# 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:** 32
**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:** [June 12, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/621 "2021-06-12T22:34:55Z")
And _still_ no elaborations - fine. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/622 "2021-06-12T22:45:45Z")
# _Newly leaked letter details allegations that Southern Baptist leaders mishandled sex abuse claims_ _New allegations about the mishandling of sex abuse claims at the highest levels of the Southern Baptist Convention were made public in a recent [letter](https://baptistblog.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/rdm-final-letter.pdf) between two high-profile leaders that was obtained Friday by The Washington Post._ _While such allegations have been made by several women in the past, the letter includes new details from internal conversations, alleging that some institutional leaders bullied a sexual abuse victim, who was called a “whore,” and described in detail how many leaders resisted sexual abuse reforms._ (Sorry - this is a long article and it’s hard to cherry-pick the most relevant stuff) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/623 "2021-06-12T23:01:23Z")
The Southern Baptist leadership and institutions are just corrupt and immoral as Catholic leadership and institutions, if not worse. Hopefully this is finally coming to light. These are the direct descendants, both philosophically and sometimes literally, from the Dixiecrats back through Jim Crow and the Confederacy. The very worst of America, in other words. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/624 "2021-06-14T15:58:49Z")
Here’s an interesting development > [@](#): > > [Now Ohio GOP wants to “asset test” the poor](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/14/2035164/-Now-Ohio-GOP-wants-to-asset-test-the-poor) > > The GOP just can’t quit its desire to keep bashing the poors. It’s evil. From the “you can’t make this shit up” files, [here’s the new proposal](https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/06/14/senate-budget-calls-for-asset-tests-for-poor-ohioans-seeking-food-stamps/) out of Ohio’s GOP-controlled Senate: > > > The Ohio Senate added to its budget proposal a provision requiring the state to cut off food stamp assistance for poor Ohioans if their households save up $2,250 or more. > > > > It also imposes a requirement known as “change reporting.” This forces Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program clients to report every fluctuation in income — things like extra shifts at work or picking up odd jobs — worth $500 or more within 30 days. > > That’s right. And lest you think for a moment there’s some other rationale here — some conspiracy theory about fraud or tax implications or technicalities — nope. It’s just that someone who can cobble together $2,250 just isn’t poor enough, period. Senate Republicans stated that the new measure was needed to “ensure the food aid only goes to the truly needy.” (Also: “$2,250”? Not even a round number?? $2,500 was just too high? Amazing.) > **[Now Ohio GOP wants to "asset test" the poor](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/14/2035164/-Now-Ohio-GOP-wants-to-asset-test-the-poor?utm_campaign=trending)** > > The GOP just can’t quit its desire to keep bashing the poors. It’s evil. From the “you can’t make this shit up” files, here’s the new proposal out of Ohio’s GOP-controlled Senate: The Ohio Senate added to its budget proposal a provision requiring... ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/625 "2021-06-14T16:02:27Z")
To be fair, if I must, New Jersey’s SNAP program already has that. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/626 "2021-06-14T16:04:46Z")
The latest from Mitch McConnell: If the GOP retakes control of the Senate in 2022, not only would Biden be blocked from filling a hypothetical Supreme Court vacancy _in **all** of **2024,** _ the same obstruction in all of 20 fucking 23 is also on the table. > ---
**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:** [June 14, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/627 "2021-06-14T16:28:38Z")
Said another way, no R-controlled senate will ever approve a D-nominated judge or justice. Then again, whenever in the future the Rs gain control of the senate there will never be another D president, period. At best there will be a final _de facto_ lame duck D prez for 2 or 4 years, unable to pass anything on any topic. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/628 "2021-06-14T17:49:44Z")
Apparently, Ex-congressman Dana Rohrabacher was at the January 6th Insurrection: > Previously it was known he was a speaker. Now he’s been identified among the Insurrectionists. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/629 "2021-06-14T18:48:55Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Said another way, no R-controlled senate will ever approve a D-nominated judge or justice. > > Then again, whenever in the future the Rs gain control of the senate there will never be another D president, period. At best there will be a final _de facto_ lame duck D prez for 2 or 4 years, unable to pass anything on any topic. Then they should be honest and pass it as a law or Senate resolution. Resolved: “Democrat” is such an anathema we, the Republican party, can lo longer answer to any democratically elected government. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/630 "2021-06-14T18:59:49Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Then they should be honest… And lose their supporters? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/631 "2021-06-14T19:37:07Z")
What part of that resolution above would get anything but a “Fuck, yeah!” from their supporters? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/632 "2021-06-14T20:41:41Z")
One of the key attributes of a long-lasting authoritarian regime is to keep up an almost entirely seamless veneer of respectability in their written laws. Where they happily go off the deep end is in how they apply them. Having a written law against traitors is pretty normal. Enforcing it on anyone who refuses to sing _all_ the verses of the Heil oh Mighty Trump! song every morning is not. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/633 "2021-06-21T22:30:38Z")
I guess the reason the 'Pubs thing there was fraud going on is that so many or their numbers commit fraud. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nc-political-operative-at-center-of-2018-election-scandal-pleads-guilty-to-disability-fraud/ar-AALhTxm?li=BBnb7Kz](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nc-political-operative-at-center-of-2018-election-scandal-pleads-guilty-to-disability-fraud/ar-AALhTxm?li=BBnb7Kz) He screws up an election, gets paid AND commits disability fraud at the same time. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/634 "2021-06-21T22:42:24Z")
More projection than a multiplex. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/635 "2021-06-23T21:25:47Z")
Another hypocrite. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-officials-curious-explanation-on-why-he-voted-for-trump-—-on-behalf-of-his-dead-father/ar-AALmqSF?li=BBnbfcL](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-officials-curious-explanation-on-why-he-voted-for-trump-%e2%80%94-on-behalf-of-his-dead-father/ar-AALmqSF?li=BBnbfcL) Lame-ass excuses for committing voter fraud while trying to deprive others of voting entirely. > Snodgrass has provided contrasting explanations of his actions, claiming on one hand that, “I was simply trying to execute a dying man’s wishes.” While on the other hand has claimed, “I was sleep-deprived and not thinking clearly. But I’m not going to run away from it.” ---
**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:** [June 23, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/637 "2021-06-23T21:43:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Snodgrass has provided contrasting explanations of his actions, claiming on one hand that, “I was simply trying to execute a dying man’s wishes.” No; he was dead. Not dying: dead. Stop lying. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/638 "2021-06-24T15:57:50Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > No; he was dead. Not dying: dead. Stop lying. Two people can keep a secret, if one of them is dead. For all we know, his father hated Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/639 "2021-06-24T20:20:45Z")
I mean, it was his wish while he was dying. I’m gonna allow it. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/640 "2021-06-24T20:55:41Z")
I’m not going to allow it: votes from dead people don’t count. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/641 "2021-06-24T21:13:48Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > He screws up an election, gets paid AND commits disability fraud at the same time. - Multi-tasking! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=33)