# 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:** 152
**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 27, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3029 "2021-01-27T00:52:32Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > … _ **This is Russian disinformation** _ > > A Russian disinformation outlet did the exact same fucking thing this summer, except they linked [antifa.com](http://antifa.com) to Biden’s campaign website. The address [antifa.com](http://antifa.com) was registered in the Russian Federation until sometime last year, when it was moved to Panama. No other information on the ownership is available. > > Many reporters did note with alarm that Chanel Rion of OANN asked about the [antifa.com](http://antifa.com) redirect at a WH press briefing about two hours after it happened, casting further suspicion on OANN’s connections with Russian disinformation. … Ah-----the other shoe drops! (Thanks for all that. Appalling though it is.) ---
**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 27, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3030 "2021-01-27T01:46:53Z")
It is pretty appalling. Not the rerouting of the web address, stuff like that is really common, there used to be a lot of people creating pages that rerouted addresses like [fatorangeass.com](http://fatorangeass.com) to the Trump campaign and/or White House What’s appalling, and kind of scary, is the organized matter and speed in which the news “[Antifa.com](http://Antifa.com) reroutes to Biden website, smoking gun!” spread throughout the alt-right universe and reached the White House. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3031 "2021-01-27T02:11:23Z")
How are people stupid enough to think that’s significant, though? I mean, if [whitehouse.gov](http://whitehouse.gov) were to redirect to somewhere else, that’d mean something, but… ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3032 "2021-01-27T02:13:20Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > How are people stupid enough The last 5 years have taught me never to misunderestimate human stupidity ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3033 "2021-01-27T02:29:36Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The actual bill is [here](https://steube.house.gov/sites/steube.house.gov/files/Steube.Protection.Of_.Women_.And_.Girls_.In_.Sports.Bill_.Text_.pdf) (two-page PDF warning). It says > > 1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. > 2 Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 > 3 (20 U.S.C. 1681) is amended by adding at the end the > 4 following: > 5 ‘‘(d)(1) It shall be a violation of subsection (a) for > 6 a recipient of Federal funds who operates, sponsors, or > 7 facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a per > 8 son whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program > 9 or activity that is designated for women or girls. > 10 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, sex shall be rec > 11 ognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology > 12 and genetics at birth.’’. So, [S Bear Bergman](https://sbearbergman.com/) should be playing on the womens’ team then? Uh … huh ---
**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 27, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3034 "2021-01-27T02:37:21Z")
My old home state - Oklahoma - land of derplahomens. Three new legislative bills from this man - " Oklahoma State Senator Warren Hamilton for doing his part to keep this annual tradition alive. Fresh off [beating incumbent Wade Boggs](https://ballotpedia.org/Warren_Hamilton) in a heated abolitionist derp’off in the moist and sweaty corner of Oklahoma’s groin, he’s come out bat shit ablazin’ and introduced a wide variety of legislation that I’m sure is very popular with his core base in the local Baptist, militia and lawnmower racing movements. 1. …he recently introduced SB 676. It would prevent anyone under the age of 21 from getting a “gender reassignment medical treatment,” because you know, nothing says limited-government conservative values than interfering with someone’s ability to receive a legal medical treatment because it doesn’t conform to a politician’s moral code. 2. … Hamilton introduced a bill that would make [Oklahoma a second-amendment sanctuary state](https://www.mcalesternews.com/news/senator-files-second-amendment-sanctuary-bill/article_86e899d4-5c1a-11eb-a65c-fbd78d82c712.html), which makes as much sense as a lawmaker from Hawaii lobbying to make their state a rainbow and sunshine sanctuary state. 3. …Hamilton has also, naturally, introduced a bill that would criminalize immunizations and mask mandates." These aren’t individual legal efforts - these are boilerplate efforts introduced around the country. > **[New Derplahoman Lawmaker Comes Out Bat Shit Ablazin' - The Lost Ogle](https://thelostogle.com/2021/01/26/new-derplahoman-lawmaker-comes-out-bat-shit-ablazin)** > > For almost 14 years, we at The Lost Ogle have enjoyed shining the spotlight on the wacko legislation our Derplahoman lawmakers introduce each legislative session as part of their continued effort to impose their warped views and draconian "values" on... ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3035 "2021-01-27T03:06:16Z")
And from just north of Oklahoma, in Kansas… Tabitha Lehman is the election commissioner of Sedgwick County. This county is the home of Wichita and is the second-most populous in the state. Lehman has been on the job for nine years, and, by all accounts, has done a good job. This year, however, she was undergoing treatment for cancer, and was told by her doctors to work from home if possible, because the virus could kill her. She utilized a VPN from her home computer to her office, having been assured by the IT staff that the connection was secure. But a rule by the Kansas Secretary of State stipulated that anybody who accesses the state’s voter database must do it from a county office. Evidently all county offices are on a secure, private link to the server in Topeka where the database is housed. Lehman accessed that database from her computer at home. Because Lehman did not abide by that rule, she will not be reappointed when her term expires in July. Lehman and the Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab are both Republicans. > **[Death risk was too high for Tabitha Lehman to run election from the office,...](https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article248707235.html)** > > Secretary of State Scott Schwab informed Lehman she wouldn’t be reappointed when her current four-year term expires in July. ---
**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 27, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3036 "2021-01-27T04:24:57Z")
Apparently, Individual 1 will be inaugurated as the 19th President on March 4th. > **[QAnon Believers Are Pushing New Trump Conspiracy Theories on TikTok](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/qanon-conspiracy-theories-trump-tiktok-1118668/)** > > New theories that Trump will be sworn in as the 19th president on March 4th are swirling on social media ---
