# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/444 "2020-07-30T19:04:38Z")
Much like the iDJiT, Rush’s brain is in permanent limbo. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/445 "2020-07-30T19:06:48Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > When are these dumbasses going to buy the clue that the mask is not there to keep you from getting the virus – it’s to keep you from spreading it to other people! I’ll take “Things that’ll never happen” for $500, Alex. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/446 "2020-07-30T21:03:27Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > When are these dumbasses going to buy the clue that the mask is not there to keep you from getting the virus – it’s to keep you from spreading it to other people! I think some of them already know - why do you think they’re so happy not to wear them? They see this as a chance to murder libs without lifting a finger. And what right-winger would pass up _that_ opportunity? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/447 "2020-07-30T21:12:32Z")
Noted Trumpist says Antifa & BLM are helping China & Russia defeat America. As someone said on Reddit: what a maroon! > **[China and Russia have a plan to defeat America — and America’s far left is...](https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/509639-china-and-russia-have-a-plan-to-defeat-america-and-americas-far-left/)** > > The national shaming campaign is a purposeful plan being carried out by those favoring a more Marxist or totalitarian worldview. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/448 "2020-07-30T22:43:10Z")
And not even original. Alex Jones opined that the Sandy Hook kids were actors, even the ones that got shot. El Drugbo is just getting derivative. How sad. 🤣 ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/449 "2020-07-31T02:42:06Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Noted Trumpist says Antifa & BLM are helping China & Russia defeat America. As someone said on Reddit: what a maroon! The Hill has turned into a right wing sounding board. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/450 "2020-07-31T03:01:38Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Noted Trumpist says Antifa & BLM are helping China & Russia defeat America. As someone said on Reddit: what a maroon! > > [https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/509639-china-and-russia-have-a-plan-to-defeat-america-and-americas-far-left](https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/509639-china-and-russia-have-a-plan-to-defeat-america-and-americas-far-left) Seriously: he’s a fucking idiot who doesn’t know that facts aren’t just whatever comes out of one of his holes. > [@Kevin R. Brock](#): > > Both of those countries are well aware that the most convenient way to divide Americans is along racial lines, since the United States is orders of magnitude more racially diverse than any nation on earth. No, we aren’t. > **[A revealing map of the world’s most and least ethnically diverse countries](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/05/16/a-revealing-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-ethnically-diverse-countries/)** > > According to a landmark 2002 study, diversity correlated with lower GDP, worse governance and, interestingly, equatorial latitude. Liar. Dumbass. STFU. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/451 "2020-07-31T03:09:24Z")
Fucker Carlson calls Obama a “greasy politician” and “one of the sleaziest and most dishonest figures in the history of American politics” [Tucker Carlson Says It’s ‘Greasy’ for Barack Obama to Criticize Police at John Lewis’ Funeral](https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-says-its-greasy-for-barack-obama-to-criticize-police-at-john-lewis-funeral)? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/452 "2020-07-31T14:12:34Z")
God damn these bastards! > **[Senate adjourns without extending expiring unemployment benefits](https://www.axios.com/2020/07/30/senate-unemployment-benefits)** > > More than 30 million Americans could see their incomes drop 50%–75% as benefits expire. This article is not paywalled, but read at your own risk. It will break your fucking heart. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/453 "2020-07-31T16:03:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fucker Carlson calls Obama a “greasy politician” and “one of the sleaziest and most dishonest figures in the history of American politics” > [https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-says-its-greasy-for-barack-obama-to-criticize-police-at-john-lewis-funeral](https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-says-its-greasy-for-barack-obama-to-criticize-police-at-john-lewis-funeral)? Did his mother know he’d turn out like this when she named him Fucker? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/454 "2020-07-31T17:51:31Z")
I don’t know what the deal is, but I keep seeing stories like this and they all seem to get one thing wrong: the $600 is already gone. If it hadn’t been paid out by 25 July, it wasn’t going out. My income this week dropped more than 60% because of it. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/455 "2020-07-31T18:20:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fucker Carlson calls Obama a “greasy politician” and “one of the sleaziest and most dishonest figures in the history of American politics” > [https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-says-its-greasy-for-barack-obama-to-criticize-police-at-john-lewis-funeral](https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-says-its-greasy-for-barack-obama-to-criticize-police-at-john-lewis-funeral)? Just do a “find and replace” with Obama and DumpsterFire. Projection, it’s the Repulsican way. #adultdiaperonhead #frontodemensia #PutinRussiaBountyTroopsSilence ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/456 "2020-07-31T18:24:56Z")
