# We pit malicious GOP behavior! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 28, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869 "2015-09-28T20:15:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/101 "2017-11-28T20:48:19Z")
Get ready, [JesusPac](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/us/politics/johnson-amendment-churches-taxes-politics.html) is coming again. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/102 "2018-03-18T00:32:32Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Get ready, [JesusPac](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/us/politics/johnson-amendment-churches-taxes-politics.html) is coming again. Fortunately for non-profits, they didn’t get that change through reconciliation. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/103 "2018-03-18T14:22:21Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Alas, there are great difficulties with finding details that don’t actually exist. You will note (or would have noted, if you had read it) that the constitutional amendment says something completely different from what you claimed previously. That seems to be happening a lot, doesn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/104 "2018-03-18T14:30:22Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Well, they _are_ (largely) Christians. I think it goes something like this: “To he who has much even more shall be given, and from he who has little even that shall be taken away.” It’s in all the Synoptic Gospels, and twice in Matthew. > > I think I understand now why some Marxists really didn’t like the Christian Church. It’s the _Prosperity Gospel_. Look it up, it’s a “thing”. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/105 "2018-03-18T14:33:12Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Fortunately for non-profits, they didn’t get that change through reconciliation. _“a 1954 law that bans churches and other nonprofit groups from engaging in political activity” … “The change could turn churches into a well-funded political force, with donors diverting as much as $1.7 billion each year from traditional political committees to churches and other nonprofit groups that could legally engage in partisan politics for the first time, according to an estimate by the nonpartisan congressional Joint Committee on Taxation.” , “Critics warn that the change could dramatically increase untraceable political spending and lead to the creation of “sham churches” to take advantage of the new avenue for political spending, which — unlike donations to candidates, “super PACs” and party committees — would allow donors to deduct contributions.”_ I think that was a good law and should be in full effect… and enforced **for a change**. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2018, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/106 "2018-08-12T11:51:28Z")
I’m bumping this thread because a lot of malicious behavior by despicable GOPsters is ending up in the _Stupid Republicans_ thread. For example: > [@Stupid Republican idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38564): > > The DeVos family has created a fake political action committee posing as a leftist group to attack Michigan gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer for not being liberal enough. > “Priorities for Michigan” > [Mysterious group's ad hits Whitmer for not backing single-payer care](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/07/05/mystery-group-attack-whitmer-gop-linnks/761310002/) Was Al Capone “stupid”? Vlad the Impaler? The man with the moustache? Like top Mafia Godfathers, it is not stupidity which causes inhumane turds to float to the top of the heinous Republican Party. We should only _wish_ more Gopsters were as “stupid” as Trump and Kushner. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/107 "2018-10-11T17:09:46Z")
In Minnesota, [GOP legislator Quam yanked the microphone from the Democrat (Mahlberg) he was debating](https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/10/politics/minnesota-microphone-forum/index.html) and tossed it onto the table in front of her when he was through speaking. A Minnesota newspaper said the yank “drew a gasp from the audience” and Quam’s toss at the end drew “commotion.” Quam did not apologize to Mahlberg, but is quoted as “wanting” to apologize. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/108 "2018-10-13T15:23:56Z")
You thought that was “down”? You were mistaken, that is “up”. > [@"\[ars](#): > > ([Doc charged with involuntary manslaughter in Flint crisis wins top health award | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/10/doc-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter-in-flint-crisis-wins-top-health-award/))"]Health officials in Michigan this week honored Dr. Eden Wells with the state’s top award for an eminent career in public health—despite that Wells is currently facing several charges in connection with the Flint water crisis, including involuntary manslaughter. … The award is described by the two associations as the “highest individual award given by the local public health community.” … > > Wells’ charge of involuntary manslaughter is linked to one of those 12 deaths—that of John Snyder in 2015. [Prosecutors allege that Wells knew about the Legionnaires’ outbreak as early as March of 2015 but failed to warn the public](https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2017/10/09/eden-wells-flint-water-crisis-charges/745571001/). They also allege that she later lied about when she learned of the outbreak, saying it wasn’t until late September or early October. The MDHHS did not issue a public advisory about the outbreak until January of 2016. Bad is, like, good. Newspeak is normal. fuck ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/109 "2019-02-14T19:24:48Z")
repost from the Stupid thread > [@Stupid Republican idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40408): > > Since we don’t have a “Treasonous Republican idea of the day” thread, I’ll put this here: > > [Trump’s Homeland Security pulls funds and staff from election protection for 2020](https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/trumps-homeland-security-pulls-funds-and-staff-from-election-protection-for-2020/)Curious? Not to me. The only thing even remotely striking is that they don’t even seem to care about appearances anymore, which leads me to the suspicion that they know the fix is in. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/110 "2019-03-16T21:28:30Z")
_Hey, black guy, [fuck you, **you’re black**](https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/3174863002)_, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (R-Slime) tweeted _“Thank you to @realDonaldTrump for signing legislation today to designate Medgar and Myrlie Evers home as a National Monument,” he tweeted. “@SenatorWicker & @SenHydeSmith have worked very hard on this for some time and are to be commended.”_ _Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, called … Bryant “despicable” (for) ignoring the work of Rep. Bennie Thompson, the lone Democrat and African-American in the state’s delegation, who has advocated for years for Evers’ home to be named a national monument._ ---
