# 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:** 215
**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:** [April 4, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4293 "2021-04-04T04:31:25Z")
And you can marry Mitch McConnell ! ---
**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:** [April 4, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4294 "2021-04-04T04:50:51Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Donation fraud > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html) > > “Online donors were guided into weekly recurring contributions. Demands for refunds spiked. Complaints to banks and credit card companies soared. But the money helped keep Donald Trump’s struggling campaign afloat.” As much as I like the idea of MAGAts having less money, them being poorer does not make them more tolerable (probably the opposite) and you just have to know that this will get spun around into the evil Democrat-run government taking their hard-earned shekels, because the bulb in the Republican projection machine has not yet burned out. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2021, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4295 "2021-04-04T11:21:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > To be clear, Johnston says that he does not oppose the practice of yoga as it’s already accepted and taught at some Christian churches. The issue is the slippery slope defense that the religious right has used for years. “You cannot have any kind of religious activities in elementary schools.” Want to bet on whether he has social media posts decrying the lack of prayer in schools? I want the “he does” side of that proposition. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4296 "2021-04-04T12:59:09Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > As much as I like the idea of MAGAts having less money, them being poorer does not make them more tolerable (probably the opposite) and you just have to know that this will get spun around into the evil Democrat-run government taking their hard-earned shekels, because the bulb in the Republican projection machine has not yet burned out. I don’t expect any more of them will get their money back at this point because I’m sure the campaign spent every last penny before shutting down. But I’m hoping that this qualifies as bona fide criminal conduct, and that the people who made this happen spend some time in prison. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4297 "2021-04-04T13:09:02Z")
Spent? I suspect the money has been dry cleaned and hidden. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4298 "2021-04-04T14:25:46Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > But I’m hoping that this qualifies as bona fide criminal conduct, and that the people who made this happen spend some time in prison. Oh, come on, if duping people were illegal, our entire economic system would be seen twitching feebly in the dust of its own rubble. ---
**Author:** ![Ziberian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/919ad9/32.png) [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4299 "2021-04-04T18:23:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mike Huckabee: > I’ve decided to “identify” as Chinese. Coke will like me, Delta will agree with my “values” and I’ll probably get shoes from Nike & tickets to MLB games. Ain’t America great? Best answer I’ve seen so far: "Yeah, but you’ll also be told to go back to wherever you came from by the racist followers of Mike Huckabee. " ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4300 "2021-04-05T03:24:08Z")
Congressman Greg Murphy replied to Ilhan Omar’s condolences for the death of the Capitol policeman by trying to associate her with 9/11. > **[GOP Rep. Greg Murphy Slammed for Invoking 9/11 While Tagging Ilhan Omar](https://www.newsweek.com/gop-rep-greg-murphy-slammed-invoking-9-11-while-tagging-ilhan-omar-deleted-tweet-1580971)** > > Murphy also tweeted and deleted a racist attack against Kamala Harris last October, writing that she "was only picked for her color and her race." ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4301 "2021-04-05T20:55:50Z")
OK, credit where it’s due… Former/Once In A Blue Moon poster Bricker opposed the death penalty. I never asked him why. Opposing it is all that matters to me, so credit where it’s due. In the same way, I credit (this time, once here!) Arkansas Gov. The Republican Asa Hutchinson for giving a big veto to the recently presented to him anti-transgender rights bill. Whatever, and whyever he did, I ain’t asking. Credit where it’s due… “Washington (CNN)Arkansas’ Republican governor on Monday vetoed an[anti-transgender health care bill](https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/28/us/transgender-rights-arkansas-tennessee-anti-trans-laws/index.html) that would’ve prohibited physicians in the state from providing gender-affirming “procedures” for trans people under age 18.” > **[Arkansas' Republican governor vetoes anti-trans health care bill | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/politics/asa-hutchinson-arkansas-transgender-health-care-veto/index.html)** > > Arkansas' Republican governor on Monday vetoed an anti-transgender health care bill that would've prohibited physicians in the state from providing gender-affirming "procedures" for trans people under age 18. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4302 "2021-04-05T21:00:15Z")
