# 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:** 157
**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 31, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3129 "2021-01-31T18:27:50Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > \*Yes, the bill only talks about presidential electors. If it passes how long do you suppose it’ll be before the idea is extended to all offices. Not that the Republican’s are incapable of trying such a thing, but the elector thing only works because the Constitution specifically vests the authority to select electors in the Legislature (pending whatever the 14th amendment does to that text). I don’t think even the current court would allow a legislature to select themselves as members of said body. But, of course, never say never to the current GOP. ---
**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 31, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3130 "2021-01-31T18:36:02Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I don’t think even the current court would allow a legislature to select themselves as members of said body. But, of course, never say never to the current GOP. That would also be unconstitutional: > [@Article II §1p2](#): > > Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. ---
**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 31, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3131 "2021-01-31T18:46:08Z")
I was unclear - I meant appointing (I guess re-appointing) themselves to their state legislature (which seemed to be what Desert Dog was worried about). ---
**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 31, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3132 "2021-01-31T19:01:07Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > This could be the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard in my life. It’s a Republican idea, naturally. > COLUMBUS, Ohio ([WJW](https://fox8.com/news/republican-lawmakers-looking-to-declare-june-14-as-president-donald-j-trump-day-in-ohio/)) — Two [Ohio representatives](https://fox8.com/tag/ohio-news/) are looking to declare June 14 as [“President Donald J. Trump Day.”](https://fox8.com/tag/donald-trump/) > On Friday, Republican Reps. Jon Cross and Reggie Stoltzfus emailed their House colleagues asking for co-sponsors for their upcoming bill “to celebrate one of the greatest presidents in American history,” the[Columbus Dispatch reports.](https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/01/29/ohio-republican-lawmakers-want-designate-june-14-donald-j-trump-day/4309995001/) Lately, many Republicans pass that “stupidest f\*&^#\*g thing” bar every day. They have totally destroyed any meaning to “stupid”. Stupid, stupider, stupidest, most bigly hughly stupid; all those have become badges of honor to them. They strive to get their mugs/names in the media in grandiose, obnoxious, ways. I’d nominate DumpsterFire’s news conference with Birx: “So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous – whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light,” the president said, turning to Dr Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response co-ordinator, “and I think you said that hasn’t been checked but you’re going to test it. “And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside of the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you’re going to test that too. Sounds interesting,” the president continued. We’ll just leave the whole “injecting disinfectant into your body” stream of unconsciousness ramble out – NOT – ” US President Donald Trump has been lambasted by the medical community after suggesting research into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body.” > **[Coronavirus: Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52407177)** > > Doctors call the president's latest remarks about coronavirus treatment "dangerous" and "ridiculous". Not discounting you idea that these lawmakers are idiots; they are. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3133 "2021-01-31T19:21:42Z")
And now imagine someone wanting to build a monument to that guy. 🤪 ---
**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 31, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3134 "2021-01-31T19:22:06Z")
So, declare June 14th National Ultra-Violet Butt Plug Day? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3135 "2021-01-31T19:35:34Z")
This is the stupid Republican idea pit thread. I assume you meant to post that in the butt hurt pit thread. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3136 "2021-01-31T19:49:37Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > the more money she raises from supporters. And as we know for Republicans, it’s all about the Benjamins. Fuck the country, amiright? ---
**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 31, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3137 "2021-01-31T19:58:13Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > This is the stupid Republican idea pit thread. I assume you meant to post that in the butt hurt pit thread. Soooo much stoopid. It gets confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3138 "2021-01-31T19:58:41Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Lately, many Republicans pass that “stupidest f\*&^#\*g thing” bar every day. They have totally destroyed any meaning to “stupid”. Stupid, stupider, stupidest, most bigly hughly stupid; all those have become badges of honor to them. They strive to get their mugs/names in the media in grandiose, obnoxious, ways. Doesn’t every strongman society eventually end up like that? The only means to advance is to praise the strongman, and to praise him better than the others vying for favor. So now we have a lot of Republicans actively trying to out-stupid each other as ostentatious displays of loyalty, in hopes of receiving Trump’s largesse. ---
**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 31, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3139 "2021-01-31T20:41:52Z")
I _am_ reminded of the story about the Presidium applauding after one of Stalin’s speeches, each afraid to stop because the first to do so was liable to disappear in the next week or two. The current crop of Republicans doesn’t even have that excuse. ---
