# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/304 "2020-07-20T01:41:25Z")
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**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:** [July 20, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/305 "2020-07-20T03:33:14Z")
The Governor of Georgia has filed a law suit against the Mayor of Atlanta to prevent her from issuing press releases and talking to the press. > ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/306 "2020-07-20T21:34:44Z")
Missouri governor Mike Parsons is going for broke. After saying he’d [pardon the McCloskeys](https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/coronavirus/missouri-governor-s-comments-on-coronavirus-mccloskeys-raise-eyebrows/article_aeac1f42-9460-5605-9fe5-73ca3ca72b2f.html) if they were charged (they were - today) on Friday, he stepped up his game today by effectively saying [“some of your kids might die, but I can live with that”](https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/politics/mike-parson-missouri-governor-school-reopening/index.html) regarding school openings. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/307 "2020-07-20T22:22:53Z")
No he didn’t. He said just the opposite. He said that children at at lower risk and that when they do get covid19 they recover just fine. His statements contradict the prevailing medical wisdom, and his policies may, indeed, lead to a higher death count among students and their families. But, he never said he could live with students dying. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/308 "2020-07-20T22:58:00Z")
Effectively. > “These kids have got to get back to school,” Parson [told a conservative talk radio host](https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/coronavirus/missouri-governor-s-comments-on-coronavirus-mccloskeys-raise-eyebrows/article_aeac1f42-9460-5605-9fe5-73ca3ca72b2f.html). “They’re at the lowest risk possible. And if they do get Covid-19, which they will – and they will when they go to school – they’re not going to the hospitals. They’re not going to have to sit in doctor’s offices. They’re going to go home and they’re going to get over it.” I chose to interpret that to him saying he doesn’t much care if they get sick (and maybe die). And bringing Covid-19 home to share with their families is just an added bonus apparently. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/309 "2020-07-20T23:03:18Z")
> [@slumtrimpet](#): > > "They’re going to go home and they’re going to get over it.” What part of that do you not understand? He’s clearly saying that students will not die from covid19. Just because he’s wrong about that doesn’t mean he’s ok with them dying. There’s plenty of stupid in his statements. You don’t have to make things up. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/310 "2020-07-20T23:15:54Z")
He’s made himself very clear: > [@](#): > > At a press conference last month, Parson was asked whether he believed he bore any responsibility for the rising number of coronavirus cases in the state. > > “I don’t know that any one person is responsible for that no more than anybody else standing out here in this hallway,” [Parson said](https://www.kcur.org/health/2020-06-23/missouri-gov-mike-parson-says-he-does-not-feel-guilty-for-coronavirus-spike-since-state-reopened). “Do I feel guilty because we have car accidents, and people die every day? No, I don’t feel guilty about that. Each person that gets in those situations, things happen like that in life, they do.” ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/311 "2020-07-20T23:18:50Z")
(nevermind) ---
**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:** [July 21, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/312 "2020-07-21T00:27:52Z")
No shit, “nevermind”. He quite clearly does not give a shit if kids die. He’s bullshitting about the risk to kids, he knows he’s bullshiting, and he does not care. People die. get over it. He’s an absolutely dispicable piece of filth. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/313 "2020-07-21T01:54:57Z")
Those litigious loons need to feel what it’s like on the receiving end and some jail time to cool off. > **[The St. Louis couple charged with waving guns at protesters have a long...](https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/portland-place-couple-who-confronted-protesters-have-a-long-history-of-not-backing-down/article_281d9989-373e-53c3-abcb-ecd0225dd287.html)** > > Mark McCloskey is almost always in conflict with somebody, typically over control of private property, what people can do on that property, and whose job it is to make sure ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/314 "2020-07-21T01:57:34Z")
The governor already said he was going to pardon them. The rat bastard. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/315 "2020-07-21T04:07:11Z")
Pay for Pardons. It’s the Republican Way. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/316 "2020-07-21T13:13:02Z")
Hey, there are rumors that Bill Clinton may have once done something similar BOTH SIDES!. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/317 "2020-07-21T15:35:01Z")