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from Alex Jones over his conviction for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook murders, in which he claimed he was exercising his free speech rights. [https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/high-court-nixes-alex-jones-appeal-newtown-shooting-76879720](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/high-court-nixes-alex-jones-appeal-newtown-shooting-76879720) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4303 "2021-04-05T21:33:55Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Former/Once In A Blue Moon poster Bricker opposed the death penalty. I never asked him why. IIUC, Bricker is Catholic and thus opposes all non-martial forms of killing humans and proto-humans. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4304 "2021-04-05T23:54:42Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > This is a story and a half. Apparently the pre-checked boxes through which the suckers, er, _donors_ gave the Trump people free access to their assets, were filled with miles of verbiage, with the kicker (that the donations would be ‘recurring,’ etc.) in fine print that most didn’t see. A non-firewalled source shows the relevant charts and screenshots: And one more cute thing about this. WinRed, unlike ActBlue, is a for profit company. They both take a cut of the donations. But when ActBlue returns money (which happens when someone donates over the limit) they also return the cut to the campaign. WinRed didn’t, so they were ripping of the Trump campaign as well as the donors. Just in case you thought they were all bad. And the Republican Senatorial candidates in Georgia pulled the same scam. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4305 "2021-04-06T00:38:34Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > And the Republican Senatorial candidates in Georgia pulled the same scam. Hadn’t heard that part of the story. The GOP is all corruption all the time, eh? ---
**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:** [April 6, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4306 "2021-04-06T03:08:13Z")
> **[Matt Gaetz's Desperate PR Campaign Is Not Doing What He Thinks It's Doing](https://jezebel.com/matt-gaetzs-desperate-pr-campaign-is-not-doing-what-he-1846622641)** > > I spent this past week blissfully disconnected from anything vaguely resembling news, hiking in the desert with my dog and enjoying the bountiful benefits of legal weed. So imagine my dismay when I reluctantly plugged my just-cleansed brain into the... Case in point: on Monday, Gaetz [trotted out his former aide and Air Force Captain Nathaniel Nelson](https://www.thedailybeast.com/matt-gaetzs-military-adviser-nathan-nelson-comes-to-his-defense-armed-with-no-facts), to refute the charges made against the member of Congress. Nelson claimed that he was “convinced that the allegations against Congressman Gaetz are likewise fabricated.” But when asked if he had any evidence to back up his belief, Nelson admitted he had nothing." > “I’m not here to provide any degree of evidence in support of Congressman Gaetz, only to discredit these baseless allegations,” he said. “I don’t have any specific knowledge on the investigation or any of the facts that are involved with the investigation.” Nelson also shared that he hadn’t spoken to Gaetz in “several months.” Hasn’t spoken to him, has no knowledge of the investigation or facts. Sounds air tight to me, let’s move on to Benghazi. /giant eye roll ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4307 "2021-04-06T07:50:26Z")
Well, it’s the same standards of evidence Gaetz et al used to determine all that voter fraud don’t 'cha know. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4308 "2021-04-06T15:47:24Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > And the Republican Senatorial candidates in Georgia pulled the same scam. Insider trading not pulling in enough money? ---
**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:** [April 6, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4309 "2021-04-06T18:13:06Z")
Daniel Dale, the fact checker for CNN, has a steady job as long as Republicans continue to speak. Today, he was dragging Senator Tim Scott for trying to claim that Colorado, where the All Star Game has been moved to, has more restrictive voting laws than Georgia has. > **[CNN Fact Checker Swiftly Corrects GOP Senator Who Claimed Colorado Has...](https://secondnexus.com/tim-scott-dale-georgia-colorado)** > > Well done. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4310 "2021-04-06T18:14:17Z")
Court orders Devin Nunes aide and lawyer to pay court fees for continued bad faith lawsuits. > **[Devin Nunes' aide and attorney ordered to pay CNN's legal fees for filing...](https://www.rawstory.com/amp/devin-nunes-aide-cnn-lawsuit-2651333344)** > > The Merced Sun-Star is reporting that a close aide to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) and his lawyer have been sanctioned over their continuing efforts to sue CNN.The report notes that Nunes' senior aide Derek Harvey and his attorney Steven S. Biss -- who... ---
**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:** [April 6, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4311 "2021-04-06T19:13:39Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > is Catholic and thus opposes all non-martial forms of killing humans Reading is a skill, and if you read that too quickly, it looks like he opposes all non-MARITAL forms of killing humans. Killing your husband is OK, but executing her by the state would be a no-no. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4312 "2021-04-06T19:25:01Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Killing your husband is OK, but executing her by the state would be a no-no. Just exactly what kind of relationship are you involved in? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=214) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=216)