# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/862 "2021-10-09T13:57:00Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Here’s a name to remember > > [GOP doc dispenses sketchy medical advice on virus immunity | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-pandemics-congress-7466507d8f33fbc94a4c5bf0f329f6a2) Marshall was a two-term Congressman, who rarely spoke out about anything. But once he was elected Senator, he’s been one of the loudest and most obnoxious of the QOP. AIUI, he’s no longer practicing medicine, but that certainly doesn’t stop him from proclaiming that he’s a doctor and thus knows everything about everything. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/863 "2021-10-11T16:14:36Z")
No lie is too great, even ones that are are contradicted by our own eyes. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-trump-endorsed-candidate-for-arizona-governor-is-claiming-that-the-january-6-capitol-rioters-were-invited-in-by-capitol-police/ar-AAPmvVb?li=BBnb7Kz](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-trump-endorsed-candidate-for-arizona-governor-is-claiming-that-the-january-6-capitol-rioters-were-invited-in-by-capitol-police/ar-AAPmvVb?li=BBnb7Kz) ---
**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:** [October 11, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/864 "2021-10-11T16:56:48Z")
> [@Business Insider](#): > > Lake is a **former TV anchor** who Trump endorsed [after she called for his face to be added to Mount Rushmore](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-endorsed-az-governor-candidate-who-wants-him-on-mount-rushmore-2021-9). (Bolding mine.) KSAZ-TV, Fox 10. 'Nuff said. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/865 "2021-10-11T17:15:24Z")
“Kari Lake, Trump’s pick for Arizona governor, parroted a debunked claim at Trump’s Iowa rally, saying the Capitol rioters were “invited in.”” I’d agree - by Biggs and Gosar, most likely. Someday, I hope they have to testify about the “tours” they gave on Jan 5. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/866 "2021-10-11T17:17:25Z")
I still want to know who ripped out the panic buttons in certain Democrats’ offices ahead of the riot. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/867 "2021-10-11T22:31:45Z")
That’s the first time I’ve ever heard that! In fact, thinking about it, I didn’t know they had a panic buttons… ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/868 "2021-10-12T08:43:51Z")
They do, but on investigation it seems to be only Ayanna Pressley who reported this. [Snopes says](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pressley-panic-buttons/) that they can’t confirm that it happened, but Pressley’s office certainly claimed it. > [@](#): > > Citing an interview with Pressley’s chief of staff, Sarah Groh, The Boston Globe [reported](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/13/nation/it-was-like-looking-evil-capitol-attack-through-eyes-massachusetts-delegation/) on Jan. 13: > > _As people rushed out of other buildings on the Capitol grounds, staffers in Pressley’s office barricaded the entrance with furniture and water jugs that had piled up during the pandemic. Groh pulled out gas masks and looked for the special panic buttons in the office._ > > _ **“Every panic button in my office had been torn out — the whole unit,”** she said, though they could come up with no rationale as to why. She had used them before and hadn’t switched offices since then. As they were escorted to several different secure locations, Groh and Pressley and her husband tried to remain calm and vigilant — not only of rioters but of officers they did not know or trust, she said._ There is [some speculation that it wasn’t related to the riot](https://www.jamaicaplainnews.com/2021/04/23/why-were-panic-buttons-missing-from-congresswoman-pressleys-office-during-capitol-siege/273289), but who knows. Perhaps I’m overreacting. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/869 "2021-10-14T23:34:23Z")
🙄 Missouri: > **[Missouri gov slams paper for uncovering data security flaw](https://apnews.com/article/technology-education-hacking-missouri-newspapers-6f730cb3ac61ad4cf120e7702a789d6b)** > > JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday condemned one of Missouri's largest newspapers for exposing a flaw in a state database that allowed public access to thousands of teachers' Social Security numbers, even though the... ---
**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:** [October 21, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/870 "2021-10-21T21:32:17Z")
Evil or stupid… 🤔 Hmmm… can it be both? > **[Oklahoma GOP leaders upset over nonbinary birth certificate](https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-326171b895c1fb19c209c80cfabd3a51)** > > OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and other Republican leaders expressed outrage Thursday after learning the State Department of Health issued a birth certificate this year with a nonbinary gender designation. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/871 "2021-10-22T15:35:32Z")
“I believe that people are created by God to be male or female. Period,” Stitt said in a statement. And I believe that there should be separation of church and state. Period. Fuck your feelings, governor. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/872 "2021-10-22T16:02:47Z")
> **[‘Delinquent’ Matt Gaetz Blocked from Practicing Law](https://www.thedailybeast.com/delinquent-matt-gaetz-currently-blocked-from-practicing-law)** > > Matt Gaetz is facing an investigation for underage sex trafficking and has had fundraising slow down to a drip. Now he’s been deemed ineligible to practice law in Florida. Of Course the Florida Bar kicked out Matt Gaetz…! ( His date was WAY under age… ) ---
**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:** [October 22, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/873 "2021-10-22T16:14:52Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > "Kari Lake, Trump’s pick for Arizona governor, parroted a debunked claim at Trump’s Iowa rally, saying **the Capitol rioters were “invited in.”"** > > I’d agree - by Biggs and Gosar, most likely. Someday, I hope they have to testify about the “tours” they gave on Jan 5. - Gotta wonder why they were smashing down doors and breaking windows to get in. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/874 "2021-10-22T17:58:26Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > “I believe that people are created by God to be male or female. Period,” Given the well established existence of hermaphrodites, it appears that God doesn’t I believe that people are created by God to be male or female. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/875 "2021-10-22T18:19:53Z")
God isn’t very good at this, is He? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/876 "2021-10-22T18:22:59Z")
Can God create a moron so stupid even God can’t convince him to change his mind? Apparently, yes. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/877 "2021-10-22T18:40:19Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Gotta wonder why they were smashing down doors and breaking windows to get in. Over-enthusiastic, no doubt. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/878 "2021-10-22T18:46:34Z")
Excited Delirium. I use that excuse when I post dumb stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/879 "2021-10-22T18:58:55Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Can God create a moron so stupid even God can’t convince him to change his mind? > > Apparently, yes. No, God created him, but the truly stupid came from Faux News. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/880 "2021-10-22T19:05:21Z")
Not only Did Gaetz lose his ability to practice law, he also seems to be high on cocaine. > **[Matt Gaetz Claims 'Someone May Be Trying To Kill Me' In Bizarre Rant On The...](https://www.comicsands.com/matt-gaetz-hitman-doj-claim-2655337187.html?fbclid=IwAR2XcousCoC_5zbyOF8JDyWN-QkHPzwx1owMIhoYeC-CxHqjUv3gXhKEsms)** > > Matt Gaetz claimed someone is trying to kill him and the Department of Justice has declined to investigate. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/881 "2021-10-22T19:38:04Z")
😃 Scrolled thru some comments and saw **Cal** ’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=45)