# 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:** 169
**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 13, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3369 "2021-02-13T13:23:03Z")
Last night when I went I went to sleep, I never thought that the first thing I’d do after awakening would be googling “Ted Cruz breast milk”. Life is so unpredictable these days. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3370 "2021-02-13T13:27:47Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Life is so unpredictable these days. Particularly when somebody is firmly behind somebody else who accused his father of killing JFK. ---
**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 13, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3371 "2021-02-13T17:10:05Z")
Moscow Mitch will vote to acquit: > **[GOP's McConnell: Trump morally responsible for Jan. 6 attack](https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-impeachments-trump-impeachment-mitch-mcconnell-0a14d2e41e376331580b98a992f7d856)** > > WASHINGTON (AP) — In his speech Saturday from the Senate floor, Sen. Mitch McConnell delivered a scalding denunciation of Donald Trump, calling him “morally responsible” for the Jan... ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3372 "2021-02-13T17:34:16Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Last night when I went I went to sleep, I never thought that the first thing I’d do after awakening would be googling “Ted Cruz breast milk”. > > Life is so unpredictable these days. Seeing this [I had to too.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ted-cruz-breast-milk-impeachment-b1800885.html) The best comment from CNN > [@](#): > > Among those most infuriated by the post was CNN anchor [Chris Cuomo](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/chris-cuomo), who commented: “Orwellian? Sir, you are at a trial that you’re not even paying attention to, where you are saying that what happened didn’t really happen, because you don’t want to have to deal with the reality. > > “That, my brother, is Orwellian. Breast milk, why is that on your mind? Focus, Ted. If you got off Trump’s teat a little bit, maybe you wouldn’t be thinking about breast milk so much. Do your damn job! If Trump had his way, maybe you, but certainly not all of you, would’ve made it out of there.” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3373 "2021-02-13T18:54:50Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > > [@Babale](#): > > > > The real news about Ted Cruz today involves breastmilk… > > Something to do with St. Agatha? He’ll take it to go. ---
**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 14, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3374 "2021-02-14T13:37:32Z")
The Democrats may only have two years to get anything done before the Republicans put a lock on Congress. > **[Report warns of severe gerrymandering in Southern states](https://thefulcrum.us/redistricting/partisan-gerrymandering-2650517652)** > > Four Southern states will be especially vulnerable to partisan and racial gerrymandering due to single-party control over the process and weaker protections for communities of color, a new report found. ---
**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 14, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3375 "2021-02-14T19:34:31Z")
Lindsay Graham says that if the Republicans take back the House, they will impeach Kamala Harris. > **[Graham while criticizing Trump's impeachment trial: 'I don't know how Kamala...](https://www.businessinsider.com/lindsey-graham-suggests-kamala-harris-impeachment-2021-2)** > > "We've opened Pandora's box to future presidents," GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Fox News as he criticized the impeachment trial record. ---
**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 14, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3376 "2021-02-14T19:43:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lindsay Graham says that if the Republicans take back the House, they will impeach Kamala Harris. When asked to give the justification the Republicans will use, Graham replied “because we’re assholes.” (narrator; he actually only thought this) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3377 "2021-02-15T03:30:13Z")
You win. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3378 "2021-02-16T11:53:57Z")
Sometimes this thread could use a Chuck Grassley tweet drop, where he’s rapping to the tunes inside his head, but filtered through old-aged forgetfulness. This latest offering is typical: > What are biofuels, Chuck? > I denounce Grassley’s war against ‘to’: > > There’s… a lot going on here: > Unity! Giving credit where it’s due, folks: > Speaks in 3rd person _and_ promotes his Insta. Impressive. > Fuck you, letter ‘W’. If that’s your _real_ name: > Look at this shit and check out the date. “If”? > ---
**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 16, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3379 "2021-02-16T13:57:47Z")
Power out at your house, too, eh @JohnT? I’m using my phone as a mobile hotspot. ---
**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 16, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3380 "2021-02-16T19:38:43Z")
Pennsylvania state Republican leader: “We didn’t send Pat Toomey there to do the right thing.” ---
