# 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:** 343
**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 20, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6870 "2021-08-20T18:36:08Z")
Meghan McCain’s husband, the publisher of the Federalist: “President Donald Trump would have gotten every single American, interpreter, and piece of equipment out of Afghanistan. The man understood optics. The media’s kid glove treatment of Biden enabled this disaster.” > I wonder how his wife feels about his praising the guy who made nasty comments about her sainted father. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6871 "2021-08-20T18:39:10Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I wonder how his wife feels about his praising the guy who made nasty comments about her sainted father. _There’s a **DEMOCRAT** in the White House! This is no time for internecine bickering!_ ---
**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:** [August 20, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6872 "2021-08-20T18:40:03Z")
Couldn’t Trump have attempted that at pretty much any time while he was in office? ---
**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 20, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6873 "2021-08-20T18:40:57Z")
Yes. Let’s not forget he was going to host the Taliban at Camp David for his “peace summit.” ---
**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 20, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6874 "2021-08-20T18:50:17Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > _There’s a **DEMOCRAT** in the White House! This is no time for internecine bickering!_ I wish the Democrats would take note of this and stow their internecine bickering! 😠 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6875 "2021-08-20T19:12:23Z")
> [@](#): > > President Donald Trump would have gotten every single American, interpreter, and piece of equipment out of Afghanistan. So why didn’t he? ---
**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:** [August 20, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6876 "2021-08-20T19:14:02Z")
I think all the motorcycles were in the repair shop. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6877 "2021-08-20T19:19:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The man understood optics. Fuck that guy and his ‘optics’. We’re talking about fighting an enemy for 20 years, 2,000 Americans dead, 20,000 wounded, and once we leave, the Taliban took over Afghanistan in a week, and this worthless sack of crap is complaining about optics. ---
**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 20, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6878 "2021-08-20T19:50:41Z")
The Lieutenant Governor of Texas blames the rise in covid cases in Texas on black Democrats. > **[Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick Blames Black Community, Democrats For COVID Spread](https://www.newsweek.com/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-blames-black-community-democrats-covid-spread-1621312)** > > In an interview with host Laura Ingraham of Fox News show "The Ingraham Angle," Patrick placed blame on the Democrats and African American community as to why the numbers are so high in the Lone Star state. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6879 "2021-08-20T20:00:50Z")
Trump made it OK for Republicans to stop pretending that they weren’t racists. ---
**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 21, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6880 "2021-08-21T00:14:21Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > So why didn’t he? It was gonna be two weeks after his reelection. I saw it in his Calendar. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6881 "2021-08-21T02:46:10Z")
They also had to repair the rips in the parachutes. ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6882 "2021-08-21T16:18:38Z")
> **[Sen. Ted Cruz Got a $320,000 Book Advance. His Campaign Spent Almost Half of...](https://www.theroot.com/sen-ted-cruz-got-a-320-000-book-advance-his-campaign-1847525529)** > > I'm sure all of Cruz's campaign staff just joined Oprah's Book Club and purchased all of the books at full price. Because surely they didn't buy his book. Lot of money at Books A Million. No information about royalities that should go to charities. Sounds like typical grift and sales to gain a best seller nod. ---
**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 21, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6883 "2021-08-21T21:06:16Z")
Ron DeSantis’s press secretary has been suspended by Twitter for a whole twelve hours for suggesting her followers go after an AP reporter, and AP itself, after the reporter reported about De Santis’s connections to the major financier of regeneron, which DeSantis is pushing. > **[Twitter suspends DeSantis press secretary for ‘abusive behavior’](https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/twitter-suspends-desantis-press-secretary-for-abusive-behavior/)** > > NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter suspended the account of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary for violating rules on “abusive behavior” after The Associated Press said her conduct led to a repo… ---
