# 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:** 316
**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 19, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6323 "2021-07-19T12:16:33Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Well… The headline of that article is obviously incorrect. It says: **Trump won 0 of the 18 golf championships he claims he has, book says**. That should be **20** not 18. Which means he won two more than all the games he played. Now THAT’S what we call **golfing**! Or _lying_… take your pick. He excels at one of them. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6324 "2021-07-19T12:26:59Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Venues are already selected through 2024 (St Andrews, Royal Liverpool and Royal Troon for 2022-2024), but good luck getting Turnberry chosen for future Opens now, Donald. I think that Turnberry has been removed from consideration for future Opens. From an article: In a brief statement, R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said that he won’t bring The Open back to Trump-owned Turnberry “in the foreseeable future.” ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6325 "2021-07-19T14:04:25Z")
I’d assume that’s subject to change if Turnberry changes owners. Wouldn’t that be delicious, especially if it’s part of a fire sale of assets because of hefty taxes and fines? ---
**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 19, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6326 "2021-07-19T14:14:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The headline of that article is obviously incorrect. It says: > **Trump won 0 of the 18 golf championships he claims he has, book says**. > > That should be **20** not 18. Which means he won two more than all the games he played. Now THAT’S what we call **golfing**! Or _lying_ … take your pick. He excels at one of them. Look, when your stroke count is twice as high as the next player, they give you two trophies. Everyone knows this is how golf works! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6327 "2021-07-19T14:47:38Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LIiaFMOfbwY/maxresdefault.jpg "Sportswriter Rick Reilly On Donald Trump's Golf Cheating") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIiaFMOfbwY) Always a fun rewatch. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6328 "2021-07-19T15:44:28Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Is he really a “many-time Club Champion”? “I used to be into sports. Then I realized I could buy trophies.” ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6329 "2021-07-19T16:52:05Z")
“And Time Magazine covers.” ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6330 "2021-07-19T17:25:41Z")
Michigan Man of the Year ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6331 "2021-07-19T18:01:56Z")
“and hookers who pretend to like me” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6332 "2021-07-19T21:44:58Z")
Here’s my congressman. I guess republicans are pro-fentanyl now. > **['You realize it was seized, right?': Republican mocked for wondering 'where's...](https://www.rawstory.com/andy-biggs-fentanyl-outraged/?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&ts=1626724128&fbclid=IwAR1UrpXc6nybFcftR2SBPT73eF8UvH_iNkGPJMf7YHXih3iECgKCaWQWoKc)** > > Responding to recent reports detailing what federal agents say is a 4,000 percent increase in fentanyl seizures over the last three years at the southern border, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) wondered why the media isn't outraged. "Under Joe Biden, enough... ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6333 "2021-07-20T00:04:22Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@JohnT](#): > > > > That is pathetic. That’s not one of your trump parodies is it? I hope for dotard’s sake that it is. > > Sadly, no. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/realLizUSA/status/1416423297382633472) The Twitter account quoted there is run by new (as of this June) Trump spokeswoman Liz Harrington—she is basically just posting whatever Trump wants, as a way of getting around his Twitter permaban. Some on Twitter are wondering why Twitter is permitting this: [https://mobile.twitter.com/nancylevine/status/1416015571058008065](https://mobile.twitter.com/nancylevine/status/1416015571058008065) This by factchecker Daniel Dale provides some details of the lies told (on Twitter and elsewhere) by Harrington: > **[News](https://www.kctv5.com/news/)** Harrington, before becoming Trump’s new mouthpiece, had been an official at the RNC (natch). ---
**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:** [July 20, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6334 "2021-07-20T00:18:46Z")
Kevin McQarthy has appointed noted insurrectionist Gym Jordan to the January 6 committee. > **[Jim Jordan among 5 House Republicans selected by McCarthy for January 6...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/19/politics/house-republicans-chosen-for-january-6-committee/index.html)** > > House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has made his selection of five Republicans to join the select committee investigating January 6, ensuring that Republicans will have input in the investigation run by Democrats. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6335 "2021-07-20T00:28:52Z")
Oh good, they needed someone shouty and not-listeny on board! ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6336 "2021-07-20T00:59:02Z")
Doesn’t Pelosi have final approval of McCarthy’s selections? ETA: Ah, here we go. From that CNN link: > [@](#): > > Under the House’s resolution, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed eight members to the commission and McCarthy has five slots “in consultation” with Pelosi – meaning the House speaker could ultimately veto his selections. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6337 "2021-07-20T01:06:24Z")
Indeed, one of Pelosi’s picks was Liz Cheney. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6338 "2021-07-20T02:44:18Z")
Margarine Failure Groan has earned herself a 12-hour Twitter ban for trying to make people die of covid. > ---
**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:** [July 20, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6339 "2021-07-20T08:30:01Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “and hookers who pretend to like me” And their silence afterwards. For a while. ---
**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 20, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6340 "2021-07-20T11:25:37Z")
> **[Gov. Greg Abbott says he’ll soon unveil plan to restrict transition-related...](https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/19/texas-greg-abbott-transgender-health-care/)** > > The move comes after bills to do so were unsuccessful during the regular legislative session — and after Abbott did not include them on his agenda for the ongoing special session. > Gov. [Greg Abbott](https://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/) said Monday he was preparing to take action to restrict transition-related medical care for transgender minors in Texas after legislation to do so failed during the regular session. > > “I have another way of achieving the exact same thing, and it’s about a finished product as we speak right now and may be announced as soon as this week,” Abbott said during a radio interview. He did not provide further details. > … So it’s okay for the gummint to get all up in a woman’s uterus, or a kid’s very personal exploration of their fundamental sexuality, but God forbid the IRS should be permitted to enforce its own regulations. Sex? Yeah, the state has plenty to say about that! Money? Back off! See below. [https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/18/politics/infrastructure-bill-portman-irs-enforcement-cnntv/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/18/politics/infrastructure-bill-portman-irs-enforcement-cnntv/index.html) ---
**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 20, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6341 "2021-07-20T12:43:06Z")
Sometimes I suspect that every tactic Republican legislators employ is mostly to provide cover for their First Priority: keeping those tax rates ridiculously low. ---
**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 20, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6342 "2021-07-20T12:44:24Z")
For the wealthy. Not for the rest of us. That **does** seem to be the most important thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=315) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=317)