ― Cheney helped bring the Republican Party to the place it is today. She, like many other Republicans, encouraged Trump or looked the other way until it was too late. > **[Liz Cheney Helped Create Donald Trump's GOP](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/liz-cheney-republican-party-create_n_609579c7e4b0f73e530d4b2e)** > > The Wyoming representative is now standing up to the president's lies, but from flirting with birthers to pushing anti-Muslim rhetoric, she long stood with him. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/551 "2021-05-12T12:33:46Z")
She’s the highest level dupe of the Leopard Eating People’s Faces party. She never thought they’d eat her face! ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/552 "2021-05-12T12:37:27Z")
> [@](#): > > **Texas GOP Passes Bill To Stop Teachers From Talking About Racism** > > [Republicans](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/republican-party) in the Texas House passed a bill Tuesday that effectively bans public school teachers from talking about racism, white supremacy or current news events. > > The bill, which is being fast-tracked to Republican Gov. [Greg Abbott](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/greg-abbott) to sign into law, states that social studies and civics teachers aren’t allowed to discuss the concept that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex,” or the idea that “an individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex.” > > It also states that social studies and civics teachers “may not be compelled to discuss current events or widely debated and currently controversial issues of public policy or social affairs” as part of a course. > > The legislation, which [passed 79-65](https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/RecordVote.aspx?LegSess=87R&Bill=HB03979&RcdVtNo=982&Ch=H&Dt=5/11/2021%2012:00:00%20AM) almost entirely along party lines, doesn’t explicitly use the word “ban.” But it might as well. > > “The bill is written in kind of a clever way,” said Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, a vocal critic of the bill. “You can talk about race in the classroom, but you can’t talk about privilege or white supremacy. It doesn’t outright ban talking about race, but the idea is to put in landmines so any conversation about race in the classroom would be impossible.” > **[Texas GOP Passes Bill To Stop Teachers From Talking About Racism](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-republicans-ban-teachers-racism_n_609a96c8e4b063dccea1a3ef)** > > "It's going to have a chilling effect on social studies and civics teachers across the state," said Democratic state Rep. James Talarico. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/553 "2021-05-12T12:41:21Z")
Or what, tho? The bill doesn’t list any penalties. I mean, yeah, it’s reprehensible as all fuck but there are no penalties described for violating the law. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/554 "2021-05-12T13:56:00Z")
I’m waiting for all the “cancel culture” enthusiasts to chime in on this. Also on the removal of Liz Cheney from her leadership position. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/555 "2021-05-12T14:05:13Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I’m waiting for all the “cancel culture” enthusiasts to chime in on this. Well, just remember, as Kevin McCarthy just wrote in his statement about Liz Cheney > [@](#): > > We are a big tent party. We represent Americans of all backgrounds. … And unlike the left, we embrace free thought and debate. I’m sure that suppressing any mention of race or racism is fully in line with embracing free thought and debate. Unlike that dastardly Left Wing. > **[Kevin McCarthy Says 'Big Tent Party' Is Ready To Purge Liz Cheney](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kevin-mccarthy-liz-cheney-recall-vote_n_60998febe4b012351604bcb5)** > > It's official: The House Republican Conference will vote Wednesday on whether to recall its chair, Rep. Liz Cheney. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/556 "2021-05-12T14:08:05Z")
I know satire is dead, but saying that the party embraces free thought and debate while demoting Liz Cheney for telling the truth about the election is really something. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/557 "2021-05-12T14:55:04Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > We are a big tent party. We represent Americans of all backgrounds. … And unlike the left, we embrace free thought and debate. Well sure! It’s like Bob’s Country Bunker where they play both kinds of music; Country AND Western. Today’s Republicans have all sorts of different folks in their “big tent party”; Trump idolators, those who love Trump, some who think Trump is great, and others who love Trump. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/558 "2021-05-12T14:57:12Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Today’s Republicans have all sorts of different folks in their “big tent party”; Trump idolators, those who love Trump, some who think Trump is great, and others who love Trump. - All driven by a singular desire to osculate Trump’s backside. ---
**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 12, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/559 "2021-05-12T14:57:30Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > those who love Trump, … and others who love Trump. Splitter! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/560 "2021-05-12T16:30:47Z")
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