**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:** [August 21, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6884 "2021-08-21T23:03:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ron DeSantis’s press secretary has been suspended by Twitter for a whole twelve hours for suggesting her followers go after an AP reporter, and AP itself, after the reporter reported about De Santis’s connections to the major financier of regeneron, which DeSantis is pushing. Twelve whole hours, for posting “drag them” and “Light. Them. Up” about journalists who reported truthfully about DeSantis. What a triumph for DeSantis! He gets away with urging violence on reporters via a compliant minion (and having compliant minions is crucial for the reputation of any prospective Bully-Dear Leader). This will advance his Presidential prospects _enormously_. (And what profoundly disgusting laxity on the part of Twitter decision-makers we see in this case.) ---
**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:** [August 21, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6885 "2021-08-21T23:24:48Z")
It’s called stochastic terrorism. They all do it. > **[Tucker Carlson prepares white nationalists for war: Don't ignore the power of...](https://www.salon.com/2021/06/30/tucker-carlson-prepares-white-nationalists-for-war-dont-ignore-the-power-of-his-rhetoric/)** > > Fox News' prime-time star and other far-right media voices are ramping up the hate — and denial is no answer ---
**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:** [August 21, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6886 "2021-08-21T23:32:10Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > It’s called stochastic terrorism. They all do it. - They do. Because there has been NO penalty for it. Yes, FoxNews sometimes has to scramble because too many sponsors balk at supporting their prime-time _Terrorism is Fun!_ hours. But somehow the profits seem to continue rolling in sufficiently to keep the game going. I still wonder if it’s possible to bring pressure to bear from the cable companies themselves. IF (if, if, if) enough customers say ‘no I will not pay for FoxNews, it is not news, it is ‘entertainment’ and I don’t think it should be part of the standard package’—if if if _enough_ said that, and used the leverage of cutting the cord, _then_ maybe something would change. But of course the likelihood is that Tucker and Ron and all the other little stochastic terrorists will go on urging their followers to violent action. Because, after all, it costs them nothing and it’s profitable. (And they are sociopaths.) ---
**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 22, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6887 "2021-08-22T13:54:40Z")
> **[Florida Gives Schools 48 Hours To Do Away With Their Mask Mandates — Or Lose...](https://www.npr.org/sections/back-to-school-live-updates/2021/08/21/1029970618/florida-schools-masks-mandates-covid-broward-county)** > > School boards in Broward and Alachua counties received a warning from the State Board of Education to walk back their decisions to require masks for all students. Complete headline: **Florida Gives Schools 48 Hours To Do Away With Their Mask Mandates — Or Lose Funding** > MIAMI — Florida officials are threatening to withhold funds equal to the salaries of school board members if school districts in two counties don’t immediately do away with strict mask mandates as the state continues to battle through high hospitalization rates. I guess it’s pointless to ask: “What the fuck is **wrong** with these people??” Yeah, I thought so. * * * Note: Some of this is playing to the bleachers. IOW political theater. > Because of the size of the school districts’ budgets, the cuts are more symbolic than harmful. According to the Legislature’s Office of Economic and Demographic Research, school board members in Alachua County make $40,000 per year and in Broward County, $46,000. Alachua has about 30,000 students and a $258 million general fund budget. Broward County has about 270,000 students and a $2.7 billion general fund budget. So even if the funding is cut, it won’t have all that much practical impact. Makes a good story, though. ---
**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 22, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6888 "2021-08-22T18:31:45Z")
The Speaker of the Wisconsin state House is traveling with Individual 1 today to his rally in Alabama (one wonders where they picked him up, did he go to Florida to travel with the Other Guy or did their plane fly to Milwaukee to pick him up?), The purpose of the meeting is for the Speaker, Robin Vos, to get tips from Individual 1 to run a vote audit. Because he has had so many successful audits. > **[WI State Representative Robin Vos attends Alabama Trump rally](https://www.nbc15.com/2021/08/22/wi-state-representative-robin-vos-attends-alabama-trump-rally/)** > > Representative Vos shared with Former President Trump his plans to restore trust in Wisconsin elections. ---
**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 22, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6889 "2021-08-22T18:36:10Z")
Speaking of Individual 1’s Alabama rally, he got booed for telling people they should get vaccinated. > **[Trump booed at Alabama rally after telling supporters to get vaccinated](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-booed-alabama-rally-after-telling-supporters-get-vaccinated-n1277404)** > > "But I recommend take the vaccines," Trump said. "I did it. It's good. Take the vaccines." [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=342) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=344)