# Things conservatives will suddenly worry a lot about when Trump leaves **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 13, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724 "2020-05-13T16:22:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/1 "2020-05-13T16:22:08Z")
1. The deficit 2. Honesty 3. Checks and balances 4. Complying with subpoenas 5. Respect for women 6. Family values 7. Age/health/mental competency of the President 8. Swearing/curse words used by public officials 9. “Unqualified” ratings by the American Bar Association for prospective judges 10. Financial conflicts of interest 11. Russian aggression 12. The sanctity of elections Anything else? I want to start a list that we can start referring to in future debates. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/2 "2020-05-13T16:26:27Z")
Only if the new president is a Democrat. If it’s another Republican, status quo. ---
**Author:** ![Unreconstructed\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@Unreconstructed\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unreconstructed_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/3 "2020-05-13T16:29:17Z")
1. Press conferences. 2. Golf. 3. The 25th Amendment. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/4 "2020-05-13T16:40:37Z")
With any luck they’ll be very concerned indeed about showing their faces in public. I would have redhats in 2025 America be treated like Nazis in 1950 Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/5 "2020-05-13T16:49:53Z")
> [@Unreconstructed\_Man](#): > > 1. Press conferences. > 2. Golf. > **15. The 25th Amendment.** Heck, just the Constitution in general… ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/6 "2020-05-13T16:53:12Z")
Tan suits The “Shallow” State ---
**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 13, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/7 "2020-05-13T16:53:27Z")
So, to keep the numbering straight: 16. The Constitution and: 17: Personal Responsibility ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/8 "2020-05-13T17:05:55Z")
1. North Korea 2. Transparency about presidential candidates’ tax returns 3. Cronyism and nepotism in presidential administrations ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/9 "2020-05-13T17:06:53Z")
I’d say truth and fact-checking. They would be quick to point out anything inaccurate/wrong said by President Biden (to be fair, Biden is a bit of a whopper machine himself) The 13,000 tweets and 2,000(?) lies of Trump would be made to seem as if never happened. ---
**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 13, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/10 "2020-05-13T17:41:53Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I’d say truth and fact-checking. They would be quick to point out anything inaccurate/wrong said by President Biden (to be fair, Biden is a bit of a whopper machine himself) > > The 13,000 tweets and 2,000(?) lies of Trump would be made to seem as if never happened. Actually, more than 16,200 “false or misleading claims” as of January 19, according to Washington Post fact checkers. And I saw a more recent statistic, just recently, putting the number at around 18,000. [President Trump made 16,241 false or misleading claims in his first three years](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/20/president-trump-made-16241-false-or-misleading-claims-his-first-three-years/), Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly, _Washington Post_, January 20, 2020. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/11 "2020-05-13T17:49:51Z")
1. Massive arrests of politicians and their associates. Though they’ll worry for a different reason than implied in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/12 "2020-05-13T18:00:10Z")
1. Intervention by political appointees in criminal justice matters. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/13 "2020-05-13T18:13:48Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > 1. “Unqualified” ratings by the American Bar Association for prospective judges I doubt that you will see Democrats nominate a judge with an “unqualified” rating. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/14 "2020-05-13T18:33:10Z")
Do you think that’ll stop Republicans from complaining about it? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/15 "2020-05-13T18:37:13Z")
Obstruction of Justice ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/16 "2020-05-13T18:38:08Z")
1. The President obeying the law 2. Congressional oversight 3. Presidential decorum 4. Competence ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/17 "2020-05-13T20:24:40Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > 1. Respect for women Highly doubtful. Disrespect for women is almost as much of a bedrock conservative value as tax cuts. 1. Nepotism (Hunter Biden) 2. Divisive Rhetoric by the POTUS 3. The Hatch Act ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/18 "2020-05-13T20:34:59Z")
1. The fact that flat-out denying you said something even though it’s on tape 5-6 times leading to consequences ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-conservatives-will-suddenly-worry-a-lot-about-when-trump-leaves/853724/19 "2020-05-13T21:41:53Z")
“Things conservatives will suddenly worry a lot about when Trump leaves” If there were justice, Speaker Pelosi or Pres pro-tem Leahy would laugh at any Congressperson who brings such a matter up, and have the Sgt-at-Arms escort the comic back to his seat saying “Don’t waste the Chamber’s time on comedy practice.” > [@Senegoid](#): > > Actually, more than 16,200 “false or misleading claims” as of January 19, according to Washington Post fact checkers. And I saw a more recent statistic, just recently, putting the number at around 18,000. IIRC that’s just the statements Trump made that were serious or important enough to be explicitly fact-checked. The total number lies is at least an order of magnitude larger. > [@Velocity](#): > > … to be fair … So you’re practicing your comedy too! 🙂