# 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:** 272
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5440 "2021-05-31T22:07:01Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > That doesn’t sound like a just world. That sounds like a vengeful world. Schadenfreude does not equal justice. Yes, it’s what I think when I’m in my more vengeful frame of mind. I’d be more of an Old-Testament kind of God. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5441 "2021-05-31T22:44:34Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > No real home for this one, More anecdotal than anything. > > I frequent the OAN board, mostly to lurk and roll my eyes. But I couldn’t help but engage someone saying this: > > "Not if there is fraud proven from the election. Either Trump is installed and a new inauguration is held or a new election is held. Those who perpetrated the fraud do not get to keep their ill gotten gains nor the succession as laid out in the Constitution which would result in denying the rightful winner the people’s choice in leadership. Either the rightful winner is made whole or is given another chance. > > […] > > The Constitution is not where you find criminal code. Look at state elections throughout the country and even in lower federal positions where evidence of fraud was found and the court addresses the remedy. The victor is removed from office due to fraud and the loser is sworn in as the rightful will of the people. The Constitution is a framework. It is not absolute absent of fact and criminal action including treason." Somehow the writer of that OAN post was able to completely and utterly ignore the MORE THAN SIXTY court cases in which Republican/Trump-advocates were unable to prove one iota of fraud. I get the feeling that those who post on the OAN board are highly accomplished at believing what they want to believe, despite evidence. Yet you can tell from the tone of the post you quote that the writer wants–and expects–to be taken seriously. That determination to live in a dream world in which a person can lie and lie and still be considered respectable, is quite horrifying. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5442 "2021-05-31T22:51:52Z")
I kept trying to tell them that Biden and Harris were removed from office, the Order of Succession would kick in, and we’d have President Pelosi, which I think is correct. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5443 "2021-05-31T22:58:32Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I kept trying to tell them that Biden and Harris were removed from office, the Order of Succession would kick in, and we’d have President Pelosi, which I think is correct. - Let me guess: your fully-factual information was not greeted in a positive fashion? The reasoning seen in the post you quoted seems quite childlike, as does the choice to ignore the Order of Succession. ME WANT WHAT ME WANT, ME WANT TRUMP IN WHITEHOUSE! etc. Just say the magic words (in this case “fraud”) and you will get your wish! (You can see why a person with that sort of mind would adore Donald—another person who never managed to make the transition to adulthood.) ---
**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:** [May 31, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5444 "2021-05-31T22:59:06Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I mean, God send a freaking _plague_ to get him out office, how much more biblical can you get? It’s almost enough to make me convert. I keep telling people - Exodus 32: _31 So Moses went back to the Lord and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! **They have made themselves gods of gold**. 32 But now, please forgive their sin—but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written.”_ _33 The Lord replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book. 34 Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin.”_ _35 **And the Lord struck the people with a plague** because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made_. [![](https://preview.redd.it/wctvikac4ek61.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=6011f9ec487caaa1ef8b0a3319e4f5f93d1fb287) ](https://preview.redd.it/wctvikac4ek61.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=6011f9ec487caaa1ef8b0a3319e4f5f93d1fb287) ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5445 "2021-06-01T00:15:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Miller](#): > > > > Trump: so incompetent, even God can’t help him out. -   > > God is supposed to omnipotent. He couldn’t see that coming?   Can God create a politician so incompetent that even He can’t get him re-elected? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5446 "2021-06-01T00:16:59Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > > [@Miller](#): > > > > > > Trump: so incompetent, even God can’t help him out. -   > > > > God is supposed to omnipotent. He couldn’t see that coming?   > > Can God create a politician so incompetent that even He can’t get him re-elected? - He did. Now he can go back to work on that rock thing. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5447 "2021-06-01T02:44:13Z")
Jenna Ellis pointed that out while criticizing Sidney Powell for claiming that Individual 1 will be back in office soon. When ever the woman that Rudy Giuliani farted on is calling you crazy … ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5448 "2021-06-01T02:54:34Z")
Please. Trump would never wear flip flops. Where would he put the lifts??? 😜 ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5449 "2021-06-01T04:24:52Z")
This isn’t going away; there is going to be violence because of instigators like Flynn and other retired law enforcement or military turned talk show or podcast host. It’s inevitable. There’s going to be a fight. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5450 "2021-06-01T06:24:47Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Trump: so incompetent, even God can’t help him out. “I sent you Benghazi, both the House and Senate, and a plague. What more do you want?” ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5451 "2021-06-01T18:33:49Z")
Louie Gohmert, speaking at the QAnon conference where Mike Flynn called for a military coup, said that the insurrection also included leftists. When asked about his attendance at the conference, a Gohmert staffer said Louie wasn’t there. There’s video. This is the same conference where Sidney Powell said that Individual 1 will be reinstated as President, but he won’t be able to get back the time in his term that was taken away from him. I’m also seeing on Twitter people saying that Individual is telling people that he expects to be reinstated by August. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5452 "2021-06-01T19:46:09Z")
Here’s a report on Individual 1 claiming he’s gonna be Prezzydint again. > **[Trump is telling people he thinks he'll be 'reinstated' as president in August](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-expects-to-be-reinstated-as-president-august-2021-6)** > > Trump has told people, baselessly, that he "expects he will get reinstated by August," the New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman tweeted. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5453 "2021-06-01T21:01:09Z")
I’m 99-44/100% sure at this point that he knows he ain’t gonna scale the heights again until 2025 at the earliest (and please Og, never). But grifters gotta grift, and as long as there’s a flock to be fleeced he’s in his element. Sowing chaos is icing on the cake. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5454 "2021-06-01T21:47:56Z")
You underestimate Loser Donald’s ego. He absolutely believes that as soon as the Supreme Court unanimous declared that the election was stolen, the military will swarm into DC to arrest Biden and he’ll subsequently be carried up the Capitol stairs by a spontaneously assembled throng of adores, whereupon Brett Kavanaugh, with tears of joy in his eyes, will plant a golden crown upon his head and declare him Eternal President and Greatest Human Ever. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5455 "2021-06-01T23:11:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Here’s a report on Individual 1 claiming he’s gonna be Prezzydint again. Is it legal to bet on (against) that? It’s high time that I made some money off of that douchebag. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5456 "2021-06-01T23:47:41Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > This isn’t going away; there is going to be violence because of instigators like Flynn and other retired law enforcement or military turned talk show or podcast host. > > It’s inevitable. There’s going to be a fight. Certainly Tucker Carlson is doing his part to stir up violence and bring down the USA: > By attacking the troops, presumably, Carlson wants to weed out those pesky supporters of the Constitution from among the ranks of the military services—leaving the field to those who see imitating the coup in “Minimar” as their bounden duty. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5457 "2021-06-02T02:22:28Z")
Fucker Carlson claims that Biden said that Republican men were more dangerous than ISIS. What Biden actually said is that white supremacy is more dangerous to the country than ISIS. I guess Fucker thinks Republican men are by definition white supremacists. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5458 "2021-06-02T02:34:02Z")
Well, all the Republican men _he_ knows are whit supremacists – it’s just they’re too afraid to say so. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5459 "2021-06-02T07:00:57Z")
Loser Donald’s blog is gone. > **[Did Donald Trump finally kill his blog?](https://www.rawstory.com/desk-of-donald-trump-disappears/)** > > President Donald Trump's blog appears to have been shifted away from The Desk of Donald Trump back to news releases. RawStory contacted the Trump office asking if it was an error or if the website was changing things around but hasn't heard back. The... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=271) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=273)