**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 31, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3140 "2021-01-31T20:55:35Z")
Quite a few states still don’t have a law preventing a rapist from being able to exercise parental rights over children conceived by the rape, and rapists have sued for custody, too. As of now, only 32 states allow all parental rights to be terminated, and 20 allow restrictions to be put into place. > **[Parental Rights and Sexual Assault](https://www.ncsl.org/human-services/parental-rights-and-sexual-assault)** > > States that terminate or restrict parental rights if the child was conceived as a result of sexual assault. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3141 "2021-01-31T21:35:28Z")
There’s a story that a speech of Stalin was recorded on several LPs including one LP side that was entirely the applause (this story may be untrue - I have no citation for it). ---
**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:** [February 1, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3142 "2021-02-01T00:04:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 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 Vaccines Track You. (They Don’t.)](https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7akk3/gop-lawmaker-who-proposed-bigfoot-hunting-season-now-wants-to-know-if-vaccines-track-you-they-dont) Not ruling out ‘the guy has brain damage’ as an explanation of the bill, but: the idea that a vaccine could contain “human parts” may have come about in reaction to the reality that Donald Trump (among others), when sick with COVID-19, benefited from a treatment that DID stem from human fetal tissue: > [@](#): > > … Trump received an intravenous infusion of the antibodies from the drug company last week as part of his treatment for the illness… Regeneron spokesperson Alexandra Bowie said that the company used cells from a cell line called HEK293T. These cells date back to the 1970s and were originally taken from kidney cells in donated fetal tissue. … > **[How cells taken from decades-old fetal tissue are used in Covid-19 drug research](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/how-cells-taken-decades-old-fetal-tissue-are-used-covid-n1242740)** > > A very old line of cells is helping scientists determine just how well certain coronavirus treatments work. Of course no Trump fan would ever dream of hinting that their idol could have benefited from something that (if you go back far enough) came from a HUMAN FETUS THAT NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO BECOME A BABY because of Evil Science, etc. But perhaps the idea is rattling around the back of the so-called mind of this Oklahoma legislator, and so he put the ‘human parts’ prohibition into his bill. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3143 "2021-02-01T00:14:13Z")
Tracking devices. Ok. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3144 "2021-02-01T00:29:49Z")
I saw an image of a fake Bill Gates tweet that said that the Capitol terrorist rounded up and caught so very quickly because the tracking devices were in the flags! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3145 "2021-02-01T00:35:27Z")
As opposed to the smartphones they were all carrying, while posting to Twitter, Instagram and other such sites? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3146 "2021-02-01T00:43:26Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I saw an image of a fake Bill Gates tweet that said that the Capitol terrorist rounded up and caught so very quickly because the tracking devices were in the flags! > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > As opposed to the smartphones they were all carrying, while posting to Twitter, Instagram and other such sites? This has to be textbook “workings of the conspiracy-theory-vulnerable mind” stuff. Obviously the phones permitted the FBI to track the insurrectionists. But that provides none of what CT-addicts crave. They much prefer ‘the flag manufacturers are part of the conspiracy against you! and months or even years before January 6, knowing you’d be buying a flag to bring to D.C., they implanted tracking devices!!!’ That’s _much_ more satisfying than the obvious truth (that the phones permitted the FBI to track them). ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3147 "2021-02-01T00:45:28Z")
Well, it sounds more plausible than tracking devices for random citizens… in the substance in the syringe. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3148 "2021-02-01T00:51:56Z")
And these people were live-tweeting or livestreaming while at the Capitol, including announcing their names. (Saying things like, “Y’all know who to hire for your Realtor, Jenna Ryan for your Realtor.”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=156) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=158)