# 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:** 277
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5540 "2021-06-07T14:32:03Z")
I can see Joe hopping to it and providing her and us the low down in 2 weeks. Or on June 31st. Which is not like Juneteenth. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5541 "2021-06-07T15:52:58Z")
45 knows how to stop the cyberattacks. > **[Trump calls on US to stop using computers: The solution to cyberattacks is to...](https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-cyberattacks/)** > > Former President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that the solution to cyberattacks is to stop using computers. > > During an interview on Fox Business, host Stuart Varney asked Trump about how the United States should respond to cyberattacks like the... He also demonstrated his astute knowledge about currency: > And I don’t think we should have all of the Bitcoins of the world out there. I think they should regulate them very, very high." ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5542 "2021-06-07T16:09:55Z")
Well, I mean, that _would_ stop cyberattacks, he’s not wrong there. Hell, you wouldn’t even have to stop using computers. You could just stop networking the computers. This would be a super easy thing to do and cost almost nothing to implement. Everyone just unplug their network cable or disable wifi on their device, and poof! cyberattacks would vanish instantly. I’m sure we’d work through the downsides to no longer having the use of computer networks in very short order.\* \*‘short’ in this case being used in the geological sense. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5543 "2021-06-07T16:16:26Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Marginal Traitor Gangrene ups her game for the “Stupidest Member Of Congress” crown by demanding that the Biden administration provide answers on the origins of “the China virus” by June 31: > > [https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1400916114620702729](https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1400916114620702729) Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5544 "2021-06-07T16:27:35Z")
> “The way you stop it is you go back to a much more old-fashioned form of accounting and things,” Trump said. Oh, I’ll bet there are _plenty_ of old-fashioned accounting documents being studied at the Manhattan DA’s office at this very moment… 🤓 ---
**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 7, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5545 "2021-06-07T18:11:03Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Well, I mean, that _would_ stop cyberattacks, he’s not wrong there. Hell, you wouldn’t even have to stop using computers. You could just stop networking the computers. This would be a super easy thing to do and cost almost nothing to implement. Everyone just unplug their network cable or disable wifi on their device, and poof! cyberattacks would vanish instantly. That’s pretty much what happened to him at Twitter and Facebook and he squawked like hell about it. Hypocrite. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5546 "2021-06-07T18:29:30Z")
Now urging fellow republicans to put down computers; Herr DumpsterFire is proposing using chain letters to reach his followers. Just put $5 into the envelope, add your name and address to the end of the list and … profit. When asked about US mail delays, he promised to get back to us in two weeks about that. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5547 "2021-06-07T19:19:26Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > US mail delays, he promised to get back to us in two weeks about that. Or as soon as he gets his mail. ---
**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 8, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5548 "2021-06-08T02:28:24Z")
A Three Percenter in jail for his part in the insurrection has penned a letter claiming the legal defense that the attack on the Capitol was a parody. > **[In Exclusive Jailhouse Letter, Capitol Riot Defendant Explains Motives,...](https://www.propublica.org/article/in-exclusive-jailhouse-letter-capital-riot-defendant-explains-motives-remains-boastful)** > > The material obtained by ProPublica sheds light on the radicalization of a Jan. 6 defendant whom prosecutors have characterized as a “serious danger ... not only to his family and Congress, but to the entire system of justice.” ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5549 "2021-06-08T12:45:58Z")
In other words, if it was a “real” insurrection, it would have succeeded. 🙄 ---
**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:** [June 8, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5550 "2021-06-08T14:58:20Z")
And those people who died? They didn’t, _really_. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5551 "2021-06-09T12:54:04Z")
Competition for the Biggest Congressional Clown crown is fierce, but Louie Gohmert steps up to the challenge: > > **Gohmert:** I was, informed by the immediate past director of NASA that they found that the Moon’s orbit is changing slightly and so is the Earth’s orbit around the Sun, we know there’s been significant solar flare activities, and so, is there anything that the National Forest Service or BLM can do to, change the course of the Moon’s orbit or the Earth’s orbit around the Sun? Obviously that would have profound effects on our climate. ---
**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 9, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5552 "2021-06-09T12:56:27Z")
Sounds like a job for Killface! [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/109/255673705_3da087c065_n.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/109/255673705_3da087c065_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5553 "2021-06-09T13:00:58Z")
Or Chairface Chippendale! > **[Chairface Chippendale by Daruma42 on DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/daruma42/art/Chairface-Chippendale-57514106)** ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5555 "2021-06-09T13:25:59Z")
Wow! That’s pretty goddam stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5556 "2021-06-09T13:31:58Z")
Just after the Derp Bomb drops (0:50 in the video): “I would have to… follow up with you on that, Mr. Gohmert.” _(hostage-video forced grin)_ “Yeah, well if you can figure out a way that you in the Forest Service can make that change, I’d like to know.” ---
**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:** [June 9, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5557 "2021-06-09T13:42:29Z")
No wonder Republicans fear Black Lives Matter – they think BLM can actually alter the orbit of the moon. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5558 "2021-06-09T14:03:10Z")
That might take the lead as stupidest Republican idea in this thread. Unfortunately, that lead probably won’t last long. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5559 "2021-06-09T14:57:42Z")
Republicans everywhere: “Hold my beer!” ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5560 "2021-06-09T15:08:18Z")
Jesus, I try to tell people that there is no such thing as a stupid question, but this is really pushing it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=276) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=278)