# 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:** 38
**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 5, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/742 "2021-08-05T22:22:32Z")
Probably posted elsewhere - the newest Lincoln Project vid. Great / maddening / fucking gross as ever. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7wsv_tVy9SA/hqdefault.jpg "Last Week In The Republican Party – August 4th, 2021") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wsv_tVy9SA) ---
**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:** [August 6, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/743 "2021-08-06T00:29:58Z")
> **[Newt Gingrich Is Afraid 'The Left' Will Replace 'Classic Americans' With...](https://www.theroot.com/newt-gingrich-is-afraid-the-left-will-replace-classic-a-1847431320)** > > Conservatives are concerned the culture wars will cause whiteness to be phased out as the default dominant culture in America. The rest of us can only hope. “The anti-American left would love to drown **traditional, classic Americans** with as many people as they can who know nothing of American history, nothing of American tradition, nothing of the rule of law,” Gingrich said. “When you go and look at the radical left, this is their ideal model. It’s to get rid of the rest of us because we believe in George Washington or we believe in the Constitution. You see this behavior over and over again.” Now obviously, Gingrich was being very careful to use words like “traditional” and “classic Americans,” because coming right out and saying “white people” would make him a white nationalist and white nationalism doesn’t exist—or haven’t you heard?" Are you a traditional American? Perhaps a classic American? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/744 "2021-08-06T05:43:35Z")
Here’s hoping Dolly Parton sues the fat bitch for ruining “Jolene”. ---
**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 6, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/745 "2021-08-06T07:16:36Z")
Not their best effort IMHO. Just a bunch of disconnected sound bites, with no clear centralized message other than “Republicans, they be doofuses”. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/746 "2021-08-08T13:44:17Z")
I’ve also seen the terms “national cohesion” and “respect for unique American traditions” bandied about recently from people who are enamored by this asshole Orban. Subtlety has left the building. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/747 "2021-08-08T19:12:10Z")
Why is Desantis actively trying to kill children in Florida? It has gone beyond simply failing to protect them…. Now he is actually working hard to kill them. I guess he figures this strategy will get him re elected. Or on a presidential ticket. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/748 "2021-08-08T20:52:14Z")
This is where I see the Republican party ultimately going. A minority party has to behave tribally. But first the tribe has to be defined, which is why I think they will become more and more racist. It might be anti-immigrant more so than hatred of blacks but to ignorant, bigoted whites, what’s the difference? This is why the Clarence Thomases, Herschel Walkers, and Candace Owens of the world are wrong about how welcome they are in the party. They’re welcome just long enough to depress the Black vote. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/749 "2021-08-08T20:53:41Z")
I’ve wondered the same. He kinda wavered a little on vaccines but he’s drawing the line there. Florida schools open soon - may have opened already - and that promises to be a tsunami of shit. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/750 "2021-08-08T22:54:56Z")
I guess the GOP think tank is already making plans to blame others for the preventable children’s deaths that they will cause. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/751 "2021-08-08T23:03:47Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I guess the GOP think tank is already making plans to blame others for the preventable children’s deaths that they will cause. - It’s a sacrifice they’re willing to let others make. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/752 "2021-08-09T22:09:30Z")
Probably varies by county, but Hillsborough County’s (Tampa and environs) school year begins tomorrow. (My wife grew up there, and still has family there.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/753 "2021-08-09T22:12:19Z")
Lately, the story they’ve coalesced around is that it’s all the fault of the hordes of illegal immigrants flooding across the southern border. I wonder how that works in Florida. Key West must really be a hellhole these days! ---
**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:** [August 9, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/754 "2021-08-09T23:50:10Z")
[# Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says state education board can move to withhold the salaries of supervisors and board members who implement mask mandates](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-gov-ron-desantis-says-state-education-board-can-move-to-withhold-the-salaries-of-supervisors-and-board-members-who-implement-mask-mandates/ar-AAN7DDh?li=BBnb7Kz) Smug son of a bitch trying his best to kill Floridians. if there are any Republicans reading…fuck you. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/755 "2021-08-10T00:00:07Z")
Death cult. That’s all it is now. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/756 "2021-08-10T00:42:28Z")
School Officials agree: DeSantis is a dick. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/school-board-member-responds-to-desantis-threat/vi-AAN7TKq](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/school-board-member-responds-to-desantis-threat/vi-AAN7TKq) ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/757 "2021-08-10T00:59:45Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > “The anti-American left would love to drown **traditional, classic Americans** with as many people as they can who know nothing of American history, nothing of American tradition, nothing of the rule of law,” Gingrich said. “When you go and look at the radical left, this is their ideal model. **It’s to get rid of the rest of us because we believe in George Washington or we believe in the Constitution.** You see this behavior over and over again.” > > Now obviously, Gingrich was being very careful to use words like “traditional” and “classic Americans,” because coming right out and saying “white people” would make him a white nationalist and white nationalism doesn’t exist—or haven’t you heard?" > > Are you a traditional American? Perhaps a classic American? The lie here is particularly galling. George Washington believed in leaving the presidency peacefully when his term was up. The Constitution clearly outlines the process for a peaceful transfer of power after a presidential election. Newt Gingrich clearly doesn’t believe in either one of those unless it benefits Trump. ---
**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 10, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/758 "2021-08-10T01:57:45Z")
This retaliatory shit that Desantis and Abbot are pulling will give them their own hell-circle soon enough. Fucking sadistic. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/759 "2021-08-10T10:53:52Z")
It ought to make people outraged but it only outrages those who oppose him, which is the point. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/760 "2021-08-10T16:40:14Z")
I live in Tennessee! Typical. Stoopid, evil Republicans… ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/761 "2021-08-10T18:30:54Z")
It outrages folks when you drill a hole in your end of the boat as well. They’re fucking idiots. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=39)