# 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:** 153
**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, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3049 "2021-01-27T16:07:18Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Not quite the point you’re making, but…funny how they forget liberals have cars, too. They haven’t forgotten. They’ll just apply the law selectively. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3050 "2021-01-27T16:27:04Z")
A couple of choice quotes from the article > Missouri civil rights leader the Rev. Darryl Gray told committee members that people also disagreed with how the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. protested, but “those same methods that you seek to criminalize are the same methods that helped to destroy Jim Crow laws, segregation and destroyed centuries of hatred and bigotry.” Well, duh. what did you think the point of this legislation was? > It also would expand misdemeanor harassment laws to include causing emotional distress during protests. Conservatives are such snow flakes. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3051 "2021-01-27T16:44:05Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > 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. …without question, some of the wildest shit I’ve seen in a while. Today’s, “I did it for the lulz” stock of the day is AMC - up 222% at a time when like nobody’s going to theaters. It’s nuts. ---
**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, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3052 "2021-01-27T17:01:13Z")
Yeah, it’s crazy. I should be outraged but I’ve never thought much of short sellers, especially the ones that short a stock then aggressively try to damage the company. So I should be outraged, yet I’m smiling a little. Go figure. Hmmm…just wondering if anyone shorted Dominion Voting Systems. I’m sure they’ll look into it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3053 "2021-01-27T17:11:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 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 From the article, > [@](#): > > This conspiracy theory stems from the principles of the [sovereign citizen](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/sovereign-citizen/) movement Well, that explains a lot. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3054 "2021-01-27T18:03:53Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > …without question, some of the wildest shit I’ve seen in a while. Today’s, “I did it for the lulz” stock of the day is AMC - up 222% at a time when like nobody’s going to theaters. American Motors? What 222% of nothing? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3055 "2021-01-27T18:24:46Z")
Eh, so long as they declare that anyone jaywalking is to be considered protesting against anti-jaywalking laws, I could be down for it… (not really, in case anyone takes that too seriously.) ---
**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, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3056 "2021-01-27T20:20:39Z")
Stupid once: buying 1,200,000 hydroxychloroquine pills because President Trump said it was a good idea. Stupid twice: trying to get your $2,000,000 back 9 months later. > **[Oklahoma seeking to return $2M worth of hydroxychloroquine](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-malaria-coronavirus-pandemic-oklahoma-09e3f4db37dda112ecec70d780bc964d)** > > OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma attorney general's office is attempting to return $2 million worth of a malaria drug once touted by former President Donald Trump as an effective treatment for COVID-19, a spokesman said Wednesday... Hey, maybe Oklahoma will see a malaria outbreak this year; in that case, they’re well-prepared. 😃 ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3057 "2021-01-27T20:30:15Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Stupid once: buying 1,200,000 hydroxychloroquine pills because President Trump said it was a good idea. > > Stupid twice: trying to get your $2,000,000 back 9 months later. - 🎶 O-O-Oklahoma, where the wind goes sweeping through the brain. 🎶 ---
**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 27, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3058 "2021-01-27T20:34:10Z")
yeesh, > [@](#): > > Government employees convicted of participating in unlawful assemblies could no longer be paid and would be stripped of all other employment benefits. Cities and counties would be cut off from any state funding if local officials make cuts to police budgets that are significantly deeper than cuts to other services, an effort to stymie activists’ calls to defund the police. ---
**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3059 "2021-01-27T20:36:16Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > yeesh, > > > [@](#): > > > > Government employees **convicted of participating in unlawful assemblies** could no longer be paid and would be stripped of all other employment benefits. Cities and counties would be cut off from any state funding if local officials make cuts to police budgets that are significantly deeper than cuts to other services, an effort to stymie activists’ calls to defund the police. (bolding mine) Like, say, armed attacks on the US Capitol? ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3060 "2021-01-27T20:37:17Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > This’ll fit right in: midwest, stupid, Republican, misplaced priorities… > > 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… Have they started calling it the, “McCloskey Patriot Act” yet? McCloskeys were the couple waving guns around as protesters passed their house. ---
**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, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3061 "2021-01-27T20:46:11Z")
An Oklahoma legislator has introduced a bill to declare a Bigfoot hunting season. > **[Everything Is Normal In Oklahoma](https://www.wonkette.com/everything-is-normal-in-oklahoma)** > > If you think Congress is bad, just wait until you get a load of this one. ---
**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 27, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3062 "2021-01-27T20:55:27Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Like, say, armed attacks on the US Capitol? The Constitution forbids ex post facto laws, so, sorry to burst you bubble. ---
**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, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3063 "2021-01-27T21:10:39Z")
Marjorie Taylor Greene is a known QAnon supporter. She has also supported social media posts calling for Pelosi and other Democrats to be executed. A new video just surfaced of her harassing David Hogg on the streets of Washington shortly after the Parkland school shooting, And now there’s evidence of her belief in the Frazzledrip conspiracy theory that there is a video of Hillary and Huma Abadin molesting and murdering a little girl, then drinking her blood and wearing her face. Hillary then murdered police who saw the video and made their murders look like suicide.’ > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene Believes In Frazzledrip, QAnon’s Wildest Conspiracy](https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gedm/marjorie-taylor-greene-believes-in-frazzledrip-qanons-wildest-conspiracy-theory)** > > Greene has repeatedly tried to distance herself from QAnon, but she has never disowned the conspiracy movement. ---
**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, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3064 "2021-01-27T21:11:44Z")
The Onion > **[Sarah Huckabee Sanders Vows To Protect Good People Of Arkansas From Any...](https://www.theonion.com/sarah-huckabee-sanders-vows-to-protect-good-people-arka-1846128504)** > > LITTLE ROCK, AR—Announcing her official bid for governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders vowed Monday to protect the good people of Arkansas from any questions. “As governor, I promise to do everything in my power to ensure Arkansans never have to answer... ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3065 "2021-01-27T21:20:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Frazzledrip conspiracy theory that there is a video of Hillary and Huma Abadin molesting and murdering a little girl, then drinking her blood and wearing her face. Is it really evidence if they weren’t wearing their human masks while they did it? I mean, it could have been _any_ of the lizard people. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3066 "2021-01-27T21:21:41Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > American Motors? What 222% of nothing? Assuming I’m not being wooshed, [AMC Theatres](https://www.amctheatres.com/), not the car manufacturer swallowed by Chrysler. Nor the [cable channel.](https://www.amc.com/) ---
**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, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3067 "2021-01-27T21:22:30Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Frazzledrip conspiracy theory that there is a video of Hillary and Huma Abadin molesting and murdering a little girl, then drinking her blood and wearing her face. > > Is it really evidence if they weren’t wearing their human masks while they did it? > > I mean, it could have been _any_ of the lizard people. - Maybe they forgot to take off their nametags. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3068 "2021-01-27T21:23:04Z")
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