**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 16, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3381 "2021-02-16T19:39:38Z")
Lauren Boebert blames the power outages in Texas and other states on the Green New Deal. > **[GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert Is Blaming America’s Power Outages On... What?](https://uproxx.com/viral/lauren-boebert-texas-power-outages-green-new-deal-democrats/)** > > Rootin’ Tootin’ Lauren Boebert is pointing fingers over ice storm power outages, and people throwing it right back at her. ---
**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 16, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3382 "2021-02-16T19:41:36Z")
Brevard County, Florida county commissioners mock a local reporter who has posted critical articles about them, for being from Brazil and therefore can’t vote. > **[Local Florida officials pass a resolution to mock a newspaper columnist’s...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/15/2016210/-Local-Florida-officials-pass-a-resolution-to-mock-a-newspaper-columnist-s-identity-and-work)** > > As the year continues, Republican officials just keep stooping lower and lower. Using the time meant to be “devoted to county issues,” local Republican officials in Florida attempted to shame and mock a journalist by creating a resolution in... ---
**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 16, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3383 "2021-02-16T20:01:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Brevard County, Florida county commissioners mock a local reporter who has posted critical articles about them, for being from Brazil and therefore can’t vote. > [Local Florida officials pass a resolution to mock a newspaper columnist’s identity and work](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/15/2016210/-Local-Florida-officials-pass-a-resolution-to-mock-a-newspaper-columnist-s-identity-and-work) Well, the Constitution forbids bills of _attainder_. It is silent on the subject of bills of _neener, neener, neener_. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3384 "2021-02-16T20:04:04Z")
Yeah, that seems to be the company line on the right. Ignoring the fact that the vast majority of lost power has been due to fossil fuels (natural gas primarily) and the fact that we failed to properly winterize the power generators. I sincerely hope some heads roll over this fuck up; people have likely died as a result of it. ---
**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 16, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3385 "2021-02-16T20:13:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lauren Boebert blames the power outages in Texas and other states on the Green New Deal. > [GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert Is Blaming America's Power Outages On... What?](https://uproxx.com/viral/lauren-boebert-texas-power-outages-green-new-deal-democrats/) Weird, how not one of the pushback tweets mentions that the Green New Deal hasn’t been implemented. ---
**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 16, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3386 "2021-02-16T20:43:31Z")
[https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538964-gop-official-on-toomey-wasnt-sent-to-do-the-right-thing-or-whatever-he-said](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538964-gop-official-on-toomey-wasnt-sent-to-do-the-right-thing-or-whatever-he-said) It’s kind of funny when conservatives say the truth because their default setting seems to be lying. Notice that he’s still playing the victim card even tho he’s telling the truth. Remember: conservatives are _always_ the real victims 🙄 > [@](#): > > The chair of the Washington County, Pa., Republican Party blasted Sen. [Pat Toomey](https://thehill.com/people/patrick-toomey) (R-Pa.) on Monday for voting to convict former [President Trump](https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump)in his second impeachment trial, saying the outgoing senator was not elected to “do the right thing.” > > “We did not send him there to vote his conscience. We did not send him there to do the right thing or whatever he said he was doing. We sent him there to represent us,” Washington County GOP Chairman Dave Ball [told Pittsburgh-area CBS affiliate KDKA-TV](https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/02/15/western-pa-republican-county-chairs-oppose-sen-toomeys-vote-to-convict-trump-but-disagree-on-censure-resolutions/). ---
**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 16, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3387 "2021-02-16T20:45:26Z")
Fox is trying to claim that the people who showed up to cheer Individual 1 yesterday was spontaneous, despite having been hyped on right wing media for several day. > **[CNN Anchor Hammers Fox News for False Claim About ‘Spontaneous’ Trump Rally](https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-anchor-brianna-keilar-hammers-fox-news-for-claiming-pre-planned-trump-rally-was-spontaneous)** > > “Fox is becoming its own worst nightmare, completely predictable,” Keilar declared. “Worship Trump, blame Democrats, spotlight fear. Rinse, lather, repeat.” ---
**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 16, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3388 "2021-02-16T20:49:13Z")
Yesterday, The Daily Show ran an amusing [segment on Tucker Carlson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMWNcQsXrSI). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=168) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=170)