# 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:** 224
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4475 "2021-04-14T05:26:20Z")
Impeccable as always research, but I’m wondering if _L’oignon_ copped the idea from this [probably NSFW edgy garment.](http://morningafter.gawker.com/the-best-looks-from-andy-sambergs-7-days-in-hell-inclu-1717403225) (scroll I think 12 pictures down) ---
**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 14, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4476 "2021-04-14T07:11:30Z")
Lindsey Graham: By withdrawing from Afghanistan, Biden is paving the way for a second 9/11. Uh, didn’t his daddy Individual 1 start the ball rolling for the US withdrawal? > **[Lindsey Graham Says Joe Biden Is 'Paving the Way for Another September 11'](https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-says-joe-biden-paving-way-another-september-11-1583441)** > > Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that President Joe Biden's plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan would be "paving the way for another 9/11" on Tuesday, calling his foreign policy decisions "completely incompetent and destabilizing." ---
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4477 "2021-04-14T11:35:05Z")
This is **classic** IOWRDI. \*It’s Okay When Republicans Do It ---
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4478 "2021-04-14T12:00:54Z")
> [@](#): > > **Tucker Carlson Suggests Vaccines Don’t Work And Government Won’t Say It** > > The [Fox News](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/fox-news) personality peddled paranoia about the [COVID-19 vaccine](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/covid-vaccine) Tuesday, speculating that “it doesn’t work” and that the government won’t say so out loud. Carlson told his right-wing viewers he couldn’t think of another explanation. > > … > > “At some point ― no one’s asking this, but everyone should be ― what is this about?” Carlson said. “If the vaccines work, why are vaccinated people still banned from living normal lives? What’s the answer to that? It doesn’t make any sense at all. If the vaccine is effective, there’s no reason for people who’ve received it to wear masks or avoid physical contact.” > > “So, maybe it doesn’t work, and they’re just not telling you that,” he continued. “You’d hate to think that, especially if you’ve gotten two shots. But what’s the other potential explanation? We can’t think of one.” > > Fox News and Carlson [have been called out](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-chris-hayes-covid-19-vaccine_n_6051c946c5b6264a8fb82701) for spreading skepticism about the shots before. > **[Tucker Carlson Suggests Vaccines Don't Work And Government Won't Say It](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-vaccine-doesnt-work_n_6076aff5e4b089e3a2c4b037)** > > "We can't think of" another explanation, the Fox News host said in a doozy of a coronavirus cover-up conspiracy rant. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4479 "2021-04-14T12:05:30Z")
Another fine “You’re wrong because I’m ignorant” argument there. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4480 "2021-04-14T12:06:37Z")
Tucker hasn’t checked in with Dear Leader on this one. > **[Trump Tells Supporters ‘It’s A Great Vaccine, It’s A Safe Vaccine’](https://khn.org/morning-breakout/trump-tells-supporters-its-a-great-vaccine-its-a-safe-vaccine/)** > > Former President Donald Trump backed the coronavirus vaccines developed during his administration, as concern grows over hesitancy among Republicans. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4481 "2021-04-14T12:07:36Z")
> [@](#): > > **Despite Book Condemning Trump And GOP, John Boehner Says He Voted For Trump In 2020** > > “I thought that his policies, by and large, mirrored the policies that I believed in,” the former House speaker said. > > … > > “I thought the choices for the Supreme Court were top notch. At the end of the day, who gets nominated to the federal courts is really the most important thing a president does,” he added. Well, I guess the rest of that chaos made it all worth it, then. > **[Despite Book Condemning Trump And GOP, John Boehner Says He Voted For Trump...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-boehner-condemn-vote-for-trump-2020_n_6075e343e4b01e3042376877)** > > “I thought that his policies, by and large, mirrored the policies that I believed in,” the former House speaker said. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4482 "2021-04-14T12:13:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Want to understand the state of the Republican Party in one anecdote? Here you go: > > On Saturday, the Nevada Republican Party Central Committee[formally censured Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske](https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/politics/nevada-gop-censure-secretary-of-state-barbara-cegavske/index.html) (R) for her “disregard of her oath of office by failing to investigate election fraud, her dismissive public statements regarding election integrity concerns, and her failure to ensure compliance with Nevada and federal election law.” > > Shorter version? Nevada Republicans slapped Cegavske on the wrist because she didn’t go along with the Big Lie – the idea, contra all available evidence, that the 2020 election was somehow stolen from former President Donald Trump due to election irregularities. > > … > > Cegavske, for her part, said this in the wake of her censure: “Unfortunately, members of my own party continue to believe the 2020 general election was wrought with fraud – and that somehow I had a part in it – despite a complete lack of evidence to support that belief.” [https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/13/politics/nevada-gop-censure-barbara-cegavske-2020-election/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/13/politics/nevada-gop-censure-barbara-cegavske-2020-election/index.html) ---
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4483 "2021-04-14T12:19:52Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Well, I guess the rest of that chaos made it all worth it, then. CNN Opinion thinks that’s exactly hat he had in mind: > [@](#): > > Rather than some sort of speak-truth-to-power hero, Boehner is typical of the broader Republican approach to Trump: Hold your nose and vote for him because, uh, judges. Boehner is not the exception to the Republican rule. He is the rule. He was willing to overlook Trump’s weaponizing of race and gender, his decidedly un-conservative approach to debt and deficit, his open disdain at the idea of being “presidential,” all because Trump nominated conservative judges to the Supreme Court. That’s the deal Republicans made with themselves way back when Trump won the nomination in 2016. Boehner was no different. [https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/13/politics/john-boehner-donald-trump/?hpt=ob\_blogfooterold](https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/13/politics/john-boehner-donald-trump/?hpt=ob_blogfooterold) ---
