# 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:** 148
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2949 "2021-01-24T00:21:41Z")
And Michigan, apparently, will always be Michigan: at a virtual county board-of-commissioners meeting, a speaker asked the commissioners to vote to denounce the Proud Boys. The response of one commissioner was to grab a gun and hold it, staring down the person who made the request: > [@](#): > > … MacIntosh, a 74-year-old retired nurse, grew terrified, she told The Washington Post. > > “He is supposed to be looking out for the best interests of the community,” she said of Clous. “What is the message he’s trying to convey? That if someone speaks out against us, we’ll just threaten them with a gun?” Looks that way. > **[A Michigan woman asked county officials to denounce the Proud Boys. One...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/22/michigan-proud-boys-gun-meeting/)** > > When a resident asked the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners to denounce the Proud Boys, one commissioner showed a semiautomatic rifle. eta more from the article: > [@](#): > > The commission was set in early March to consider a proposal to turn the county into [a “Second Amendment sanctuary](https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/grand-traverse-county-becomes-2nd-amendment-sanctuary/article_804a047c-5e1f-11ea-9c8e-c30d3b9b0e65.html),” a symbolic gesture that prevents the county from using government funds to restrict gun rights. According to the Record-Eagle, two self-identified Proud Boys spoke at that meeting in favor of the plan, which passed, 4 to 2. > > Clous denied knowing anything about the organization, which has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, beyond the testimony he heard in March. The commissioner told the newspaper this week that the Proud Boys at the meeting “were probably the most respected folks that got up and talked.” > > …But the last straw for MacIntosh was seeing a mob of Trump supporters bash into the U.S. Capitol, temporarily keeping Congress from confirming the electoral victory for Joe Biden. > > The county commissioners’ vote to become a Second Amendment sanctuary — and their decision to hear testimony from the Proud Boys in favor — was a form of “subtle encouragement” that could have fueled more violent incidents over the past year, she argued. … ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2950 "2021-01-24T00:41:13Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > And Michigan, apparently, will always be Michigan: at a virtual county board-of-commissioners meeting, a speaker asked the commissioners to vote to denounce the Proud Boys. The response of one commissioner was to grab a gun and hold it, staring down the person who made the request:- Good. Fucking. Grief. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2951 "2021-01-24T00:49:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Good. Fucking. Grief. Deplorable human beings have been experiencing “emboldenment” for over four years, now. It’s going to take a lot to de-bolden them–not just time, but examples of _actual consequences_ for deplorable behavior. And those examples need to be serious and plentiful. For one thing, the days of letting long-gun carrying yahoos occupy state buildings need to be over. And invaders of the federal Capitol need to get tried, convicted, and jailed. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2952 "2021-01-24T01:53:32Z")
Arizona Republicans keep up their image as batshit crazy idiots: > **[Arizona Republicans censure Cindy McCain, GOP governor](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-censures-arizona-lawsuits-a50165b9d5c4468d5d1bb434c5e9c80a)** > > PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Republicans voted Saturday to censure Cindy McCain and two prominent GOP members who have found themselves crosswise with former President Donald Trump... ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2953 "2021-01-24T18:07:26Z")
Marco Rubio makes it ‘official’, he is from now on known as “Little Rubio” as Trump named him before when trying to get votes in the primaries. > **[Marco Rubio: It's 'arrogant' to impeach Trump](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/24/rubio-trump-impeachment-arrogant-461799)** > > He said: "Who are we to tell voters who they can vote for in the future?” ---
**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:** [January 24, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2954 "2021-01-24T18:16:03Z")
Can we send that little fucker back to where he came from? In an innertube? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2955 "2021-01-24T18:20:53Z")
Well, Marco Rubio was born in Miami, Florida, that is why he could run for president in 2016… and be publicly humiliated by Trump. I guess he is a glutton for punishment as he clearly wants Trump to oppose him once again, and I will have to take a shower for you making me defend Little Rubio a little. 😡 ---
**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:** [January 24, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2956 "2021-01-24T18:50:13Z")
Awwwwwww! Poor little Marco. Did ‘lying Ted’ and Hawley hurt you by stealing DumpsterFire’s magic wand? Does DumpsterFire have some correspondence intercepted by Putin that you’d rather not have divulged like Lindsey? Did he touch you in an inappropriate spot? Just point to it on the water bottle; you don’t have to say anything. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2957 "2021-01-25T02:29:25Z")
