# The Republican Party is the Party of Evil

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1765 "2023-01-03T14:03:49Z")

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Within minutes of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsing and nearly dying on Monday Night Football, rightwing assholes were on Twitter blaming the Covid vaccine.

> **["NFL is inherently way too dangerous and must be ended" - Lenny Dykstra starts...](https://www.sportskeeda.com/baseball/news-lenny-dykstra-initiates-twitter-war-light-damar-hamlin-s-mid-game-collapse)**
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> Lenny Dykstra has indirectly blamed vaccines for the recent collapse of Damar Hamlin in the Buffalo Bills' game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

> **[Charlie Kirk branded 'human garbage' over Damar Hamlin remarks](https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-human-garbage-adam-kinzinger-damar-hamlin-remarks-1770766)**
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> Outgoing Rep. Adam Kinzinger called Kirk's and other's attempts to use Hamlin's collapse to fuel anti-vaccine conspiracy theories as "heartless, cold, evil."

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