# 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:** 155
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3089 "2021-01-29T02:37:41Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I remember it as Stupid Flakes. Not “Craven Bran”…? ( Two Dupes in every box…) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3090 "2021-01-29T04:01:01Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > If they did have a secret, powerful space laser then why isn’t she a small, smoldering pile of ash? Probably reflected off the foil hat, assuming she made it with the shiny side out. ---
**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 29, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3091 "2021-01-29T19:25:10Z")
An Arizona legislator, who is the chairman of the committee the bill would be discussed in, has introduced a bill that would allow the state legislature to decide what candidate gets the state’s electoral votes, no matter who won the election. And they could vote as late as January 20th, even after Congress has certified the votes. And there is no requirement that a quorum of the legislature be present to vote, meaning the Republicans could gather together in a closet and not invite the Democratic members. > **[Arizona GOP Drafts Bill To Fix Voting. If The State Votes Blue, They'll Fix It!](https://www.wonkette.com/arizona-gop-drafts-bill-to-fix-voting-if-the-state-votes-blue-theyll-fix-it)** > > Points for honesty? ---
**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 29, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3092 "2021-01-29T19:30:26Z")
Jewish Space Laser is trending on Twitter. ---
**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 29, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3093 "2021-01-29T19:31:46Z")
Cori Bush says she’s had to move her office because Marjorie Taylor Greene and her staff were berating her and her staff, and doing it maskless. > **[Democratic Rep. Cori Bush is moving her office after Rep. Marjorie Taylor...](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/29/congress-cori-bush-moving-her-office-after-marjorie-taylor-greene-berated-her.html)** > > An aide for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed to NBC News that Bush's office had been moved away from Greene's "by direct order of the Speaker." ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3094 "2021-01-29T19:44:35Z")
Why can’t they just tell these assholes to fuck off and walk away? ---
**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 29, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3095 "2021-01-29T19:45:43Z")
She carries a gun. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3096 "2021-01-29T20:22:51Z")
We found the voter fraud! > **[Former Republican candidate arrested for voting twice in 2020 election](https://www.rawstory.com/voter-fraud-arrest/)** > > A former mayoral candidate in Carteret, New Jersey, has been charged with voting twice in the November election, NJ1015 reports. Frederick Gattuso, who ran for mayor in 2018, voted twice by mail using the registration of two people with similar... ---
**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 29, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3097 "2021-01-29T20:26:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > An Arizona legislator, who is the chairman of the committee the bill would be discussed in, has introduced a bill that would allow the state legislature to decide what candidate gets the state’s electoral votes, no matter who won the election. And they could vote as late as January 20th, even after Congress has certified the votes. And there is no requirement that a quorum of the legislature be present to vote, meaning the Republicans could gather together in a closet and not invite the Democratic members. Didn’t Der Trumpenstein suggest a while back that we just needed to do away with elections? ---
**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 29, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3098 "2021-01-29T20:33:13Z")
The source is a little unobjective in their language, but the gist is that a Florida state legislator has introduced a bill to prevent felons, people under 21, and “hard-to-hire employees” from getting the recently approved $15 an hour minimum wage. > **[Florida Republican Wants to Exclude Felons From Minimum Wage Increase Because...](https://www.theroot.com/florida-republican-wants-to-exclude-felons-from-minimum-1846152390)** > > Is it just me, or do Florida Republicans just really hate not being evil? ---
**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 29, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3099 "2021-01-29T21:57:06Z")
Bolick’s law… bollocks law… coincidence? Or cosmic correlation? You decide! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3100 "2021-01-29T22:18:18Z")
Wait, he wants to criminalize _immunizations_ or _immunization mandates_? ‘Cause those are kinda different things… ---
**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 29, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3101 "2021-01-29T22:58:57Z")
[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536410-the-memo-center-right-republicans-fear-party-headed-for-disaster?utm\_source=thehill&utm\_medium=widgets&utm\_campaign=es\_recommended\_content](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536410-the-memo-center-right-republicans-fear-party-headed-for-disaster?utm_source=thehill&utm_medium=widgets&utm_campaign=es_recommended_content) > The Republican Party is riven by internal tensions, and moderate voices fear it **is headed for** disaster at the hands of the far right. > > The centrists’ worry is that the party **is branding itself** as the party of insurrectionists and conspiracy theorists. This spells catastrophe for the GOP’s ability to appeal beyond a hardcore base, they say. > … My bold. _“Is heading for,” “is branding itself”_? Too late. It’s a done deal. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3102 "2021-01-30T02:47:16Z")
She wasn’t topless. She was wearing alternative clothes. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3103 "2021-01-30T02:48:43Z")
Arizona to Texas: Hold my beer. Arizona Republican want to give the legislature the ability to over-ride the voters because, I guess, Democrats can win there now. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lAZjMCqzU-Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Arizona GOP Rep Introduces Bill To Give Legislature Power To Throw Out Election Results | All In") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAZjMCqzU-Q) ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3104 "2021-01-30T17:05:35Z")
I wonder how likely something like that is to pass. Would constituents notice it and protest? ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3105 "2021-01-30T18:57:32Z")
Sure, but if they do, they will just outlaw voting altogether. ---
**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 30, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3106 "2021-01-30T20:33:11Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > I wonder how likely something like that is to pass. Would constituents notice it and protest? > [@k9bfriender](#): > > Sure, but if they do, they will just outlaw voting altogether. I read that if the Republicans managed to pass such an abortion of a bill that then the Democratic party is ready to go for the ballot proposition solution. They would submit a proposition to dismiss that power grab for the 2022 midterms. I would think that Republicans doing that would actually lead to most Democrats keeping attention for the midterms, resulting on a few more crazies being voted out. If I was an optimist I would had said that all the crazies would be voted out, but I’m into more realistic probabilities. ---
**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 30, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3107 "2021-01-30T20:59:12Z")
> **[Opinion | The GOP isn’t doomed. It’s dead.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-isnt-doomed-its-dead/2021/01/29/07d08c3a-6271-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html)** > > The inevitability of Marjorie Taylor Greene. > [@](#): > > To those Republicans who can read: You own all of this. The party isn’t doomed; it’s dead. The chance to move away from Trumpism, toward a more respectful, civilized approach to governance that acknowledges the realities of a diverse nation and that doesn’t surrender to the clenched fist, has slipped away. What comes next is anybody’s guess. But anyone who doesn’t speak out against the myths and lies of fringe groups, domestic terrorists and demagogues such as Trump deserves only defeat — and a lengthy exile in infamy. Good riddance. ---
**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 31, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3108 "2021-01-31T03:17:05Z")
The Oklahoma legislator who introduce a bill instituting Bigfoot hunting season has also introduced a bill requiring vaccine manufacturers to notify the public if "the vaccine contains human parts, animal parts, metals in any quantity, tracking devices, or any DNA-altering properties.” > **[GOP Lawmaker Who Proposed Bigfoot Hunting Season Now Wants to Know If...](https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7akk3/gop-lawmaker-who-proposed-bigfoot-hunting-season-now-wants-to-know-if-vaccines-track-you-they-dont)** > > Oklahoma Republican Rep. Justin Humphrey has introduced a bill to make drugmakers disclose if their vaccines contain “human parts,” “tracking devices,” or “DNA-altering properties.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=154) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=156)