I read Weissmann’s book on the Mueller investigation. “Where Law Ends”. It was definitely worth reading, he speaks about all the ways in which the investigation was obstructed. Weissmann talked about the last time Paul Manafort’s plea deal fell apart, they gave him a couple of chances. The deal required him to be absolutely honest about everything, and they determined he’d been holding out about one thing. It wasn’t anything related to his relationship with Russia and oligarchs, they felt he’d been candid about all that. But there was a $500,000 transaction, a payment that worked its way through a couple of third parties before ending up in Manafort’s pocket. Manafort just wouldn’t tell them who sent it and why. He just kept lying about it, and every time they caught him in the lie, he’d tell another one. They determined that it was money he’d ripped off from a Trump PAC. Apparently he’d had a hand in starting the PAC, even though it was officially owned by another entity, and they funneled a half million dollar kickback to him. And he really didn’t want this to be made public because he didn’t want Trump to find out he was stealing _ **from him** _. He never came clean about it. That’s why his plea deal fell through. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2958 "2021-01-25T02:32:35Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Well, Marco Rubio was born in Miami, Florida, that is why he could run for president in 2016… and be publicly humiliated by Trump. I guess he is a glutton for punishment as he clearly wants Trump to oppose him once again, and I will have to take a shower for you making me defend Little Rubio a little. 😡 Lil’ Marco’s running scared, Ivanka is moving to Florida and the word is she’s going to try to primary him and run for his Senate seat. Trump’s still holding them all hostage, but some more than others. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2959 "2021-01-25T02:37:25Z")
That’s hilarious! ---
**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:** [January 25, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2960 "2021-01-25T02:56:57Z")
The official Hawaii GOP deleted a long Twitter thread they posted defending QAnon as loving their country and that nobody should criticize them for their patriotism. > **[Hawaii GOP deletes long thread defending QAnon believers](https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Hawaii-GOP-deletes-QAnon-tweets-15894250.php)** > > The thread, posted on Saturday and deleted the next morning, attempted to paint the... ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2961 "2021-01-25T02:59:12Z")
Chip off the ol’ block, dumber than snot. > **[Former Trump White House press secretary plans to run for governor of...](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-press-secretary/former-trump-white-house-press-secretary-plans-to-run-for-governor-of-arkansas-source-idUSKBN29U04U?il=0)** > > Donald Trump's former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders will announce plans on Monday to run for governor of Arkansas, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday. She’ll probably win. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2962 "2021-01-25T03:02:02Z")
The official Texas GOP has a new slogan. WE ARE THE STORM And they’re bragging on Twitter that they’re on Gab. > ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2963 "2021-01-25T10:00:41Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Apparently Orly is filing cases at the rate of one a day, and the latest is just … bonkers. I mean, even more so than usual. That last one… there really is nothing so insane, stupid or bizarre that you can’t find a prominent Trump supporter doing or saying it. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2964 "2021-01-25T18:44:38Z")
Oh, man. This is the Texas case again, which has just filed _a fourth time_ for a temporary restraining order against the entire election. Mike Dunford has gone to town on it again, but this tweet just tickles me. > ---
**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:** [January 25, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2965 "2021-01-25T19:01:14Z")
Josh Hawley has filed ethics complaints against the seven Democratic Senators who filed an ethics complaint against him. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2966 "2021-01-25T19:03:48Z")
Liz Cheney and Matt Gaetz are feuding over her vote to impeach. Gaetz is going to a rally in Wyoming demanding that she resign. Cheney’s spokeswoman said that Wyoming men don’t wear makeup. As a liberal, I find that offensive, but as a Gaetz hater, I think it’s hilarious. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2967 "2021-01-25T19:05:28Z")
Congressman Greg Steube of Florida has introduced a bill rescinding federal funding to any high school which refuses to visually examine any female athlete to make sure she’s really a female. > **[House Republican introduces anti-trans legislation that could lead to genital...](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/01/house-republican-introduces-anti-trans-legislation-lead-genital-exams-school-girls/)** > > His federal bill to ban transgender girls from sports is a direct challenge to Joe Biden's pro-LGBTQ policies... ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2968 "2021-01-25T20:10:04Z")
Saw this on reddit just now. [https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/l4nh0c/whats\_up\_with\_antifacom\_directing\_to/?sort=old](https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/l4nh0c/whats_up_with_antifacom_directing_to/?sort=old) I’m including some of the 260+ comments. > Saw an image with “[antifa.com](https://antifa.com)” having the subdomain of “[thewhitehouse.gov](https://thewhitehouse.gov)”. I decided to check it out for myself and [antifa.com](https://antifa.com) redirected me to [thewhitehouse.gov](https://thewhitehouse.gov). > … > Answer: Someone who has the rights to do so made [antifa.com](http://antifa.com) redirect to [whitehouse.gov](http://whitehouse.gov), presumably as a statement. > … > Whatever the explicit intent, misinformation is definitely a byproduct (see the OK sign becoming a white power symbol, started as a troll but now is a real thing). The reason I heard about this during the election cycle is a conservative friend brought this to me and asked “What’s going on with this? Is this real or not?”, and I explained how anyone can own the site and redirect it. The more I think about it, the more I recall trying to look into who owned the site, but I can’t recall finding the answer. > … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=147) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=149)