# 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:** 161
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3209 "2021-02-03T02:10:37Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Apparently several people arrested in the assault on the Capitol didn’t actually vote in the election, and several were registered as Democrats Not surprising. Until Oct of 2018, Ivanka was still registered as a Democrat. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3210 "2021-02-03T02:12:23Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > 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? It’s a dead heat. Tuberville, being the new guy, has come on ~~stupid~~ strong though. ---
**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, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3211 "2021-02-03T03:22:57Z")
Ron DeSantis wants a law in Florida to fine social media platforms that deplatform political candidates. > **[Gov. DeSantis proposes law that would fine Big Tech companies that...](https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/gov-desantis-holds-press-conference-from-florida-state-capitol/)** > > Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has a press conference scheduled Tuesday morning from the State Capitol. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3212 "2021-02-03T03:28:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lindsey Graham says he needs proof that MTG made the claims that the media is reporting. Proof beyond the videotape? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3213 "2021-02-03T03:31:05Z")
Who has time to watch videos when it’s snowing outside? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3214 "2021-02-03T03:32:36Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Who has time to watch videos when it’s snowing outside? - How can you watch videos when all you can see is the inside of Trump’s colon? ---
**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 3, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3215 "2021-02-03T03:36:01Z")
I needed that one! Bravo! ---
**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 3, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3216 "2021-02-03T03:37:01Z")
Fair enough, but by the time ShitGibbon was deplatformed, I believe he was not a “candidate”. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3217 "2021-02-03T05:16:10Z")
I find myself wondering what the governor DeSantis’s position was on net neutrality a couple of years ago, and what it is now. ---
**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, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3218 "2021-02-03T07:51:55Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Who has time to watch videos when it’s snowing outside? Well, not so much time as _being prevented_ from catching up on videos, which, yeah, I can totally see where he’s coming from. Nothing worse than entering “Marjorie Taylor Greene” in the the google or youtube search fields and then _VOOM_\* those darned mesmerizing swirly snowflakes just…start…ugh! swirly and all that shit, kinda. Stultifying. Incapacitating. I’m sure Statesman Tuberville should provide solid, deep, far-reaching, like, all the way, whole, fucking 80, 90, no! 100 yards touchdown! success at, say, reaching out to maybe AOC, in no time. I expect to see those two in lock-step pronto. Perhaps they could see something much, much deeper in each other. \*courtesy Mr. Palin ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3219 "2021-02-03T10:47:00Z")
I bet he could fit his phone in there easy. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3220 "2021-02-03T12:16:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ron DeSantis wants a law in Florida to fine social media platforms that deplatform political candidates. Just explain to him that Twitter is like a bakery and Donald Trump is like a gay couple. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3221 "2021-02-03T12:20:09Z")
That’s an insult to hammers. Hammers may be simple tools, but they are useful and serve a purpose. Unlike Tommy Tuberville. ---
**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 3, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3222 "2021-02-03T12:58:21Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I find myself wondering what the governor DeSantis’s position was on net neutrality a couple of years ago, and what it is now. You probably know this (and DeSantis probably doesn’t), but net neutrality has nothing to do with companies banning folks. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3223 "2021-02-03T13:02:50Z")
MTG is the new BLM. The thought of playing Magic the Gathering at a Bureau of Land Management site sounds intriguing but the constant double takes are annoying. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3224 "2021-02-03T13:03:54Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > That’s an insult to hammers. Hammers may be simple tools, but they are useful and serve a purpose. Unlike Tommy Tuberville. - That’s an unfair comparison. How do you know that Tommy Tuberville can’t be used to drive nails into wood? ---
**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 3, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3225 "2021-02-03T14:20:47Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s an unfair comparison. How do you know that Tommy Tuberville can’t be used to drive nails into wood? Funnily enough, the British idiom akin to “dumb as a bag of hammers” is “thick as two short planks”. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3226 "2021-02-03T14:52:53Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Funnily enough, the British idiom akin to “dumb as a bag of hammers” is “thick as two short planks”. Why _short_ planks? Is there an implied relationship between the two dimensions of pieces of wood? How about Tommy Tuberville? ---
**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 3, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3227 "2021-02-03T15:24:09Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Why _short_ planks? Is there an implied relationship between the two dimensions of pieces of wood? Apparently so - the idea is the shorter the plank, the thicker. IANA lumber merchant so I have no idea if this is true. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > How about Tommy Tuberville? You mean Tommy Two-by-Four? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3228 "2021-02-03T15:25:46Z")
I’ve always been partial to “Not the sharpest spoon in the drawer.” Or you could always go for the Blackadderism: “As thick a a whale sandwich.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=160) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=162)