I’m sorry, but I’m sure I must be missing your point. A girlfriend of mine (single, no kids) who lives in a retirement community has been getting the $600 every week and with it she is barely squeaking by on her social security. The management of the home has let her know that if she can’t pay her monthly fee of $2,000-ish, they will have to find her another place to live. That fee is a fantastic deal that covers rent, utilities, internet, basic cable TV, two meals per day, and housekeeping once a week (she has declined the last for safety reasons). If she has to move, she will be thoroughly fucked. She has been a freelancer for the last 15-ish years, so no company pension or benefits of any kind. Fortunately (like me) she waited to get breast cancer until she was on Medicare. She did have three surgeries on her bowels before Medicare and (no health insurance, don’tcha know) she still owes on those. I don’t know when she got the last $600 check. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/457 "2020-07-31T18:38:58Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’m sorry, but I’m sure I must be missing your point. I’m sorry I wasn’t clearer. Every story on the AP about the negotiations for more relief has something like [this story has](https://apnews.com/71cbd6d9689a5ace83b197b197253931), which says it was published this morning, 31 July 2020: > [@](#): > > Many left jobless by the crisis are already behind on payments. And the arrival of August brings new anxieties. A supplemental $600 in weekly federal unemployment benefits that helped many pay their bills is set to expire as July ends, with Congress bogged down in disagreement over a new round of aid. Or [this one](https://apnews.com/6dfdface666ec3d91f45b51e3834c001), also published today (and this is the first sentence of the article!): > [@](#): > > The White House appears keen to endorse a temporary extension of a $600 per week supplemental unemployment benefit as the popular boost to both the economy and family budgets is about to expire. It’s already gone. Over with. Done. It’s been over with for a week, FFS: 25 July 2020 was 1 week ago. The Hill, MSNBC, Fox News, etc. have done this too, in both print and video. It’s just been annoying the crap out of me because it isn’t accurate and IMO there’s no fucking way the people writing the story don’t actually know when the benefit expired. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/458 "2020-07-31T19:50:06Z")
Here in CA, my unemployed friends got their last payment of $600 this week. One of them got it today and posted on FB about it. Another friend in NV same thing. I think it may depend on which state you’re in. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/459 "2020-07-31T20:01:07Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Okay, but think of what doing such would do to pop culture: > > _I’m just a sweet Trumpvestite,_ > _From Trumpsexual,_ > _Trumpsylvania!_ > > _Trumplifornia, here I come,_ > _All those Libs are really dumb…_ > > _Trumplahoma, where the wind combs his hair over his pate…_ > > _New Trump, New Trump, it’s a wonderful state,_ > _The Dow is up, and there’s plenty to hate…_ > > Yeah. Maybe we should hold off on renaming states to honor the Cheeto-in-Chief. Although he deserves being made fun of, it’s far too easy to make fun of him if we do. _Trump bless Trump_ _Trump that I Trump_ _Stand beside Trump_ _And guide Trump_ _Through the Trump_ _With a Trump_ _From a Trump!_ _From the Trump_ _To the Trump_ _To the Trump_ _White with Trump_ _Trump bless Trump_ _My Trump sweet Trump_ ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/460 "2020-07-31T20:11:40Z")
No, it doesn’t matter. Money paid out by 25 July is what matters. I’m in Nevada; there was no $600 this week. But my point is: the media keep writing as if it hasn’t expired yet; it has. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/461 "2020-07-31T22:29:21Z")
> **[Conservatives take up death of Black man who supported Trump](https://apnews.com/article/shootings-race-and-ethnicity-wisconsin-politics-lifestyle-23668668b3b59fa609a18d023c0bb485)** > > MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The shooting death in broad daylight of a Black man affectionately known in his Milwaukee neighborhood as “The Ras” appears to have mystified police while spurring prominent conservatives in Wisconsin to speculate that he was... > [@](#): > > While police are saying little, prominent Republicans are calling for a federal investigation of the killing, which they say was politically motivated. The case has gained attention in conservative media outlets and allegations that the case is being downplayed by Democrats because Trammell supported Trump. > > “Can you imagine what Democrats and media (often hard to distinguish between the two) would be saying if he was holding signs for Biden?!?” [former Republican Gov. Scott Walker tweeted](https://twitter.com/ScottWalker/status/1288932838721683456)Thursday, linking to a Fox News story about Trammell’s killing. I can imagine what Republicans would be saying if he was holding signs for Joe Biden: nothing. My cite is their history. Not everyone thinks like you think, jerkwad. That’s why there are two parties, etc. in the first place. FFS these people are myopic and stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/462 "2020-07-31T22:43:16Z")
I’m sure [the fact that his neighborhood has a violent crime rate averaging 88% higher than the rest of the country](https://www.areavibes.com/milwaukee-wi/riverwest/crime/) had absolutely nothing to do with him being shot. /s ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/463 "2020-07-31T23:52:59Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Well, the newest Stupid Republican idea of the day seems to be… Donald Trump is officially looking into Suspending the Election: > > Three separate unimpeachable sources. > [Donald Trump suggests delay to 2020 US presidential election](https://bbc.in/3gfl5CD) > … Both Mike Pompeo and Bill Barr are fully onboard with this. Pompeo: > [@](#): > > “I’m not going to enter a legal judgement on the fly this morning,” Pompeo told Sen. Tim Kaine during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, after the Virginia Democrat asked about Trump’s tweet. “In the end, the DOJ, others, will make that legal determination.” … Barr: > [@](#): > > Attorney General William Barr declined to answer a question about delaying the election following previous suggestions from Trump that he would do so. Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Barr said he had not “studied” the question of whether a president could move the election date. > “I’ve never been asked the question before, I’ve never looked into it,” Barr told the committee. > **[Pompeo Reacts to Trump’s Proposal to Delay November Election](https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-07-30/pompeo-reacts-to-trumps-proposal-to-delay-november-election)** > > Shortly after President Donald Trump floated the idea of delaying the upcoming presidential election, the secretary of state suggested the Department of Justice could weigh in. It’s obvious why Pompeo and Barr will do all they can to “postpone” the election–each is vulnerable to investigation, if not indictment, for conduct committed while in Trump’s employ. Only a complete repudiation of the rule of law can save them. And they’re both fine with that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=24)