**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:** [April 14, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/111 "2019-04-14T11:50:37Z")
I’m crossposting these from another thread. > [@Stupid Republican idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40863): > > Holy Mary mother of Christ! Republicans are barely even hiding the fact that they have pure and utter contempt for democracy these days: > > [Tennessee Lawmakers Consider Fines And Criminal Penalties For Voter Registration Drives | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tennessee-voter-registration-applications_n_5cafa525e4b098b9a2d0f707) > > From the article in HuffPo: > > > [@](#): > > > > The bill would allow officials to impose a fine of $150 to $2,000 on any group that turns in at least 100 “deficient” voter registration applications in a single county. A group that turns in more than 500 “deficient” applications could be fined up to $10,000. > [@Stupid Republican idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40864): > > There’s a bill before the Texas state legislature making it a crime to transport more than three people in the same vehicle to the voting polls unless the driver fills out an affidavit verifying that the people they’re transporting are physically disabled so that they can’t get to the polls on their own. > [Local voting rights' activists question intent of Senate Bill 9 | cbs19.tv](https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local-voting-rights-activists-question-intent-of-senate-bill-9/501-fe80b0b0-03b1-4d06-b12f-a5c19ddabbb9) > > I wonder if that applies to bus drivers. Police and prosecutors have great discretion about whether to arrest or prosecute. It’s safe to assume these laws would be applied very selectively. Poor people want to avoid wasting gasoline and may not have a car at all. The mind boggles to imagine such laws could be thought fair. I thought I was cynical, but these laws stun me. Someone who’s on speaking terms with the Board’s Trumpists: Poke them and ask what they think about these laws. Too bad Bricker’s gone missing. It would be ticklish to hear his equivocating answer. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/112 "2019-04-14T13:25:57Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > … Someone who’s on speaking terms with the Board’s Trumpists: Poke them and ask what they think about these laws. Too bad Bricker’s gone missing. It would be ticklish to hear his equivocating answer. I don’t meet the above criteria, but I’ve already heard this one. Guess what? It contains zero concern that someone was denied the right to vote. _spits tobaccy_ Hyuk hyuk. What’s a-matter Libby? Couldn’t vote? Hyuk hyuk. Shoulda got a job, then you coulda got a car, then you coulda voted, hyuk hyuk. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/113 "2019-04-14T15:29:51Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I don’t meet the above criteria, but I’ve already heard this one. Guess what? It contains zero concern that someone was denied the right to vote. > > _spits tobaccy_ > Hyuk hyuk. What’s a-matter Libby? Couldn’t vote? Hyuk hyuk. Shoulda got a job, then you coulda got a car, then you coulda voted, hyuk hyuk. Of course it doesn’t concern them. These are the same people who will play con-law with you and say “Well we’re not a democracy, but a republic.” ---
**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:** [April 15, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/114 "2019-04-15T00:17:25Z")
“If it’s legal, then it should be done” “If it is challenged in court, we must not comment until all the appeals are finished” “After it is thrown out, then why comment? It’s all over and done with” ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/115 "2019-04-15T15:57:45Z")
The trick that amazes me is how you’ll be accused of making a ‘caricature’ of modern day conservative positions if you just list off some things in actual laws that were passed, and in many cases are still in effect. If you don’t want to get painted as moustache twirling villains, don’t pass laws that literally do things like forbid research into global warming. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/116 "2019-04-15T18:49:57Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “If it’s legal, then it should be done” > > “If it is challenged in court, we must not comment until all the appeals are finished” > > “After it is thrown out, then why comment? It’s all over and done with” Just a 2019 variation on ‘The Narcissist’s Prayer’ . That didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. And if it was, that’s not a big deal. And if it is, that’s not my fault. And if it was, I didn’t mean it. And if I did… You deserved it. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/117 "2019-05-29T11:25:04Z")
Can this motherfucker just have a fucking heart attack already? McConnell. > **[Not for Obama, but OK for Trump: McConnell says he'd confirm Supreme Court...](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/not-obama-ok-trump-mcconnell-now-says-he-d-confirm-n1011166)** > > The comment, however, diverges from his decision in 2016 to not consider President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland following the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia earlier that year. WASHINGTON — If a Supreme Court vacancy emerges next year, Mitch McConnell will fill it, the Senate majority leader said Tuesday. The comment, however, diverges from his decision in 2016 to not consider President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland after the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia earlier that year. At a chamber luncheon in Paducah, Kentucky, on Tuesday, McConnell was asked by a member of the audience, “Should a Supreme Court justice die next year, what will your position be on filling that spot?" “I would fill it,” he responded, smirking, which drew loud laughter. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2019, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/118 "2019-05-29T11:38:03Z")
He’s laughing because he knows that there probably won’t be any consequences. We live in a country of morons that keeps re-electing people like Mitch McConnell. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/119 "2019-05-29T11:59:12Z")
By denying man-made climate change and protecting their corrupt, polluting corporate cronies, the right wing Republicans are trying to destroy the environment and, very likely, kill me. I’d say that’s pretty damn malicious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869.md?page=5)