# 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:** 164
**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 6, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3269 "2021-02-06T00:26:28Z")
> **[Oklahoma lawmaker disrespects America by photostalking colleague during...](https://thelostogle.com/2021/02/05/sheila-dills-disrespects-america-by-photostalking-colleague-during-pledge-of-allegiance)** > > Sheila Dills – the Majority Caucus Chair for the Oklahoma House of Representatives – showed the world that she doesn't love or respect America, its veterans, and fallen soldiers, by not focusing 100% of her attention on the Pledge of Allegiance this... "Sheila Dills – the Majority Caucus Chair for the Oklahoma House of Representatives – showed the world that she doesn’t love or respect America, its veterans, and fallen soldiers, by not focusing 100% of her attention on the Pledge of Allegiance this past Tuesday on the House floor. Well, at least that’s what happened according to her own logic. While the rest of the State House indivisibly stood and pledged allegiance to the flag and to the Republic for which it stands, she creepily snapped photos of Facebook of freshman State Rep. Mauree Turner – our state and country’s first non-binary Muslim state representative – and then shared the following now-deleted Facebook post…" How dare the Muslim state rep just stand for the pledge. She must have been dancing on rooftops after 9/11. And she’s ‘gasp’ a democrat. /s File to: Little known state bigots. ---
**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 6, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3270 "2021-02-06T16:37:16Z")
Did we already cover Ted Cruz’s incoherent nonsense about Avengers and Watchmen? > **[Ted Cruz Called Out by 'Watchmen' Writer for Misunderstanding the Comic](https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-watchmen-avengers-thanos-environmentalist-twitter-1566206)** > > Texan Senator said the comic's "bad guys" are "rabid environmentalists," seemingly missing the point of the series. Note that Cruz previously indicated that his favorite Watchmen character was Rorschach - you know, the violent right-wing authoritarian bigot. ---
**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 6, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3271 "2021-02-06T16:49:46Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Note that Cruz previously indicated that his favorite Watchmen character was Rorschach - you know, the violent right-wing authoritarian bigot. He’s my favorite also. Of course, unlike Rafael, I’m not modeling my life on his beliefs. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3272 "2021-02-06T17:17:58Z")
Aye: it’s one thing to think Rohrschach is _interesting_ but quite another to find him inspiring. ---
**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 6, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3273 "2021-02-06T17:18:41Z")
So much stupidity. > **[GOP governor ends mask mandate, removes limits on businesses, placing state...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/6/2014361/-Iowa-Gov-Kim-Reynolds-ends-social-distancing-guidelines-despite-continued-high-cases-of-COVID-19)** > > As cases of COVID-19 began to surge again in the fall, no state went up more sharply than Iowa. Between the middle of October and the second week of November, the rate of new cases in the state increased by 500%, and all that was before... The caption on that picture is _“Donald Trump doing lord knows what to Kim Reynold’s face.”_ If you click on the link and see the full-size picture, prepare to lose your breakfast. ---
**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 6, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3274 "2021-02-06T19:13:28Z")
How symmetrical is Rorschach? ---
**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 6, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3275 "2021-02-06T19:37:24Z")
That would be tricky to interpret. ---
**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 6, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3276 "2021-02-06T19:39:34Z")
The Attorney General of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit against a reporter because the reporter filed a freedom of information request. > **[Louisiana AG sues reporter over FOIA request](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/537648-louisiana-ag-sues-reporter-over-foia-request/)** > > Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) on Friday sued a reporter in his state over a Freedom of Information Act request. Landry sued Andrea Gallo, a reporter for The Advocate and The Times-Pica… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3277 "2021-02-06T19:43:57Z")
Every time you think Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Alabama are the stupidest states around, Louisiana can be counted on to say “Hold my beer.” ---
**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 6, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3278 "2021-02-06T21:28:59Z")
Tell me these aren’t Republicans, I dare you. " Maria Montessori Academy Director Micah Hirokawa said on the school’s Facebook page on Friday that he “reluctantly” sent out a letter explaining families are allowed “to exercise their civil rights to not participate in Black History Month at the school,” the Standard-Examiner [reported](https://www.standard.net/news/education/north-ogden-montessori-charter-school-to-allow-students-to-opt-out-of-black-history-month/article_dfaf1d50-49d0-5503-9138-162a7e01d902.html). Hirokawa said “few families” asked not to participate in instruction related to Black History Month. But he declined to say how many parents or their reasons for making the decision." > **[Students at Utah school allowed to opt out of Black History Month activities](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/students-utah-school-allowed-opt-out-black-history-month-activities-n1256943)** > > In a letter, the school's director said families are allowed “to exercise their civil rights to not participate in Black History Month at the school." ---
**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 6, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3279 "2021-02-06T21:32:56Z")
In what way does participating in “Black History Month” infringe their civil rights? ---
