# 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:** 60
**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 18, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1182 "2022-05-18T14:42:30Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > But get this. Speaking of empathy and the lack thereof, he said that although he was a conservative, he still thought “the government should help people.” Pretty sure that there was an implied “like me” at the end of his sentence. **Just\_Asking\_Questions** is pretty accurate. At the core, conservatives are all about selfishness, and what they can get for themselves. They have no capacity to think of others, or what would be best for the community as a whole (that’s “socialism”!). They are fundamentally like small children, unable to grasp that other people have feelings or needs. ---
**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 18, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1183 "2022-05-18T20:15:42Z")
This just in > [@](#): > > [Dept. of Defense Inspector General Determines Col. Vindman was Victim of Illegal Retaliation](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/5/18/2098784/-Dept-of-Defense-Inspector-General-Determines-Col-Vindman-was-Victim-of-Illegal-Retaliation) > … > > It’s not like this is a surprise — it was obvious to the world that the Trump misadministration was lashing out wildly against the heroic whistleblower who helped uncover TFG’s attempt to blackmail Ukraine into manufacturing dirt on Biden. Heck — you’ll remember TFG even got Vindman’s twin brother fired, just because! ([www.businessinsider.com/…](https://www.businessinsider.com/yevgeny-vindman-ousted-white-house-same-time-as-alex-2020-2)) > > But this now means the Justice Department, or whatever the Miltitary Legal System is, now has permission, if not a duty, to act. An I.G. has determined a crime was committed. > May this be just one of several nails aimed straight at TFG and his highest henchmen. > **[Dept. of Defense Inspector General Determines Col. Y. Vindman was Victim of...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/5/18/2098784/-Dept-of-Defense-Inspector-General-Determines-Col-Vindman-was-Victim-of-Illegal-Retaliation?utm_campaign=trending)** > > From the Twitter feed of Benjamin Wittes: Here is a screen shot of the conclusion of the Inspector General’s report: Read the whole report here: www.dodig.mil/… It’s not like this is a surprise — it was obvious to the world that the Trump... ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1184 "2022-05-18T21:45:26Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > This just in > > > [@](#): > > > > [Dept. of Defense Inspector General Determines Col. Vindman was Victim of Illegal Retaliation](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/5/18/2098784/-Dept-of-Defense-Inspector-General-Determines-Col-Vindman-was-Victim-of-Illegal-Retaliation) This requires some clarification, which is mentioned in the story but seemingly as an afterthought – Alexander Vindman was the whistleblower. His identical twin brother, Yevgeny, had nothing to do with it. Yet they were _both_ drummed out of the service. The report says that Yevgeny was the one who was wrongfully fired. (Although it seems that Alex was wrongly fired too, since there is supposed to be some protection for whistleblowers.) ---
**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 18, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1185 "2022-05-18T23:28:19Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > The report says that Yevgeny was the one who was wrongfully fired. Does the report specify who exactly did the firing? And are they still in the Dept. of Defense? Because if so, they should be shown the door IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1186 "2022-05-18T23:35:19Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Does the report specify who exactly did the firing? And are they still in the Dept. of Defense? Because if so, they should be shown the door IMO.   Don’t know. The article I linked, from Daily KOS, is something of a summary, but maybe if you follow some of the links there to read the full DoD Inspector General report, maybe it says. The article does quote an excerpt saying that no action is recommended against the Administration officials who were behind this, as they are no longer in the Administration. The article itself admits of some confusion between the two Vindmen. The caption below the photo reads: > [@](#): > > Vindicated (update: this is actually a photo of the other twin, Alex. He was also likely illegally retaliated against for whistleblowing. Today’s DoD Inspector General Report, however, concerns his twin brother, Yevgeny Vindman.) But no matter that they posted the wrong picture. They both look alike anyway, right? ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1187 "2022-05-19T00:37:47Z")
An Inspector General report will not name names. At most it will say “an Executive” took an action. ---
**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 19, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1188 "2022-05-19T02:44:39Z")
> [@lum\_s\_husband](#): > > At most it will say “an Executive” took an action. “the Executive” should have his ass sued off for wrongful dismissal. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1189 "2022-05-20T19:47:21Z")
> **[Ginni Thomas Asked Arizona Lawmakers to Overturn Their 2020 Election Results](https://jezebel.com/ginni-thomas-asked-arizona-lawmakers-to-overturn-their-1848955258)** > > Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' MAGA spouse is facing yet another scandal. Not only canoodling with Mark Meadows, she took on badgering the Arizona traitors. I’m sure Justice Thomas will be counseling her about, "…society is “becoming addicted to wanting particular outcomes, not living with the outcomes we don’t like.” - His own words. Alas, no hell black enough for them to rot in. ---
**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 22, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1190 "2022-05-22T15:04:29Z")
> **[Louisiana Senator: Our Maternal Death Rates Are Only Bad If You Count Black...](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/bill-cassidy-maternal-mortality-rates)** > > “If you correct our population for race, we’re not as much of an outlier as it’d otherwise appear.” It’s a subtle kind of evil, but evil nevertheless. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1191 "2022-05-22T17:20:21Z")
The maternal death rates are only bad if you count women. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1192 "2022-05-22T17:37:00Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Ginni Thomas Asked Arizona Lawmakers to Overturn Their 2020 Election Results](https://jezebel.com/ginni-thomas-asked-arizona-lawmakers-to-overturn-their-1848955258) > > Not only canoodling with Mark Meadows, she took on badgering the Arizona traitors. Ginni Thomas is basically a one-woman electoral fraud machine. She can’t be bargained with. She can’t be reasoned with. She doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. _And she absolutely will not stop, ever, until Donald Trump is re-elected!_ Remember that next time Clarance Thomas sputters out some nonsense about how the Supreme Court is being compromised by liberals bringing politics into the courthouse, or justices holding partisan views. Stranger ---
**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 22, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1193 "2022-05-22T18:09:54Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > It’s a subtle kind of evil, but evil nevertheless. i disagree. It is not that subtle. ---
**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 23, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1194 "2022-05-23T01:00:09Z")
I’d be cool with that. Just not carved in stone. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1195 "2022-05-23T01:55:06Z")
iswydt 😁 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1196 "2022-05-23T02:15:25Z")
Wtf is subtle about black people aren’t fully human? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1197 "2022-05-23T12:13:09Z")
If you feel very generous, you could argue that the guy meant that there are factors not in control of the government that influence different maternity mortality in people of different background. /devil’s advocate I’d have to see some serious research into such claims before I’d even consider such remark anything else than evil. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1198 "2022-05-23T12:16:22Z")
Of course, if that is what Cassidy was arguing, he could have significantly helped his case by specifying exactly what those factors affecting maternal mortality in black women are. Of course, he did not, because he knows nothing about the issue other than what he thinks his base wants to hear. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1199 "2022-05-23T13:34:28Z")
Cassidy voted for the second impeachment. Just a reminder that even the relatively “decent” Republicans in office are still profoundly indecent, almost to a person. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1200 "2022-05-23T14:38:50Z")
“But the _white_ folks are doin OK!” ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1201 "2022-05-23T15:05:41Z")
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