# 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:** 325
**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 28, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6503 "2021-07-28T22:50:33Z")
The ‘bully who Possesses Certainty/smug-snake Fox anchors’ theory ties in with a third factor: the flattery that a bully offers to his toadies. Namely, the successful bully will keep his toadies happy by telling them ‘WE are too smart to be taken in by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_; WE have it all over those stupid outsiders.’ This is a major part of what FoxNews offers its viewers: the message that they are now Insiders. They are In The Know. They (and the bully-hosts) are Too Smart to be taken in by government propaganda! (Resulting in FoxNews killing off a certain number of its viewers who’ve been told that vaccines are a Plot against them, but…who’s counting?) ---
**Author:** ![Ziberian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/919ad9/32.png) [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6504 "2021-07-29T01:21:16Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I can anecdotally say that there must have been some kind of strong cold virus going around in late 2019 - that December I got an infection where I all but lost my voice for a week, my sinuses were inflamed and putting pressure on my face, and I was having the kind of aggressive coughing fits I usually only get when my asthma is acting up. When covid reared its head, I thought I must have had it because it’s very rare for me to get that sick, but I got an antibody test when they became available and it came up negative. My normally pretty healthy neighbor came down with pneumonia in November 2019. Days in the hospital and breathing problems until the present. The interesting twist – about a month after her second vaccine shot, her breathing suddenly improved. ---
**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 29, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6505 "2021-07-29T02:25:47Z")
Mo Brooks admitted that when he spoke at Individual 1’s rally prior to the assault on the Capitol, he was wearing body armor. > **[Turns Out Mo Brooks Was Wearing Body Armor to Trump’s Very Peaceful Jan. 6 Rally](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/07/mo-brooks-body-armor-jan-6-rally.html)** > > What was he afraid of? ---
**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 29, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6506 "2021-07-29T06:32:57Z")
Overly zealous huggers being caught up in the rapture of the moment. Duh. ---
**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 29, 2021, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6507 "2021-07-29T07:02:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mo Brooks admitted that when he spoke at Individual 1’s rally prior to the assault on the Capitol, he was wearing body armor. Just your normal tourist gear. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6508 "2021-07-29T08:05:00Z")
So even if I took this jackass at his word, he knew of threats of violence, but couldn’t be bothered to notify the authorities, nor could he be bothered to tone down the rhetoric of his rally speech. What a stand up guy! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6509 "2021-07-29T17:05:35Z")
They wanted violence. All of them from Trump on down. They came prepared for it. Who uses a baseball bat for a flag pole? ---
**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:** [July 29, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6510 "2021-07-29T19:09:32Z")
I had an idiot Trumper relative of a friend that was on my Facebook friends list for a while. She went on a post January 6th rant about how the fact that the insurrectionists were armed was proof positive that Trump didn’t incite the insurrection, because the terrorists came prepared, therefore they couldn’t have been incited by Trump’s speech. I wanted to point out that Trump was in the business of inciting insurrection long before January 6th, and the speech that day was merely his pre-insurrection pep talk, but I knew it would be a waste of electrons. So — the insurrectionists were peaceful unarmed Patriots,which exonerates Trump, but if they were armed that also totally exonerates Trump. OK……… You know, I really hope the investigative agencies go there, but after listening to Chris Wray testify a few months ago, I’m not optimistic……it was maddening, he seemed to think that the only appropriate FBI response to the vocal public calls for insurrection was plugging their collective ears and singing LA LA LA I can’t hear you……otherwise they would be committing some sort of First Amendment violation. It’s been a few months and I’m paraphrasing, but he seemed to play dumb when asked if the election results might have motivated the insurrectionists, saying that everyone there had different motivations, When asked if he was aware that Trump was fighting the election results, his response was something vague along the lines of - “I think I might have seen something like that that somewhere on the Internet”. I understand that Joe Biden is trying to go back to normalcy by keeping the job of FBI director non-political, but damn, he needs to remember why Wray was installed. I’m sure Wray convinced himself that he needed to suck Trump’s dick a little bit in order to prevent someone worse from getting the job, but he has a lot to answer for and I haven’t heard the right answers from him yet. ---
**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 29, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6511 "2021-07-29T19:48:08Z")
Individual 1 says that he will endorse the primary opponent of any Republican who votes for the infrastructure bill. > **[Trump threatened to primary GOP lawmakers who favor the bipartisan...](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-threatens-to-primary-gop-lawmakers-over-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-2021-7)** > > Before a pivotal Senate vote to advance the deal, Donald Trump railed against GOP cooperation, saying it made them look "weak, foolish, and dumb." ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6512 "2021-07-29T19:57:51Z")
