# 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:** 160
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3189 "2021-02-02T05:18:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Because of course, lawyers in Texas drive trucks. The best selling vehicle in America remains the Ford F-150. Chevy and Dodge trucks are 2 and 3. Add GMC (9) and Toyota (10) and 5 of the top 10 are trucks. Lots of people drive trucks and some of them are lawyers. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3190 "2021-02-02T08:10:40Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Why wouldn’t he drive a truck? @Rick_Kitchen Ditto what @JohnT said. It’s **extremely** likely that a lawyer in Texas is going to drive a pickup. I would venture a guess that in most multi-vehicle households of any means in Texas, one of the vehicles will be a pickup. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3191 "2021-02-02T08:52:24Z")
I’m not seeing a problem with a lawyer driving a pickup truck. I’m a lawyer, and I’ve driven a pickup many times. I don’t currently own one, but I do drive a giant Chevy SUV that was built on a Chevy Silverado pickup frame. It handles just like the Silverado (and Ford and Dodge) pickups that I’ve also driven, thanks to a farmer friend who has asked me to help out with getting stuff from somewhere back to the farm. I’ve also driven an 18-wheeler semi. I’m unsure why a lawyer driving a truck in any form should be seen as unusual. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3192 "2021-02-02T09:34:03Z")
This seems to play on the stereotype notion that pick-up trucks are driven by knuckle-dragging redneck troglodytes, at least in Texas, and no educated Harvard-trained lawyer would ever fit that stereotype. Except in Texas. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3193 "2021-02-02T09:39:10Z")
Of all the weird things in that story, the truck angle is the least remarkable. > [@](#): > > Two weeks later, Lemmon questioned Paul about tracking devices under oath. He asked a series of questions about whether Paul ever had investigators put a tracker on the vehicle of anyone involved in a court case with him, according to a transcript of the deposition obtained by the AP. > > Wynne said the questions were irrelevant to the case, as well as “harassing and insulting.” He told Paul he did not have to answer. That’s…not a “no”. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3194 "2021-02-02T16:38:03Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Except in Texas. I know a Harvard-trained lawyer right in my own firm that owns a Tundra pickup. But because this is the Pacific Northwest, he also has a Tesla. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3195 "2021-02-02T18:35:10Z")
A little background…some new standards are currently being reviewed in North Carolina that would, among other things, aim for a more honest discussion about racism in history and social studies. Naturally, Republicans are against this, to the extent that Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson has claimed that there’s no such thing as systemic racism in America: > **[Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says there's no 'systemic racism' in America during...](https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2021/01/28/lt-gov-mark-robinson-says-theres-no-systemic-racism-in-america-during-clash-with-democrats-over-new-social-studies-standards/)** > > social studies standards; Republicans; Democrats; systemic racism; State Board of Education; Mark Robinson; racial discrimination He will now be holding a press conference this afternoon because he’s _shocked_ that a locally-published political cartoon depicts North Carolina Republicans as Klan hood-wearing elephants. That’s racist, y’all!!! 🙄 I can’t find his press release anywhere but Facebook, so here’s the cartoon instead: > **[CBC Political Cartoons | Cartoons this Week](https://www.wral.com/opinion/image_gallery/16553408/)** > > Dennis Draughon, Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3196 "2021-02-02T19:25:52Z")
It’s actually kind of a _yes_. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3197 "2021-02-02T21:35:15Z")
Republican members of the House have introduced a bill that prevents gay pride flags from flying at US embassies or consulates. It doesn’t mention the pride flag in the text of the bill, but that’s what it’s for. > **[BILLS-117hr85ih.pdf](https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr85/BILLS-117hr85ih.pdf)** ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3198 "2021-02-02T21:39:05Z")
Tommy Tuberville says he doesn’t know anything about MTG because bad weather has prevented him from reading the news. > **[GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville says he doesn't know anything about Marjorie Taylor...](https://www.businessinsider.com/tommy-tuberville-says-he-cant-comment-marjorie-taylor-greene-weather-2021-2)** > > "Travel in this weather it's been a little rough looking at any news or whatever," the Alabama senator said Tuesday. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3199 "2021-02-02T21:59:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Republican members of the House have introduced a bill that prevents gay pride flags from flying at US embassies or consulates. It doesn’t mention the pride flag in the text of the bill, but that’s what it’s for. Looks like they are dissing the POW/MIA community to me. And of course it is the gay pride flag that has them up in arms - is that something that actually has happened/is happening? ---
**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 2, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3200 "2021-02-02T22:05:05Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > A little background…some new standards are currently being reviewed in North Carolina that would, among other things, aim for a more honest discussion about racism in history and social studies. Naturally, Republicans are against this, to the extent that Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson has claimed that there’s no such thing as systemic racism in America: He can tell it to the entire group of Americans who in the mid 1960s were legally granted the right to vote. I forget who said it, but the American democracy is not a couple of hundred years old, it’s more like 55. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3201 "2021-02-02T22:06:34Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > And of course it is the gay pride flag that has them up in arms - is that something that actually has happened/is happening? Anthony Blinken swore to the gay community that he would allow gay flags to fly at embassies after Individual 1 banned them, > **[Joe Biden's new secretary of state will allow US embassies to fly Pride flags...](https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/01/20/joe-biden-lgbt-rights-secretary-state-envoy-antony-blinken/)** > > Joe Biden's new secretary of state has made several promises to the LGBT+ community, including "urgently" appointing an LGBT+ envoy. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3202 "2021-02-02T22:07:28Z")
The Chairwoman of the Hawaii GOP has resigned after a party VP tweeted out QAnon crap from an official Party twitter account. > **[Hawaii GOP chair resigns after party tweets about QAnon](https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-gop-chair-resigns-qanon-tweets-587b54cd8b1accd01ef907324df6d6e5)** > > HONOLULU (AP) — The chairperson of the Hawaii Republican Party has resigned after a senior party member used an official Twitter account to send tweets defending adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory... ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3203 "2021-02-03T00:16:02Z")
Lindsey Graham says he needs proof that MTG made the claims that the media is reporting. > **[Lindsey Graham immediately fact checked while trying to defend Rep. Marjorie...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/lindsey-graham-proven-wrong-immediately-after-trying-to-defend-numerous-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-s-statements-b1796602.html)** > > Senator says he would want to have conversations with Ms Greene before passing judgement on her prior comments ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3204 "2021-02-03T00:17:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tommy Tuberville says he doesn’t know anything about MTG because bad weather has prevented him from reading the news. Tommy doesn’t have the slightest clue what being a Senator is about. It won’t be long before he does something clearly illegal. Whether that will matter remains to be seen. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3205 "2021-02-03T00:56:35Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Tommy doesn’t have the slightest clue what being a Senator is about. Now I may be wrong here… goodness knows I’ve been wrong plenty of times… But Tommy strikes me as being a person who is dumber than half a bag of hammers. ---
**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 3, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3206 "2021-02-03T01:33:42Z")
I’m not sure where to post this. This is the post that features the link which comments upon the time where the My Pillow guy causes a Newsmax(!) anchor to get up and leave his chair. The first 2 minutes or so of this video are truly hogwild fuckin hootnanny. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XcqEEEEA1N4/maxresdefault.jpg "Newsmax anchor WALKS OFF SET after MyPillow CEO spouts debunked election claims") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcqEEEEA1N4) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3207 "2021-02-03T01:58:34Z")
Ron Johnson has been the official certified stupidest Senator (not to be confused with official certified stupidest person in Congress, currently held by Louie Gohmert) since 2016. Maybe Tommy Tuberville will give him a run for his money? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3208 "2021-02-03T01:59:11Z")
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