**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 6, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3280 "2021-02-06T21:40:23Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Every time you think Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Alabama are the stupidest states around, Louisiana can be counted on to say “Hold my beer.” God knows there’s little enough for a Texan to be grateful for these days. So thank you, Louisiana. ---
**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 6, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3281 "2021-02-06T21:59:17Z")
In the “Gotcha!” Department, under the subhead _Grasping at Straws_: > **['Why is the president going to Delaware?' Oh, noes! They have Biden cornered...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/5/2014229/--Why-is-the-president-going-to-Delaware-Oh-noes-They-have-Biden-cornered-now)** > > I get it. The media have a job to do. And for the first time in four years, the government doesn’t have a cabinet-level Department of Gaslighting. But this is a question this reporter already knows the answer to, right?  Right? > I believe this is AP White House correspondent Zeke Miller, but he’s wearing a mask, so I don’t know for sure. For all I know this is what Carrot Top looks like when he’s not on stage. > > > “Why is the President going to Delaware?” [pic.twitter.com/oBRuQllR86](https://t.co/oBRuQllR86) > > > > — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) [February 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1357755105588563968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > > > REPORTER: “Why is the president going to Delaware this weekend?” > > > > PRESS SECRETARY JEN PSAKI: “He is from Delaware and has a home there and is going to spend the weekend with his wife and family there.” > > > > REPORTER: “But guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as you know, in the last briefing just a couple of hours ago … people should avoid travel. Is there an exception to that policy?” > > > > PSAKI: “Well, the key, Zeke, is ensuring that people don’t take steps to make others vulnerable, in our effort to get the pandemic under control. As you know, any president of the United States, Democrat or Republican, obviously takes Air Force One, a private plane, when they travel. Delaware is his home, and so he looks forward to spending the weekend there and some time with his family.” I only hope that Jen replied in her most patient, kindergarten-teacher voice to make sure the Reporter got that there was no evil, nefarious, threatening hidden meaning in Joe and Jill’s trip home for the weekend. ---
**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 6, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3282 "2021-02-06T22:03:59Z")
Looking in Google Maps, it’s about 112 miles to Wilmington, Delaware from the White House. Couldn’t the president take a helicopter there instead of Air Force One? It seems like overkill. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3283 "2021-02-06T22:16:08Z")
Louie Gohmert, aka the Stupidest Person in Congress (although he has a lot of competition lately) is pissed off that he got fined for skirting the metal detectors. [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gohmert-appealing-fine-for-flouting-new-security-screening](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gohmert-appealing-fine-for-flouting-new-security-screening) > [@](#): > > “This fine has nothing to do with following the rules and everything to do with furthering the Democrats’ never ending scheme to demonize and punish their political opponents,” Gohmert said in a statement Friday night. No, you idiot. This is _exactly_ about following the rules, which you refused to do, which is why you got fined. Party of Personal Responsibility my ass. ---
**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 6, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3284 "2021-02-06T22:35:52Z")
Just the guy with the nuclear football and the Secret Service detail would probably crowd a helicopter. Plus AF1 is outfitted as a flying White House so the President is not away from secure communications and such while in flight. ---
**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 6, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3285 "2021-02-06T23:48:15Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Every time you think Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Alabama are the stupidest states around, Louisiana can be counted on to say “Hold my beer.” You forgot Arizona, whose GOP has gone off the rails more so than any other state. ---
**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 6, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3286 "2021-02-06T23:48:45Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Looking in Google Maps, it’s about 112 miles to Wilmington, Delaware from the White House. Couldn’t the president take a helicopter there instead of Air Force One? It seems like overkill. > [@running\_coach](#): > > Just the guy with the nuclear football and the Secret Service detail would probably crowd a helicopter. Plus AF1 is outfitted as a flying White House so the President is not away from secure communications and such while in flight. Nah. Should have made Joe and Football Guy take a golf cart. There are probably a few used ones lying around the WH. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3287 "2021-02-07T00:31:51Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > You forgot Arizona, whose GOP has gone off the rails more so than any other state. Yeah, never forget Arizona. Our latest stroke of genius? [You no longer have to have a law degree to practice law in Arizona.](https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2021/02/06/arizona-no-longer-restricts-law-lawyers-here-pro-con/4339871001/) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3288 "2021-02-07T02:09:08Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Yeah, never forget Arizona. Our latest stroke of genius? [You no longer have to have a law degree to practice law in Arizona.](https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2021/02/06/arizona-no-longer-restricts-law-lawyers-here-pro-con/4339871001/) This is far from the dumbest thing they’ve done. Actually, I’m not sure it’s a bad idea at all, although there are obviously potential downsides. Plenty of legal paraprofessionals know LOTS about the law, and would probably do a great job with a whole bunch of legal work. As long as they have to follow professional codes of ethics, and as long as their potential clients know the score, I think that relaxing some of these occupational licensing rules is often a good thing. Also, there are about a half-dozen states that already allow people to become lawyers without a law degree, although their systems are somewhat different from the one being introduced by Arizona. I can’t remember all of the states, but I know that [California](https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Requirements/Education/Legal-Education/Law-Office-or-Judges-Chamber) allows you to become a lawyer if you spend time working and studying in a law office or judge’s chamber, and pass the bar exam. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=165)