**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:** [January 27, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3037 "2021-01-27T04:27:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Apparently, Individual 1 will be inaugurated as the 19th President on March 4th. > [QAnon Believers Push New Trump Conspiracy Theories on TikTok](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/qanon-conspiracy-theories-trump-tiktok-1118668/) Looks like they’re suffering from Hayes fever. ---
**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 27, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3038 "2021-01-27T04:34:59Z")
The board of Goya Foods has censured their CEO because of his claims of Individual 1 losing because of stolen votes, and voted that he can’t speak to the media without their prior permission. > **[Goya board of directors censures CEO for comments about election fraud](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/corporations/goya-board-directors-censures-ceo-comments-about-election-fraud-n1255778)** > > Robert Unanue previously praised then-President Donald Trump at a White House event, saying the country was “truly blessed” to have him leading it. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3039 "2021-01-27T05:04:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Apparently, Individual 1 will be inaugurated as the 19th President on March 4th. Like most SovCit arguments, this leaves me confused. Was there some sort of sunset provision in the law that incorporated United States, Inc. or were people simply too stupid for the past 150 years to figure out how to cancel it until now? We’re getting into Emperor Norton territory here. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3040 "2021-01-27T05:30:00Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > The false flag thing though - do they think that the identified seditionists are really liberals who have spent the past 20-or-more years (for many, their public history starts long before Trump was on the political scene) pretending to be Republicans so that someday in the future a Republican president might say something that they might use an excuse to do something vaguely violent and blame it on the Republican party? Y’gotta unnerstand, these people think ahead and play the long game. These are undoubtedly the same people who planted Obama’s fake three-line birth announcement in the Honolulu Advertiser and Star-Bulletin way back in 1961 to make it look like he was born there so he could become president one day. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3041 "2021-01-27T05:49:19Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > We’re getting into Emperor Norton territory here. I’m not sure if the comparison is apt. Norton was a harmless and lovable eccentric who proclaimed himself “Emperor of the U.S. and Protector of Mexico.” Outside of doing that, wearing a military-looking, though not an actual military, uniform, and issuing his own banknotes (which looked nothing at all like genuine contemporary American currency, and which people mostly collected as a souvenir of having met him); he took no steps towards actually trying to overthrow the U.S. government, or encouraging others to do so. Nor did he come up with crazy conspiracy theories as to why the government in Washington was illegitimate, while he was the rightful ruler of the U.S. But these people are doing just that. They’re poring over old legislation, old caselaw, and whatever else they feel supports their argument, while conveniently (and, I’d suggest, deliberately) ignoring everything that doesn’t. I doubt that they understand what they are reading and studying; or what action they will take, if any; but Norton did none of that. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3042 "2021-01-27T06:07:50Z")
Emperor Norton didn’t hold forth on Twitter either, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3043 "2021-01-27T07:22:11Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > _Of course_ …the author of this bill would be satisfied with The Honor System! A letter from the kid’s doctor should be good enough. I think this rule should only apply after a certain age when puberty has started, and only to serious, competitive sports. They could also make an exception for those who’ve been on puberty blockers since early on. It should aim for the minimum restrictions needed to ensure fairness. That’s unlikely though. ---
**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 27, 2021, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3044 "2021-01-27T09:30:54Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > …Hamilton has also, naturally, introduced a bill that would criminalize immunizations and mask mandates." I look forward to his “Let babies eat lead paint if they want to” bill. After all, if it was good enough for him… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3045 "2021-01-27T14:26:04Z")
MAGAts let a half-million die because a mass disease shutdown would disturb the all important stock market, an entity so important and necessary that it is currently being gamed by a group of Redditors who are trying to blow up a multi-billion dollar hedgefund for lulz. ---
**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 27, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3046 "2021-01-27T15:30:44Z")
This’ll fit right in: midwest, stupid, Republican, misplaced priorities… > **[Missouri bill would allow deadly force against demonstrators](https://apnews.com/article/us-news-police-michael-brown-racial-injustice-columbia-fbc034686c6ee476c33509578c972943)** > > COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri senator on Monday pitched a bill that would allow the use of deadly force against protesters on private property and give immunity to people who run over demonstrators blocking traffic... ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3047 "2021-01-27T15:51:04Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > This’ll fit right in: midwest, stupid, Republican, misplaced priorities… > [Missouri bill would allow deadly force against demonstrators | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/us-news-police-michael-brown-racial-injustice-columbia-fbc034686c6ee476c33509578c972943) It cut off right before the good part: … _give immunity to people who run over demonstrators blocking traffic._ Good people on both sides, amirite? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3048 "2021-01-27T16:02:34Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > It cut off right before the good part: … _give immunity to people who run over demonstrators blocking traffic._ > > Good people on both sides, amirite? Not quite the point you’re making, but…funny how they forget liberals have cars, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=153)