Oops, maybe got caught with both hands in the cookie jar? > **[Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in $60 million bribery case](https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/07/21/ohio-bribery-case-state-official-charged-federal-prosecutors/5477862002/)** > > Federal prosecutors say they have charged a state official and associates in an Ohio "racketeering conspiracy." ---
**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:** [July 21, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/318 "2020-07-21T16:14:22Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Oops, maybe got caught with both hands in the cookie jar? > > [The Enquirer](https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/07/21/ohio-bribery-case-state-official-charged-federal-prosecutors/5477862002/) > > ### [Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in $60 million bribery case](https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/07/21/ohio-bribery-case-state-official-charged-federal-prosecutors/5477862002/) > > Federal prosecutors say they have charged a state official and associates in an Ohio “racketeering conspiracy.” [slight hijack]pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease let this happen to Mike Madigan in Illinois. That rat bastard has been running this state into the ground for far too long, and he is elected not by all of the state but by one district. He is the Mitch McConnell of Illinois. They’ve just announced a ComEd bribery scandal that touches on Madigan; let’s hope that he is finally ensnared.[/slight hijack] Yeah, Madigan is a Democrat, so this doesn’t actually belong in “Stupid Republican” thread, but stupid is as stupid does. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/319 "2020-07-21T16:27:43Z")
Corruption is bad, no matter who does it. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/320 "2020-07-21T16:28:08Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > [slight hijack]pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease let this happen to Mike Madigan in Illinois. That rat bastard has been running this state into the ground for far too long, and he is elected not by all of the state but by one district. He is the Mitch McConnell of Illinois. They’ve just announced a ComEd bribery scandal that touches on Madigan; let’s hope that he is finally ensnared.[/slight hijack] > > Yeah, Madigan is a Democrat, so this doesn’t actually belong in “Stupid Republican” thread, but stupid is as stupid does. Agree with you 100% about Madigan. The “Stupid Republican Idea” will be Rs blindly defending Householder and questioning the patriotism of the federal prosecutors behind the charges. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/321 "2020-07-21T18:54:43Z")
Liz Cheney is in trouble with her fellow Republicans for being mean to the Orange Cheetoh. > **[House conservatives pile on Cheney at GOP conference meeting](https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/07/21/house-cheney-gop-conference-375812)** > > Jim Jordan, a Freedom Caucus co-founder and one of Trump’s top allies, called out Liz Cheney for all the times she has opposed the president. * * * One of the participants in the Malheur Wildlife Preserve takeover has been shot in a running battle with several police agencies in Idaho. > **[Man injured in shootout was part of Malheur occupation](https://lmtribune.com/northwest/man-injured-in-shootout-was-part-of-malheur-occupation/article_8545e478-3aad-529a-adfd-d68f389614fd.html)** > > The man injured during a shootout with law enforcement officers over the weekend near Ferdinand was identified Monday as Sean L. Anderson, 52, of Riggins, a participant in the 41-day ---
**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:** [July 21, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/322 "2020-07-21T19:14:07Z")
AOC claims Ted Yoho accosted her outside the Capitol and called her disgusting and a fucking bitch. > **[Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says GOP congressman accosted her outside Capitol](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-ocasio-cortez-says-gop-congressman-accosted-her-outside-capitol/2020/07/21/264584f8-cb5f-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html)** > > A spokesman for Rep. Ted Yoho said the Florida lawmaker had a conversation with the Democrat and dismissed her policies but denied he used a sexist slur as the Hill described. ---
**Author:** ![Mickyfinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/323 "2020-07-21T20:12:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Jim Jordan, a Freedom Caucus co-founder and one of Trump’s top allies, called out Liz Cheney for all the times she has opposed the president. > > One of the participants in the Malheur Wildlife Preserve takeover has been shot in a running battle with several police agencies in Idaho. Links summarized in Haiku: #1 Jim Jordan sucks up Trump junior also quoted Douchieness confirmed #2 Man with no neck Making bad life choices Gets shot in the ass [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=17)