## [t3_v4knt6](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/v4knt6/in_a_1994_episode_of_the_simpsons_they_make_a_lot/)
In the 1994 episode “Sideshow Bob Roberts” the republicans are shown to be meeting in a large stormy castle, with unambiguously evil characters like Mr. Burns and Dracula, and they have secret chant.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oSLJKoqwMV4

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideshow_Bob_Roberts

I know that this was the party that was started as an anti-slavery party. At (roughly) what point did it become the party that pop culture would unapologetically characterise it as the “evil” party?

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