**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 14, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4484 "2021-04-14T13:36:40Z")
The Onion has a fantastic idea for getting vaccine hesitant Republicans to line up and roll up their sleeves. I know this is parody, but we really should try it, it just might work! > **[CDC Launches Ad Campaign Featuring Racist Mascot In Effort To Get More...](https://www.theonion.com/cdc-launches-ad-campaign-featuring-racist-mascot-in-eff-1846439799)** > > ATLANTA—Targeting the series of PSAs towards communities that were skeptical of inoculation, the Centers For Disease Control launched a new ad campaign Tuesday featuring a racially offensive animated mascot in an effort to get more conservatives... ---
**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 14, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4485 "2021-04-14T20:29:33Z")
Former Texas Lt. Gov. arrested on domestic violence charges. Last year, his girlfriend was arrested twice on charges of domestic violence against him, but the charges were dropped. > **[Former Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst released from jail after being arrested...](https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2021/04/14/former-texas-lt-gov-david-dewhurst-arrested-on-domestic-violence-charge/)** > > Former Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has bonded out of jail after he was arrested on domestic violence charges in Dallas. ---
**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 14, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4486 "2021-04-14T23:08:35Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Soon Arkansas will be passing a law tattooing the gender and sexual orientation put on the birth certificate on the child’s arm. Perhaps have them wear a readily available sign on their clothing or hang a big letter around their necks. Arkansas is going/went fascist. _ **ENFORCE CONFORMITY!!!1!!!1!!!** _ Jesus wept, these people are insecure. ---
**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 15, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4487 "2021-04-15T00:06:57Z")
The Wyoming legislature is going to set aside a pool of money so they can sue other states that are trying to conserve energy because energy efficiency hurts Wyoming’s coal industry. [https://www.bollyinside.com/news/wyoming-reserves-money-to-sue-states-like-colorado-over-their-renewable-energy-policies-loveland-reporter-herald/](https://www.bollyinside.com/news/wyoming-reserves-money-to-sue-states-like-colorado-over-their-renewable-energy-policies-loveland-reporter-herald/) ---
**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:** [April 15, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4488 "2021-04-15T00:18:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Wyoming legislature is going to set aside a pool of money so they can sue other states that are trying to conserve energy because energy efficiency hurts Wyoming’s coal industry. From article: > [@](#): > > The law provides Wyoming the opportunity to pursue lawsuits involving its coal exports and any laws or policies that hinder the state’s ability to provide electricity produced by Wyoming coal plants, Pearlman said. “**While Colorado did come up in the (committee) hearing, the bill does not direct that Colorado specifically be targeted,” Pearlman said. Michael Pearlman, spokesman for Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, said the new law doesn’t require the governor to pursue any specific action**. So, maybe Colorado _doesn’t_ have to worry about any of this? Or they’re being coy about it, or… ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4489 "2021-04-15T00:28:03Z")
It sounds like Wyoming and Colorado avoided a possible financial dispute between them when they realized they were already square. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4490 "2021-04-15T00:38:42Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > It sounds like Wyoming and Colorado avoided a possible financial dispute between them when they realized they were already square. - That’s stretching the definition of “square”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4491 "2021-04-15T03:34:39Z")
Yeah, they WISH they were square. Colorado’s got so many little “corrections” to get the survey teams back to due east or south that you’ve got to wonder what they were drinking… ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4493 "2021-04-15T03:58:21Z")
> [@DolomiteD](#): > > Have you guys heard about the latest Republican plan to flood the country with illegals and let rioters tear down the country in a fit of mob justice ? Gee, if that’s what the Republicans are trying to do then they’re sure doing a pathetically crap job of it. Illegal immigration, so far from “flooding the country”, has [significantly decreased and stabilized over the past decade](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/04/13/key-facts-about-the-changing-u-s-unauthorized-immigrant-population/). The current spike in detentions at the border isn’t having much of an impact on that trend. As for “rioters tearing down the country”, if you’re referring to the Jan. 6 terrorist attack on the Capitol, I’ll allow that was a decent effort, but it ended up a total failure. On the other hand, if you’re referring to various short-lived spurts of rioting following protests about extrajudicial killings over the past year, what kind of a trembling snowflake do you have to be in order to view that as “tearing down the country”? What it is is temporary local civic violence following widespread public outrage over a controversial incident, of the same sort that the US has been periodically coping with for the past two hundred years and more. In short, if Republicans really are trying “to flood the country with illegals and let rioters tear down the country”, they’re exhibiting an embarrassing level of incompetence at 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:** [April 15, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4494 "2021-04-15T04:15:35Z")
> [@DolomiteD](#): > > Have you guys heard about the latest Republican plan to flood the country with illegals and let rioters tear down the country in a fit of mob justice? Not sure if I’ve seen you around, **DolomiteD** , and your public profile isn’t exactly public, so I can’t tell if you’ve been reminded, but “illegal,” being an adjective, doesn’t have a plural form. The use of the word as a noun is definitionally dehumanizing, and rejected by decent human beings, of course. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4495 "2021-04-15T04:32:10Z")
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