# 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:** 280
**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 11, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5601 "2021-06-11T00:19:29Z")
My guess is that these people think “logic” has run its course and it’s time to try something else. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5602 "2021-06-11T00:47:04Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > Also, they’re trolling us, right? > I mean, they must know that coins aren’t magnetic and keys aren’t magnetic - they have magnets in their houses, so they know these things do not stick to magnets - so being magnetic wouldn’t make non-magnetic things stick to you. But that just goes to prove how super magnetic the vaccine makes you. It makes you so magnetic that even non ferromagnetic metals stick to you. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5603 "2021-06-11T01:08:57Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I mean, they must know that coins aren’t magnetic and keys aren’t magnetic - they have magnets in their houses, so they know these things do not stick to magnets - so being magnetic wouldn’t make non-magnetic things stick to you. That’s just what Big Pharma WANTS you to believe. Besides. [Fuckin’ Magnets; How do they work?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFabsRFnWy0) ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5604 "2021-06-11T03:03:52Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I mean, they must know […] I’ll stop you there ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5605 "2021-06-11T03:22:55Z")
Adherents of The Wall worry not! Everyone’s hands-down favourite guv Greg Abbot, taking the inflated ILLEGAL ALIEN CRISIS in stride, wants a wall on the border. So, when it stops, I’m presuming, at New Mexico, do all the dealers and rapists just walk around the end of the wall, then? > **[Texas governor announces plan to build southern border wall](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/557934-texas-governor-announces-plan-to-build-southern-border-wall/)** > > Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Thursday announced plans to build a wall on the Southern border while at a summit to discuss border security in Del Rio, Texas. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5606 "2021-06-11T05:16:42Z")
Right on cue it seems, another “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” moment. “_Hey, your “business friendly” Texas paradise has us working harder for stagnating compensation_” Long pause… “_Hey, look! Look! Look over there! Drug dealin’ rapists are a comin’ across the border!_” The beat goes on. ---
**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 11, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5607 "2021-06-11T11:53:47Z")
In December, Oregon state representative Mike Nearman opened a locked door in the state Capitol in order to allow armed insurrectionists to enter the building during a special session. Earlier that month, he was filmed giving a message to insurrectionists that he would totally never let them into the Capitol, but if they texted a phone number that might be his and waited by a certain door, someone might hypothetically open that door and let them in. Last night, he was expelled from the state legislature in a nearly unanimous vote (the only dissenting vote was from Nearman himself), the first time anyone has been expelled from the legislature in Oregon history. > **[Oregon Rep. Mike Nearman expelled from Legislature in historic 59-1 rebuke](https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/06/oregon-legislators-expel-rep-mike-nearman-who-helped-armed-protesters-enter-capitol.html)** > > Nearman, a Republican from outside Independence, let far-right armed demonstrators into the state Capitol on Dec. 21. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5608 "2021-06-11T13:23:46Z")
Can’t believe I’m saying this, but wouldn’t that be a _good_ Republican idea for the day, by providing (sure, surprising) bipartisan support? Wow, Oregon - didn’t know ya had it in ya. Fun! ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5609 "2021-06-11T13:31:43Z")
I am surprised by the unanimity. I guess being personally threatened can concentrate the mind wonderfully. Pelosi and Schumer should have thrown together the commission vote for Jan 7 - probably would have passed then. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5610 "2021-06-11T15:19:52Z")
Here’s a hysterically funny WaPo editorial, my apologies for the paywall but it’s exclusive content. > **[Opinion | The covid vaccine did change my DNA. It turned me into a Trump...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/10/covid-vaccine-made-me-magnetic-i-love-it/)** > > I've moved to the GOP side of this polarizing opinion. ---
**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 11, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5611 "2021-06-11T18:29:46Z")
Fox criticizes people (and AOC by name) for not wanting to have children, calling them children who never grew up. > **[Fox News Guest Slams AOC and Women Who Don't Want Kids: 'They Have the Minds...](https://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-guest-slams-aoc-and-women-who-dont-want-kids-they-have-the-minds-of-children/)** > > "It's sad," Tucker Carlson told his guest. "Even for Sandy Cortez, it's 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:** [June 11, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5612 "2021-06-11T18:31:06Z")
The state Bar of Georgia ordered Lin Wood to undergo a psychiatric evaluation in order to see if he should keep his right to practice law. He sued. He just lost. > **[Pro-Trump Lawyer Lin Wood Loses Lawsuit Over Mental Health Evaluation](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/06/10/pro-trump-lawyer-lin-wood-loses-lawsuit-over-mental-health-evaluation/)** > > Wood could lose his law license as the state bar investigates his attempts to overturn the presidential election results. ---
**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 11, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5613 "2021-06-11T18:32:08Z")
Crazy Looie Gohmert demanded to know why the FBI director isn’t calling the attack on the Capitol peaceful. > **[GOP Rep. Gohmert Grills FBI Director For Not Calling Jan. 6 ‘Basically Peaceful’](https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/06/10/gop-rep-gohmert-grills-fbi-director-for-not-calling-jan-6-basically-peaceful/)** > > Gohmert said he told a Capitol Police officer the night before the attack the ‘conservatives that come’ don’t have ‘any intention of being violent.’ ---
**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 11, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5614 "2021-06-11T22:01:13Z")
Newsmax, noted enemy of “cancel culture”, is demanding that a high school student in Virginia be prosecuted for saying 'Allah" instead of “God” while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. > **[Newsmax guest calls for criminal investigation of student for saying 'Allah'...](https://www.rawstory.com/newsmax-2653327224/)** > > Earlier this week, commentators on the far-right cable network Newsmax went ballistic after a student at a graduation ceremony at Justice High School in Fairfax, Virginia said "Under Allah" rather than "Under God" during the Pledge of Allegiance.... ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5615 "2021-06-11T22:18:25Z")
They’d hate me. I drop the phrase entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5616 "2021-06-11T22:28:28Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > They’d hate me. I drop the phrase entirely . I refuse the entire pledge. Luckily, these days I rarely encounter anyone trying to do it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5617 "2021-06-11T22:42:06Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > They’d hate me. I drop the phrase entirely. I already pledged allegiance to the flag and the Republic. It will not be appropriate for me to do so again unless I renounce my pledge in the future (and then change my mind). So I skip the whole thing. ---
**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 12, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5618 "2021-06-12T00:01:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Republicans joined with majority Democrats in the Oregon House Thursday night in voting to expel Rep. Mike Nearman Quote is from Smapti’s link… Well fuckin A. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5619 "2021-06-12T00:20:46Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I already pledged allegiance to the flag and the Republic. Just the one time? We did it hundreds of times in grade school, though I do not ever remember doing after about 4th or 5th grade. I think they stopped making us recite as we got older because we were getting to the age that we would understand the words. ---
**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 12, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5620 "2021-06-12T00:22:08Z")
I never considered the possibility that a pledge would wear off. What a day I’ve had! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=279) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=281)