# 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:** 333
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6664 "2021-08-09T21:07:36Z")
I wonder if Bundy realizes that some of the people who joined that group did so purely to keep tabs on them? I mean, if you can get the word out to 1000 people in 1000 minutes, then you’re going to get the word out to the security that’s responding to them, too. EDIT: That is, at least, for those places in the country that still have actual security forces dedicated to upholding the law and justice and maintaining order. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6665 "2021-08-09T22:54:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Not Republican, but their ilk. Anti-vax protesters tried to storm the BBC television center in London. Even though the BBC no longer broadcasts from there. That is hilarious. > [@](#): > > The Loose Women co-host Charlene White thanked the security team who kept protesters out of the studio while her ITV programme was on air on Monday afternoon. > > “Not sure what protesters were hoping to achieve, but all they would’ve found was me, Jane, Nadia and Penny on Loose Women talking about the menopause,” she said. (FYI: “Loose Women” is the UK equivalent of “The View”.) For more hilarious self-ownage by Jeremy Corbyn’s dumb antivaxxer brother Piers, [I recommend this story](https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/piers-corbyn-anti-vaxxer-prank-astrazeneca-v694f290c) about him taking a…well, let’s not call it a “bribe”, but anyway, eagerly agreeing to accept a “donation” from an AstraZeneca shareholder [sic] in return for minimising his public criticism of AZ and focusing on Moderna and Pfizer instead. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6666 "2021-08-09T23:02:27Z")
Another one for the “I never thought my actions would have consequences!” file; Greg “mask mandates are Communism” Abbot is begging HealthCare workers from other states to come to Texas to deal with their record-breaking number of covid hospitalizations. > **[Texas Gov. Abbott begs for out-of-state medical staff -- and asks hospitals...](https://www.rawstory.com/greg-abbott-2654606305/)** > > Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who earlier this year signed a bill banning local governments from enacting mask mandates and vaccine mandates, is now taking extraordinary measures to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic in his state.Via the New York Times'... ---
**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:** [August 9, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6667 "2021-08-09T23:40:27Z")
They should say they’ll come **on the condition** that he issue a statewide mask mandate. That should make his head 🤯 ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6668 "2021-08-10T00:08:31Z")
I’m **Guest-starring\_Id** , and I support the previous post. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6669 "2021-08-10T00:13:45Z")
Once enough Floridians die there’ll be plenty of doctors for Texas! ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6670 "2021-08-10T01:13:31Z")
It will free up those ICU beds, too. Win-win! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6671 "2021-08-10T12:17:34Z")
> [@](#): > > # GOP Lawmaker Wants To Rename ‘Florida’s Urethra’ Highway After Donald Trump > > Florida state Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R) drew backlash and mockery on Monday after he proposed legislation to rename U.S. Route 27 — which runs through his state — after [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump). > > Sabatini, who is running for Congress in 2022, asked people on Twitter to sign a petition “to name Florida’s longest road” the “President Donald J. Trump Highway” to “honor one of America’s greatest Presidents.” > **[GOP Lawmaker Wants To Rename 'Florida’s Urethra' After Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-florida-highway-donald-trump-name_n_61121b35e4b0be1936df1cc5)** > > "You really didn't think this through, did you?" one critic on Twitter asked of the Florida Republican's widely mocked proposal to honor the ex-president. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6672 "2021-08-10T12:34:45Z")
[quote=“CalMeacham, post:6671, topic:911140, full:true”] > [@](#): > > # GOP Lawmaker Wants To Rename ‘Florida’s Urethra’ Highway After Donald Trump > > [GOP Lawmaker Wants To Rename 'Florida's Urethra' Highway After Donald Trump | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-florida-highway-donald-trump-name_n_61121b35e4b0be1936df1cc5) - Doe’s that make Alabama and Georgia America’s Kidneys? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6673 "2021-08-10T13:15:46Z")
Is he taking the piss? ---
**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 10, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6674 "2021-08-10T14:04:29Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Sabatini, who is running for Congress in 2022, asked people on Twitter to sign a petition “to name **Florida’s longest road** ” the “President Donald J. Trump Highway” to “honor one of America’s greatest Presidents.” (Bolding mine) Well, he has a point. The Trump administration _felt_ like the longest in my lifetime and I felt driven over. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6675 "2021-08-10T16:54:57Z")
But its encrypted so its got to be secret right? I suspect that this is going to be a gold mine of incriminating evidence for the FBI. The only question is how long a rope do they give these losers to hang themselves before they start reeling them in. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6676 "2021-08-10T17:15:52Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The fact that he has forgotten that COVID struck while he was president, that he pushed the development of a vaccine, and that he has, in fact, been vaccinated seems to be evidence that the vaccine causes brain damage, amirite? The vaccine can’t cause what was already there. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6677 "2021-08-10T17:20:30Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > The vaccine can’t cause what was already there. - … and so obviously so. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6678 "2021-08-10T17:22:16Z")
I also considered, “The vaccine can’t damage what isn’t there.” Low hanging fruit taste the best! ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6679 "2021-08-10T17:23:21Z")
LOL, they sure do!! And I’d have a hard time picking my favorite of those two observations. 😃 ---
**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 10, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6680 "2021-08-10T20:04:04Z")
And Florida is begging the federal government for ventilators. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6681 "2021-08-10T20:46:54Z")
It’s like the greatest hits of 2020 are back, before we even started to miss them! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6682 "2021-08-10T23:09:14Z")
There are ordinary garden-variety lapses in self-awareness… and then there’s: > ---
**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:** [August 10, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6683 "2021-08-10T23:25:22Z")
> **[‘Rise Up, Patriots!’ Rand Paul Calls To Intubated Patients Lying Unconscious...](https://www.theonion.com/rise-up-patriots-rand-paul-calls-to-intubated-patie-1847451937)** > > WASHINGTON—Rallying patients lying unconscious in the intensive care unit of George Washington University Hospital, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) called on those intubated due to Covid-19 to rise up from their hospital beds and choose freedom, sources... “…“Don’t you see? Those ventilators aren’t there to save you, they’re meant to enslave you. They may look like innocent, artificial breathing devices intended to provide you with you a steady supply of oxygen, but they are the shackles of your oppressor. Rip out your breathing tube and join the resistance!” At press time, dozens of Covid patients had reportedly died after Paul attempted to reenact the Boston Tea Party by dumping their discolored, hypoxic bodies into the Potomac.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=332) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=334)