# 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:** 30
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/585 "2020-08-13T22:10:19Z")
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis surely gets points for this one: > **[This Republican governor just compared kids going back to school to killing...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/politics/ron-desantis-schools-bin-laden-florida/index.html)** > > The first rule of politics has long been to never, ever compare anything to Nazi Germany. The murder of 6 million Jews defies comparison. The second rule of politics -- or maybe just an addendum to the first rule -- should be: Never compare anything... ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/586 "2020-08-14T23:49:48Z")
> **['Morally Obscene,' Says Sanders as McConnell Adjourns Senate for Month-Long...](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/14/morally-obscene-says-sanders-mcconnell-adjourns-senate-month-long-recess-without)** > > "During the worst economic crisis since the 1930s, Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans think they can take a long vacation while millions of Americans face hunger and eviction." Mitch McConnell needs to go. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/587 "2020-08-15T00:04:34Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I would guess that the ostensible reason would be that he’s trying to protect landlords who rely on rent money coming in, without actually proposing or favoring any legislation to temporarily fund landlords. Because kicking out poor people makes some people, call them right wingers, happy. Follow the money trail. Tenants pay rent to their landlord. But landlords generally don’t pocket the money; they usually turn around and pay a significant portion of the money to a bank to service the mortgage on the property. Allowing landlords to evict tenants won’t really help landlords all that much. Evicting a tenant who can’t or won’t pay rent doesn’t produce any income for the landlord. Removing any temporary stops on these legal procedures will allow banks to go forward with foreclosings. Banks, which are major corporations owned by rich people, are going to start receiving a windfall of commercial properties. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/588 "2020-08-15T00:08:59Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > So second degree is when the victim loses consciousness but doesn’t die, and with first degree the victim doesn’t necessarily lose consciousness, but what…? > > Suffers lasting or permanent damage, I presume. It’s defined in New York State law. > “Serious injury” means a personal injury which results in death; dismemberment; significant disfigurement; a fracture; loss of a fetus; permanent loss of use of a body organ, member, function or system; permanent consequential limitation of use of a body organ or member; significant limitation of use of a body function or system; or a medically determined injury or impairment of a non-permanent nature which prevents the injured person from performing substantially all of the material acts which constitute such person’s usual and customary daily activities for not less than ninety days during the one hundred eighty days immediately following the occurrence of the injury or impairment. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/589 "2020-08-15T01:37:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Removing any temporary stops on these legal procedures will allow banks to go forward with foreclosings. Banks, which are major corporations owned by rich people, are going to start receiving a windfall of commercial properties. I was under the impression that it usually didn’t work that way. From my recollection, and all the cites on the web that I can find in a casual search, which probably doesn’t cover every case, the bank sells the property and then only keeps the balance of the loan: the rest is returned to you. Now, that doesn’t mean that if you have a $300,000 home and default on a $150,000 loan that you’ll be getting $150,000 back. The bank has no reason to keep it on the market until they can get a decent price. They want to hold onto the property for as short a time as possible so they sell at the low end of the market. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/590 "2020-08-15T18:15:17Z")
> [@R3d\_Anonymous](#): > > Mitch McConnell needs to go. I’m thinking we should declare them unemployed and – after freezing their assets – send them $200 a week to live on. After all, those assets might well be ill-gotten gains, right? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/591 "2020-08-15T21:39:13Z")
The Republiopaths want to [fully protect businesses](https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-07-29/covid-employer-liability) from their employees, through the epically named Safeguarding America’s Frontline Employees To Offer Work Opportunities Required to Kickstart the Economy Act. > [@](#): > > The most obnoxious provision of the GOP proposal is one that shifts the liability in COVID cases from the employer to employee. This provision allows employers to sue employees or their representatives for bringing a claim for a COVID infection and offering to settle out of court. … These documents are often designed as an opening brief in a negotiation; because neither side in an injury case really wants to go to trial, they make sense. The GOP bill would make anyone offering to settle, either through a demand letter or otherwise, liable to be sued for damages if the case they’re making is “meritless.” That’s another term that’s undefined in the measure. > > Unlike the limitation on damages elsewhere in the bill, by the way, the punitive damages that can be awarded to employers bringing these lawsuits aren’t capped. So, if you work for me, fuck you ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/592 "2020-08-15T22:18:26Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > The Republiopaths want to [fully protect businesses](https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-07-29/covid-employer-liability) from their employees, through the epically named Safeguarding America’s Frontline Employees To Offer Work Opportunities Required to Kickstart the Economy Act. The **SAFE TO WORKE** Act? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/593 "2020-08-15T23:04:41Z")
Ye SAFE TO WORKE Act ---
**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:** [August 16, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/594 "2020-08-16T19:57:24Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > The **SAFE TO WORKE** Act? No, Safe To Work Tea ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/595 "2020-08-16T20:29:40Z")
Good. I hate it when my tea is NSFW. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/596 "2020-08-17T04:44:14Z")
Thomas Gilmer, a Republican candidate in the Connecticut Republican primary for a Congressional seat, was arrested for domestic violence just before the vote. Nevertheless, he leads the ballot count. There are no provisions for a party to replace a candidate who wins a primary, so if he wins the vote count, he will be on the ballot in November. There is a mandatory recount because of the closeness of the vote, so we’ll have to wait to see the results. > **[Connecticut Political News - Hartford Courant](https://www.courant.com/politics/)** > > Connecticut political news from the Hartford Courant, providing an inside look at politics practiced from Hartford's Capitol Building ---
**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:** [August 17, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/597 "2020-08-17T06:32:36Z")
Diamond and Silk claim that Fox executives put out a hit on them. > **[Diamond & Silk Suggest Fox News Executives ‘Ordered a Hit’ on Them](https://www.thedailybeast.com/diamond-and-silk-fox-news-executives-ordered-a-hit-on-us)** > > In their new book, the MAGA star sisters accuse Fox News of a racist double-standard in giving them the boot for saying the same things its white stars regularly claim. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2020, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/598 "2020-08-17T07:03:41Z")
The North Carolina Republican Party is sending out absentee ballot request forms with Individual 1’s face on them. > **[Voters in North Carolina have received absentee ballot request forms in the...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/politics/postal-service-trump-absentee-ballot-request-mail-usps/index.html)** > > Given the crisis facing the United States Postal Service before a presidential election, the last thing John Herter expected to receive in the mail Saturday was an absentee ballot request form with President Donald Trump's face on it. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/599 "2020-08-18T03:18:20Z")
The St. Louis couple who waved their guns are protesters are going to speak at the Republican Convention. [St. Louis Gun Couple Patricia and Mark McCloskey Scheduled to Speak at Republican National Convention](https://www.thedailybeast.com/st-louis-gun-couple-patricia-and-mark-mccloskey-scheduled-to-speak-at-republican-national-convention)? ---
**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:** [August 18, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/600 "2020-08-18T03:19:58Z")
They’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel to find people who’ll speak for them. I’m surprised they didn’t invite the chair back. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/601 "2020-08-18T06:14:15Z")
After it trounced Eastwood in the debate? I knew it wouldn’t be invited back. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/602 "2020-08-18T07:16:55Z")
Unlike the chair, Eastwood didn’t have a leg to stand on. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/603 "2020-08-18T13:01:15Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > They’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel to find people who’ll speak for them. I’m surprised they didn’t invite the chair back. How about [James Alex Fields, Jr.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/James_Alex_Fields_Jr.png), the guy who got 2 life sentences w/o parole _plus_ 419 years, just in case, for squishing people in Charlottesville with his car? ---
**Author:** ![Mickyfinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/604 "2020-08-18T14:24:24Z")
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