# 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:** 238
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4758 "2021-04-30T00:50:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > and found Loser Donald sitting at the Resolute Desk Maybe at a certain point, we should just let them have their delusions. They’re less likely to get all het up if they think Donnie is actually still in charge. And maybe less likely to vote if they think elections no longer matter and that Immortan Don is really the president _forever_. ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4759 "2021-04-30T02:29:41Z")
The Daily Beast says they have a copy of a letter from Joel Greenberg which claims that he and Matt Gaetz paid for sex with a 17 year old. > **[Bombshell Letter: Gaetz Paid for Sex With Minor, Wingman Says](https://www.thedailybeast.com/joel-greenberg-letter-written-for-roger-stone-says-matt-gaetz-paid-for-sex-with-minor)** > > The Daily Beast has obtained a confession letter that Joel Greenberg wrote after asking Roger Stone to help him obtain a pardon. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4760 "2021-04-30T03:23:58Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@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.   No, here’s the technology he should be using: [![](https://rajivmoz.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/writing1.jpg) ](https://rajivmoz.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/writing1.jpg) ---
**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, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4761 "2021-04-30T05:55:14Z")
Floriduh: > **[Florida Republicans move against social media companies](https://apnews.com/article/florida-social-media-media-travel-lifestyle-a455f21fddaddc15506c69c6fe5b9ed0)** > > TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Concerned that social media companies were conspiring against conservatives, Florida Republicans sent a measure Thursday to Gov... ---
**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 30, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4762 "2021-04-30T12:02:07Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > 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. Reminds me of the Charles Dickens story **The Haunted Man** , a sort-of variation on _A Christmas Carol_ in which, instead of the Christmas-hater being haunted by three abstract ghosts, he’s haunted by a ghost of himself. so maybe the Ghost of Donald Trump is haunting the White House while he’s still alive down in Mar-a-Lago. Or maybe Lin Wood has just finally gone Off the Deep End ---
**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:** [April 30, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4763 "2021-04-30T12:06:06Z")
_We had to get the Jr Senator from the 43rd most populous state to argue that a party dominated by old white men isn’t racist, that it’s really the party which has had a Black President and VP and 90% African American support at the ballot box… they’re the real racists!_ ---
**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, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4764 "2021-04-30T13:19:38Z")
Aye; Tim Scott’s remarks were so detached from reality that it’s hard to imagine who the intended audience was beyond the GOP base. ---
**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 30, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4765 "2021-04-30T13:56:44Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > …maybe the Ghost of Donald Trump is haunting the White House while he’s still alive down in Mar-a-Lago. Maybe The Donald has indeed shuffled off his mortal coil, and his actual ghost is patrolling the White House. But the Republicans have to keep up the fiction that he is alive. Only a select few can be let in on the secret. Predictable comments repeated by others and strategically placed in media outlets . A lookalike actor seen from a distance. Some CGI. It could easily be done. Something as simple as the dummy (so to speak) that Sherlock Holmes set up in the window of The Empty House. > [@](#): > > Or maybe Lin Wood has just finally gone Off the Deep End That’s obviously the real reason. ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4766 "2021-04-30T14:12:37Z")
Lin Wood claims to have been kidding. From a [Newsweek article](https://www.newsweek.com/lin-wood-trump-white-house-biden-dead-qanon-1587710), “Responding to a request for comment from _Newsweek_ over the posts, Wood said: ‘I have a sense of humor. Do you?’” ---
**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, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4767 "2021-04-30T14:23:01Z")
No; no, you don’t have a sense of humor, Mr. Wood. At least, there’s no evidence of one thus far. ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4768 "2021-04-30T18:54:09Z")
The Governor of South Dakota is suing the Biden administration because they won’t let her have a fireworks show on July 4 at Mount Rushmore. Which is federal property, btw, not state property. > **[Noem sues Biden administration over rejection of Mount Rushmore fireworks](https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/551158-noem-sues-biden-administration-over-rejection-of-mount-rushmore/)** > > South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Friday sued the Biden administration over its decision not to allow Independence Day fireworks at Mount Rushmore this year.”Mount Rushmore is the very bes… DeSantis is about to sign a bill making it illegal for social media platforms to ban users. I can’t wait till he has to explain to the Florida taxpayers why he’s spending millions of dollars to defend this law from the multi million dollar lawsuits Twitter and Facebook will file immediately. > **[Social media crackdown heading to Gov. Ron DeSantis](https://www.mysuncoast.com/2021/04/29/social-media-crackdown-heading-gov-ron-desantis/)** > > Florida lawmakers Thursday night passed a plan to crack down on large social media companies that block users from their platforms, giving a victory to Gov. Ron DeSantis on one of his top legislative priorities. ---
**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 30, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4769 "2021-04-30T19:08:38Z")
I would truly love to see Facebook and Twitter immediately block every account in Florida. Let DeSantis ride that one out! Every grandparent in the state would be out after his hide. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4770 "2021-04-30T19:12:44Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Tim Scott’s remarks were so detached from reality that it’s hard to imagine who the intended audience was beyond the GOP base. Does any Republican ever have any other intended audience these days? ---
**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 30, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4771 "2021-04-30T19:15:59Z")
Hell, let’s cut off internet service to Florida, period. Let them all go walk on the beach or read books or something. Phone service can continue-- but land lines only. ---
**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 30, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4772 "2021-04-30T20:04:27Z")
I wonder how big Florida based companies like Disney World, Royal Caribbean Cruises, and Publix Stores will react to being cut off from social media marketing. ---
**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 30, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4773 "2021-04-30T20:07:19Z")
Move out of state? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4774 "2021-04-30T21:29:24Z")
No, no, no. I’ve got _rational_ friends down there, and we’d lose Stonekettle, too. ---
**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 30, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4775 "2021-04-30T21:30:59Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > No; no, you don’t have a sense of humor, Mr. Wood. At least, there’s no evidence of one thus far. Mr. Wood, Mr. Giuliani, and Ms. Powell have NO EVIDENCE of anything. (I forgot Sidney Powell’s name for second [possibly blocked it out?] so I googled "crazy republican lawyer - first result) ---
**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 30, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4776 "2021-04-30T21:41:15Z")
Stonekettle blocked me, and I have absolutely no idea why. ---
**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 30, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4777 "2021-04-30T21:44:26Z")
A federal judge has ordered the “vote counting” company “reviewing” the votes in Arizona to turn over their documents which explain their procedures. But the documents don’t explain why they are using UV light on the ballots, which ballot experts claim could damage the documents. The company tried to fight the order, claiming turning over their processes would reveal their trade secrets. > **[Judge Slaps Down Election Recount Firm Hired By Arizona GOP Senate](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cyber-ninjas-arizona-recount-2020-election_n_608b8120e4b05af50dc1a226)** > > Cyber Ninjas was ordered to cough up its playbook for a 2020 election recount headed by a disciple of Donald Trump's "Stop The Steal" lie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=237) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=239)