# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140 "2020-06-22T07:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1 "2020-06-22T07:01:53Z")
The old thread (now topic) maxed out. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2 "2020-06-22T07:06:35Z")
50 Character limit? What the hell? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3 "2020-06-22T07:14:02Z")
I’m sure they’ll fix it in the morning. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4 "2020-06-22T07:23:40Z")
50-char limit. Repubs bad. All Obama’s fault. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5 "2020-06-22T16:53:01Z")
The badness of Republicans cannot properly be described in fifty characters, so I am glad this was fixed. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2020, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6 "2020-06-23T07:25:21Z")
> **[Church Hosting Trump Says Its Air Filters 'Kills 99.9% of COVID-19'](https://www.newsweek.com/church-hosting-trump-says-its-air-filters-kills-999-covid-19-1512663)** > > Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said the event is neither "sanctioned nor permitted" by the city nor will the event follow CDC guidelines. "In a video posted to Twitter on Monday afternoon, Dream City Church, the north Phoenix church hosting President Donald Trump on Tuesday, said that it has installed Clean Air EXP, an air filtration system that, according to the church’s leaders, kills 99.9 percent of COVID-19 “within 10 minutes.” It just so happens that church members themselves developed the system. I’d expect the Orange Menace to order thousands of these perfect machines. Get Jared on it, STAT. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2020, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7 "2020-06-23T07:29:14Z")
# [Indiana Politician Resigns After Claiming Some Insane Foolishness About ‘Uneducated’ Voters Breeding](https://www.theroot.com/indiana-politician-resigns-after-claiming-some-insane-f-1844123447) "… During a [county council meeting on June 18](https://fortwaynesnbc.com/2020/06/18/county-councilman-faces-criticism-for-calling-protesters-uneducated-voters-during-council-meeting/), District Four Council Member Larry Brown, decided to open his dumbass piehole to talk about George Floyd protests happening in his area. Brown was also apparently annoyed that voters were using their God-given rights to call on more from their elected officials, so he fixed his thin white-ass lips to say this bullshit: “As uneducated as they are, obviously, on local government, they do vote. And, unfortunately, they also breed. But um, they do vote, and they’re gonna be an uneducated voter…” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8 "2020-06-23T19:13:14Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Clean Air EXP [They developed a technology](https://www.apollo.io/companies/Clean-Air-EXP---Cold-Plasma-Air-Purification/5b1483cda6da987127658e1d?chart=count) [that’s been around for at least 15 years](https://hvac-talk.com/vbb/showthread.php?84062-Cold-Plasma-Air-Purification)? 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9 "2020-06-23T20:29:12Z")
[Looks like that church is backpedalling faster than Trump on a bad day.](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-rally-phoenix-boasts-coronavirus-protections-experts-are-skeptical-n1231910) > The videos with the claim about the air purification system have since been removed from the church’s social media accounts. > > Tim Bender, the CEO & co-founder of IONaer, which makes the air purification systems, stressed that they had only been tested on “surrogates,” which are viruses similar to the coronavirus. > > IONaer’s CleanAir EXP published Tuesday the results of the [third-party testing of its system](https://cleanairexp.com/test-reports/) that used “airborne coronavirus test surrogates,” which are viruses similar but not identical to the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. The study found that it was able to eliminate 99.9 percent of the coronavirus surrogates in air that passed through its system. > > Bender also clarified that the system is ineffective if people come into close contact with one another. > > “There is nothing we can do with someone who coughs or sneezes,” Bender said. “The words we try to use is we add an additional layer of protection from passing viruses and bacteria through the area inside buildings. It’s just an additional layer of protection. If you’re taking the particulates out, you’re taking away the magic carpet that they’re traveling on.” ---
**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:** [June 24, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/10 "2020-06-24T01:08:00Z")
[speaking to the IngrahamCracker about BLM,](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/giuliani-claims-blm-wants-to-come-and-take-your-house-away-in-doomsday-rant) > [@RudyColludiani](#): > > They want to internationalize our government. They want to do away with our system of courts, and they want to take your property away and give it to other people. > > People who say they are favorable to Black Lives Matter: Black Lives Matter wants to come and take your house away from you. They want to take your property away from you. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/11 "2020-06-24T03:41:53Z")
Jeez. She sounds just a titch like those comical Illinois Nazis in the Blues Brothers film. What did she say next “They’re coming for your women!!”?? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/12 "2020-06-24T11:59:19Z")
If I’m reading this right, it was Rudy saying that, to Laura. Of course, we know he _could_ say that without worrying about being smacked for it because she _is_ a white supremacist. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/13 "2020-06-24T14:46:26Z")
> The badness of Republicans cannot properly be described in fifty characters Heck, we’ve seen that the badness of Republicans cannot properly be described within the thread size limit. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/14 "2020-06-24T19:03:16Z")
“Fucking Psychopaths” How many characters is that? 18? 20 with quotes, 27 if you add the bbcode italics. How much more do you need? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/15 "2020-06-24T20:33:34Z")
[Rudy’s lost his godddamned mind.](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/giuliani-claims-blm-wants-to-come-and-take-your-house-away-in-doomsday-rant) > [@](#): > > During an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Giuliani went on a McCarthy-esque tirade accusing “antifa, Black Lives Matter, the communists, and their allies” of “executing a plan they wrote about four or five years ago.” > > Without providing a shred of evidence of his conspiracy theory, Trump’s lawyer claimed the protests were an “orchestrated effort” to “destroy our government.” > > “They want to internationalize our government. They want to do away with our system of courts, and they want to take your property away and give it to other people,” Giuliani told Ingraham. > > He concluded his doomsday prophecy with a stark warning. > > “People who say they are favorable to Black Lives Matter: Black Lives Matter wants to come and take your house away from you,” Giuliani said. “They want to take your property away from you.” 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/16 "2020-06-24T20:54:26Z")
[Again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/911140/10) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/17 "2020-06-24T21:00:35Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Rudy’s lost his godddamned mind. Somebody pointed out that Rudy’s hand was covered in ink. There was no explanation. * * * Today, former DOJ whistle blowers testifed in the House, and Louie Gohmert kept tapping his desk while they were trying to testify, drowning out their testimony. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/18 "2020-06-24T21:51:39Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Rudy’s lost his godddamned mind. I think your premise is based on an unfounded assumption that is not supported by at least 20 years worth of evidence. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/19 "2020-06-25T10:05:25Z")
[GOP House Candidate Insists George Floyd Killing Was Staged](https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/xandr/gop-house-candidate-insists-george-082705975.html) > A Republican House candidate in Missouri has published her own half-baked report claiming that the video of George Floyd’s death—which has sparked nationwide protests to end the racial inequities in the criminal-justice system—is, in fact, a staged “false flag.” > > Winnie Heartstrong, a candidate running for the St. Louis congressional seat held by Lacy Clay (D-MO), has pushed conspiracy theories about Floyd’s death for nearly a month on Twitter. In late May, a video featuring Heartstrong claiming that “George Floyd is alive” circulated among far-right Twitter accounts and received more than 100,000 views. > > Heartstrong went further last week with a 23-page document laying out a series of incoherent conspiracy theories about Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. Heartstrong insists Floyd actually died years earlier, and the video that shows his death is actually a bogus “deepfake” meant to stir up racial tensions. > > “We conclude that no one in the video is really one person but rather they are all digital composites of two or more real people to form completely new digital persons using deepfake technology,” Heartstrong writes in the document, which she claims was created with help from “citizen investigators.” ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/20 "2020-06-25T12:03:03Z")
‘Citizen investigators.’ Is that the polite way to say ‘crazy idiots’ these days? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=2)