# 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:** 312
**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:** [July 12, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6243 "2021-07-12T23:14:59Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > [Quoting Tomi Lahren]…Your mob is no better than the Left’s… Them’s fightin’ words! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6244 "2021-07-13T02:53:23Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Well, it’s not that he’s pro-Polio but he’s not anti-Polio either; he’s just looking at this thing and trying to figure it out. It’s like that old saying, “What doesn’t kill you leaves you in an iron lung.” ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6245 "2021-07-13T03:35:47Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Well, it’s not that he’s pro-Polio but he’s not anti-Polio either; he’s just looking at this thing and trying to figure it out. > [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > There are very fine viruses on both sides. > [@Horatius](#): > > It’s like that old saying, “What doesn’t kill you leaves you in an iron lung.” For those reading along who may not have read the whole story about Rob Schmitt of Newsmax: > [@](#): > > At the top of his Friday night interview with McCullough, Schmitt made sure Newsmax viewers knew he was “not an anti-vaxxer” but also was “not a pro-vaxxer,” instead insisting that he’s “looking at this thing and trying to figure it out.” ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6246 "2021-07-13T05:16:35Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > You could say the same thing about antibiotics and modern medicine in general. > > This is going to be the new party platform. Democrats like healthcare, therefore healthcare is bad. > > Please don’t remind them that dead people can’t vote. This. Tell them that when they’re dead, they need to be sure to vote Republican… ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6247 "2021-07-13T05:58:46Z")
They can do better than that: designate someone to vote — straight Republican, naturally — for them after they’ve passed. And let the designee know that they should be proud … proud, I say! … of what they’re doing. In fact, they should let the world know how proud they are to be carrying out the dearly departed’s wishes. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6248 "2021-07-13T15:52:20Z")
Given that there are more and more new laws to restrict voting being passed every day, I would focus instead on posting tweets promoting the Trump agenda after dying from coronavirus as Herman Cain has pioneered. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6249 "2021-07-13T15:55:04Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > This. Tell them that when they’re dead, they need to be sure to vote Republican… Well, there _was_ that guy who cast his dead father’s vote for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6250 "2021-07-13T16:10:41Z")
Well. Never imagine this was the line that Tomi Lahren refused to cross. OTOH, maybe she’s just a big Kardashians fan. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6251 "2021-07-13T18:19:45Z")
Rudy says Ashli Babbit was shot by an Antifa agent hired by CNN. > **[Rudy Giuliani Alleges ‘Plot Behind' Ashli Babbitt’s Death While Calling...](https://www.mediaite.com/tv/rudy-giuliani-insinuates-there-was-a-plot-behind-ashli-babbitts-death-while-calling-insurrection-an-unfortunate-trespass/)** > > The former New York mayor also suggested Antifa was involved in her shooting. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6252 "2021-07-13T18:51:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rudy says Ashli Babbit was shot by an Antifa agent hired by CNN. Well, not quite – he says she was shot “by a police officer,” but thinks CNN and Antifa somehow knew about it in advance so they could make big bucks off the video. Or something. > But how is it that this thing all shows up on a video taken by an Antifa member paid for by CNN? And he just happens to be there when the shooting takes place, and he just happens to know where the gun is located. And none of the police have any interest in that? Still batshit crazy, of course. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6253 "2021-07-13T20:22:16Z")
When the Individual 1-appointed Social Security Administration chief refused to resign, Biden fired him. The chief, Andrew Saul, says he’s not fired, and continues to work for the Social Security Administration. Them Biden officials in the office locked him out of the building and his computer systems. He says he continues in the job. > **[Ousted Social Security commissioner locked out of agency systems](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/ousted-social-security-commissioner-locked-out-agency-systems-n1273820)** > > Andrew Saul may think he's still the Social Security commissioner, but as far his employer is concerned, he's not. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6254 "2021-07-13T20:39:45Z")
QAnon loving pastor is accused of satanism by Q supporters because his daughter wore red shoes. > **[QAnon-Loving Pastor Running for Congress Accused of Satanism by, uh, QAnon](https://www.vice.com/en/article/epnmzz/qanon-pastor-running-for-congress-accused-of-satanism-jackson-laymeyer)** > > He's also been accused of child sex trafficking after posting a photo of his own daughter at a campaign event. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6255 "2021-07-13T20:42:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > QAnon loving pastor is accused of satanism by Q supporters because his daughter wore red shoes. - > [QAnon-Loving Pastor Running for Congress Accused of Satanism by, uh, QAnon](https://www.vice.com/en/article/epnmzz/qanon-pastor-running-for-congress-accused-of-satanism-jackson-laymeyer) I love it when they start eating each other’s faces. Though I don’t want to chance across a hungry leopard some night. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6256 "2021-07-13T21:22:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > QAnon loving pastor is accused of satanism by Q supporters because his daughter wore red shoes. Isn’t it an LBJ quote - “I just want to hear the son of a bitch deny 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:** [July 13, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6257 "2021-07-13T21:48:42Z")
Fox talking head apparently thinks Japan and China are the same thing. She doesn’t want the US at the “genocide Olympics” because of Japan’s treatment of the Uighurs. BTW, are these Uighur-loving right wingers aware that Uighurs are Muslims? > ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6258 "2021-07-13T21:56:00Z")
“C’mon! They all look alike!” Remember kids, racism is over. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6259 "2021-07-13T22:31:27Z")
Oh my. That’s a special kind of stupid on display in that clip. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6260 "2021-07-13T22:54:03Z")
I can see Faux News running all sorts of disclaimer crawlers at the screen bottom: “Fox News takes no responsibility for the views of idiots presented here.” “Fox News realizes these are lies, so that lets us off the hook.” “Fox News does not discriminate against fools, morans, or the mentally challenged.” “Fox News is only running this drivel for the ad revenue.” “Fox News taken daily may result in dementia, paranoia, aggressive behavior, or death. Should you experience Fox News for more than four hours, see a mental health professional.” “Fox News, shit, we’ve just given up.” ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6261 "2021-07-14T00:38:24Z")
It’s fun to dream, innit? 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 14, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6262 "2021-07-14T02:07:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The chief, Andrew Saul, says he’s not fired, and continues to work for the Social Security Administration. Them Biden officials in the office locked him out of the building and his computer systems. He says he continues in the job. Well, why not? T\*\*\*\* is continuing to do as much presidentin’ as he ever did before January 20th from the Florida White House and they’re both being paid the same salary. (T\*\*\*\* _is_ getting a [pension](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Presidents_Act), dammit. Maybe someone can convince him by accepting the pension he’s rendered himself a former President.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=311) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=313)