Considering recent results in Texas, that really shouldn’t frighten them, but it probably will. ---
**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 30, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6513 "2021-07-30T00:41:54Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Considering recent results in Texas, that really shouldn’t frighten them, but it probably will. - Eventually there are going to be enough such results that Mar-a-Lago is going to have to offer really _spectacular_ coupons in order to get anyone to visit. Seriously: Trump’s “power” will wane quickly as the perception about his influence on elections becomes, inexorably, ‘he’s toxic’. ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6514 "2021-07-30T02:21:35Z")
The pillow guy has pulled his commercials from Fox News because they won’t endorse his conspiracy theories. > **[Mike Lindell yanks MyPillow ads from Fox News because network won't air his...](https://www.rawstory.com/mypillow-mike-lindell-2654276786/)** > > Fox News is losing one of its biggest advertisers after MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell pulled his ads in a dispute over his election fraud conspiracy theories, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday."Mike Lindell said he made the decision after Fox... ---
**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 30, 2021, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6515 "2021-07-30T08:32:03Z")
I did wonder in the other Lindell thread why he was shovelling money at a network he hates. Apparently he suddenly wondered the same thing. ---
**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 30, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6516 "2021-07-30T11:37:38Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The pillow guy has pulled his commercials from Fox News because they won’t endorse his conspiracy theories. > > [Mike Lindell yanks MyPillow ads from Fox News because network won't air his bogus election claims: WSJ - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/mypillow-mike-lindell-2654276786/) CANCEL CULTURE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6517 "2021-07-30T11:57:58Z")
Faux News was already - or is - being sued by Dominion for touting The Big Lie. That’s why they won’t endorse his crazy bullshit. I hope they implode! ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6518 "2021-07-30T18:36:58Z")
Elise Stefanik. Posted without comment. “Today’s Anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid reminds us to reflect on the critical role these programs have played to protect the healthcare of millions of families. To safeguard our future, we must reject Socialist healthcare schemes.” > > > The Post-Star @poststar ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6519 "2021-07-30T18:38:32Z")
Stella Immanuel, the hydroxy quack, is suing CNN > **[Dr. Stella Immanuel Sues CNN, Anderson Cooper for $100 Million](https://www.newsweek.com/doc-who-backed-hydroxychloroquine-files-100m-defamation-suit-against-cnn-anderson-cooper-1614502)** > > Dr. Stella Immanuel claimed "You don't need masks, there is a cure...You don't need people to be locked down." ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6520 "2021-07-30T18:47:49Z")
Madison Cawthorn is raising money to pay the fines of Republicans who are refusing to wear masks in the House. At least, that’s what he says the money is for. But if you read the fine print on the website that you send your money to, it says it goes direct into his coffers. > **[Right-wing Republican fundraising to bail out mask rule-breakers — but the...](https://www.salon.com/2021/07/30/madison-cawthorn-is-fundraising-to-bail-out-mask-rule-breakers--but-the-money-goes-to-his-campaign_partner/)** > > Right-wing Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) is asking for donations so that he can pay for the fines for Congressional members and their staff who refuse to wear a mask in the Capitol. But when clicking the link to donate, it takes you to his campaign... Speaking of young Madison, it has just been revealed that he was stopped by TSA trying to carry a gun on board a plane, back in February. > **[N.C. Rep. Madison Cawthorn found with gun passing through airport security](https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/coastal/politics/2021/07/30/n-c--rep--madison-cawthorn-found-with-gun-passing-through-airport-security)** > > It happened in February, the congressman's office said. ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6521 "2021-07-30T18:53:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Elise Stefanik. Posted without comment. - > “Today’s Anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid reminds us to reflect on the critical role these programs have played to protect the healthcare of millions of families. To safeguard our future, we must reject Socialist healthcare schemes.” > [https://twitter.com/EliseStefanik/status/1421115026300186634](https://twitter.com/EliseStefanik/status/1421115026300186634) She’s taking a beating in the replies. ---
**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 30, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6522 "2021-07-30T19:00:02Z")
Not by my reading. Nearly every comment is that Biden has fucked this country up beyond recognition in just 6 months, no more masks or lockdowns, etc. It’s a right-wing glurge. ETA: ah i was looking at the bulk of replies to her account; the replies to that one tweet are indeed delicious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=324) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=326)