# 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:** 298
**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 30, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5963 "2021-06-30T00:34:11Z")
I can only gather that all these red state goons will be heading down there with the drooling intent of busting ass on those all those rapey poors and wetbacks to SHOW THE LIBS HOW TO GET THIS CRISIS FINALLY UNDER CONTROL. I look forward to them amicably cooperating with existing border patrol with the utmost impartiality and deference. šŸ˜€ šŸ˜€ šŸ˜€ ---
**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 30, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5964 "2021-06-30T01:02:13Z")
Is this only for wealthy donors or can anyone get in on the act? Iā€™d be willing to kick in a couple of hundred bucks to have some guardsmen deployed to my backyard to deport the invading greenbrier with extreme prejudice. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5965 "2021-06-30T01:22:17Z")
Is that the kind of reputation the National Guard have, whether in general or in red states in particular? I didnā€™t realize their image was that poor. ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5966 "2021-06-30T02:21:48Z")
South Dakota. National Guard. Mexican border. Privately funded. > **[Billionaire GOP Mega-Donor Funds National Guard Mission to US-Mexico Border](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/06/29/billionaire-gop-mega-donor-funds-national-guard-mission-us-mexico-border.html)** > > The tab is being picked up by the private Tennessee-based Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation. ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5967 "2021-06-30T02:22:41Z")
Fucker Carlson claimed the NSA is spying on him. The NSA says domestic security is not their duty. > **[NSA Says It Hasn't Targeted Tucker Carlson, Never Tried to Get Him Off Air](https://www.newsweek.com/nsa-says-tucker-carlson-not-intelligence-target-never-tried-get-him-off-air-1605393)** > > Carlson claimed that a whistleblower had confirmed to him that the NSA is monitoring his email and phone messages. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5968 "2021-06-30T02:45:12Z")
ā€œOf course heā€™s a real NSA whistleblower! He refs my kidsā€™ National Soccer Association games!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5969 "2021-06-30T03:04:06Z")
ā€œintelligentā€ can replace ā€œintelligenceā€ in that headline. ---
**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 30, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5970 "2021-06-30T11:18:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The NSA says domestic security is not their duty. Yeah, and the NSA doesnā€™t lie. Not that I think the NSA is spying on Tucker, just saying them denying it proves nothing. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5971 "2021-06-30T11:40:13Z")
The real point is that Tucker is arrogant enough to think heā€™s worth spying on. ---
**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 30, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5972 "2021-06-30T11:53:26Z")
Besides, thereā€™s no point in spying on someone who doesnā€™t know the meaning of an unexpressed thought. Using the word _thought_ grudgingly. ---
**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 30, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5973 "2021-06-30T15:47:16Z")
Thisā€¦is bizarreā€¦ [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/06/29/watch\_senators\_chuck\_grassley\_and\_tom\_cotton\_do\_push-ups\_at\_iowa\_gop\_event.html](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/06/29/watch_senators_chuck_grassley_and_tom_cotton_do_push-ups_at_iowa_gop_event.html) ---
**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:** [June 30, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5974 "2021-06-30T15:50:12Z")
Eh. Jack Palance did it better. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5975 "2021-06-30T16:02:43Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Also by bringing them into the fold we can claim to be open minded about religious differences without having to accept something really foreign. Yeah. Bingo. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5976 "2021-06-30T16:29:37Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Yeah, and the NSA doesnā€™t lie. Not that I think the NSA is spying on Tucker, just saying them denying it proves nothing. Thatā€™s the job of the FBI, thank you very much! ---
**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 30, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5977 "2021-06-30T17:59:48Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Thisā€¦is bizarreā€¦ > > [Watch: Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Cotton Do Push-Ups At Iowa GOP Event | Video | RealClearPolitics](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/06/29/watch_senators_chuck_grassley_and_tom_cotton_do_push-ups_at_iowa_gop_event.html) Why? Is it a Pride month thing? Howā€¦._enlightened_ of them. ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5978 "2021-06-30T18:17:39Z")
The Governor of South Dakota is sending state National Guard to the Texas-Mexico border. It must be a flex thing for those considering running for President. But a private right wing millionaire is funding it. So, theyā€™re creating private armies now. ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5979 "2021-06-30T18:20:42Z")
So, if the government isnā€™t paying for it, can the guardsperson refuse the call up? They arenā€™t working for the state government, so I think there is an argument that they arenā€™t actually performing Guard duty. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5980 "2021-06-30T18:23:48Z")
Nope. Money is money. Itā€™s not like theyā€™ll be getting their paychecks signed by Willis Johnson. Heā€™s just paying the State of Whothefuckcaresanyway the amount it will cost to deploy the troops. Maybe. But I doubt his donation covers more than 1/3 the cost to the state. ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5981 "2021-06-30T18:29:06Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Heā€™s just paying the State of Whothefuckcaresanyway the amount it will cost to deploy the troops. Sounds like money laundering. I donā€™t expect it would actually work, but I would love someone to challenge their deployment. The donor doesnā€™t even live in South Dakota, so he canā€™t even pretend it is some sort of tax payment. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5982 "2021-06-30T18:31:14Z")
I agree. A court challenge would prove embarrassing to Noem and would probably derail the deployment completely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=297) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=299)