# 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:** 237
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4737 "2021-04-29T02:05:46Z")
Aye: > [@Frank Wilhoit](#): > > Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. . ---
**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 29, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4738 "2021-04-29T02:10:38Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > This is truly amazing. To the point where I wonder if it’s “for real”. But it _does_ seem in accord with other things I’ve heard Trumpistas say That’s someone from the party of so-called pro life. ---
**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 29, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4739 "2021-04-29T02:51:21Z")
Stephen Miller sues the Biden administration for discrimination against white farmers. > **[Ex-Trump aide sues Biden administration, alleging discrimination against...](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/550562-ex-trump-aide-sues-biden-administration-alleges-illegally-discriminating/)** > > A legal group started by former Trump aide Stephen Miller filed a class-action lawsuit on Monday on behalf of Texas’s agricultural commissioner and others arguing that the Biden administration’s fu… ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4740 "2021-04-29T03:34:48Z")
> “Your time is up,” said **State Rep. Jack Ladyman (R)** near the two-minute mark. Can’t make that up. ---
**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 29, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4741 "2021-04-29T06:12:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Josh Hawley’s upcoming book is about teh evuhl big tech. Which he is publicizing on Twitter, from his cell phone, advertising it on Amazon. [Here’s](https://www.history.com/.image/t_share/MTY2NTE2OTU2MzQ0NjI0MzUx/961d16d5-5443-409c-ac14-23c67cb6592f.jpg) the technology he should be using. ---
**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 29, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4742 "2021-04-29T13:28:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Josh Hawley’s upcoming book is about teh evuhl big tech. Which he is publicizing on Twitter, from his cell phone, advertising it on Amazon. Oh, the irony… it _burns_. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4743 "2021-04-29T13:32:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Chris Attig was arrested for going 30 seconds over their allotted two minutes to speak. The anti-LGBTQ hate group representative who spoke before them talked for 40 minutes. Assuming that is accurate, every legislator in that room, and those officers deserve to be stripped of their power and privilege. What kind of fucking Democracy do they pretend they’re living in when they get to arbitrarily arrest dissenting voices? I get that actually doing anything about this kind of abuse has a likelihood of much larger and more dire consequences at this point in time, but if we just stand for this shit because it’s too dangerous to go in and remove these criminals from their positions of power, I don’t see how change is possible. I mean, you don’t have to change the script one bit to turn this scene into a “here’s how we show the audience that the bad guys are bad guys” scene in a movie. Enforcing rules only against opposition in order to arrest them for actions you permit folks on your side of an issue to do? If there isn’t a law against that there damn well should be. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4744 "2021-04-29T15:21:04Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Enforcing rules only against opposition in order to arrest them for actions you permit folks on your side of an issue to do? If there isn’t a law against that there damn well should be. This is what happens when you let cousins marry. It IS Arkansas, after all. Generations of inbreeding has taken its toll. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4745 "2021-04-29T15:24:40Z")
I don’t like to jump to the “sue them” level, but this seems so blatantly discriminatory that he really should hire a lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4746 "2021-04-29T15:36:56Z")
Jeez, just add hillbilly shitkickers as a protected group. Dog knows they should be protected from themselves. Dan ---
**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 29, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4747 "2021-04-29T21:35:50Z")
Orange County, CA county supervisor asks a doctor testifying before the board if vaccinations contain tracking chips. > **[Orange County official asks doctor about vaccine tracking device to debunk...](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/550837-doctor-laughs-after-gop-orange-county-official-asks-if-covid-19/)** > > An Orange County Republican seeking to quell fears about taking COVID-19 vaccines referenced a conspiracy theory in asking a doctor if there was a tracking device in the vaccine during a public mee… ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4748 "2021-04-29T21:57:11Z")
I’ll give the guy the benefit of the doubt right now: it was a great idea to engage in such a public debunking. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4749 "2021-04-29T22:41:47Z")
That’s because it’s not just a tracking chip, it’s a mind control chip as well. ---
**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 29, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4750 "2021-04-29T23:09:03Z")
I am not worried: my hemocytes are wrapped in tin foil. ---
**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 29, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4751 "2021-04-29T23:28:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Orange County, CA county supervisor asks a doctor testifying before the board if vaccinations contain tracking chips. - > [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/550837-doctor-laughs-after-gop-orange-county-official-asks-if-covid-19](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/550837-doctor-laughs-after-gop-orange-county-official-asks-if-covid-19) Was it an amused or “I can’t believe this shit” laugh or an evil, world conquering mastermind kind of laugh? ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4752 "2021-04-29T23:54:07Z")
> **[A lawmaker wanted to ban ‘divisive’ teaching on race. Then he mentioned ‘the...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/28/ray-garofalo-louisiana-good-slavery/)** > > Louisiana Rep. Ray Garofalo Jr. (R) said he plans to revise the bill after intense criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, and other groups. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qkm5ayhB-4M/maxresdefault.jpg "Rep Wants 'Good' Parts of Slavery Be Taught in Schools") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkm5ayhB-4M) ---
**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 30, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4753 "2021-04-30T00:01:02Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Aye: > > > [@Frank Wilhoit](#): > > > > Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. > > . Wilhoit’s succinct sentence is both useful and plainly true. It is invaluable. It does, however, leave out the element of psychopathy so obvious in the right’s reaction to transgender and other issues that make them feel scared in their special places. ---
**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 30, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4754 "2021-04-30T00:04:40Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Enforcing rules only against opposition in order to arrest them for actions you permit folks on your side of an issue to do? If there isn’t a law against that there damn well should be. That’s basically the entire point of “the rule of law, not of men [or women]”. Selective enforcement is one of the hallmarks of dictatorships. ---
**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 30, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4755 "2021-04-30T00:13:48Z")
Lin Wood claims that he spent half an hour yesterday wandering through the White House looking for Joe Biden, then invited himself into the Oval Office and found Loser Donald sitting at the Resolute Desk. > **[Trump-loving lawyer Lin Wood bizarrely claims he roamed White House -- and...](https://www.rawstory.com/l-lin-wood-2652826035/)** > > Right-wing attorney Lin Wood told his social media followers that he roamed the White House and found Donald Trump still there.The Trump-loving lawyer bizarrely claimed to his 840,000 followers on Telegram that he was in the White House looking for... ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4756 "2021-04-30T00:16:47Z")
> [@](#): > > The attorney, who’s facing possible sanctions from the Georgia Bar Association, then shared **a post from QAnon promoter GhostEzra, who claims Biden is actually dead and was replaced by a body double.** This is new to me; does anyone have more on this moronic CT? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=236) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=238)