# 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:** 348
**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 30, 2021, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6970 "2021-08-30T05:06:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Gubernatorial candidate Steve Lynch (NSDAP-PA) says “strong men” should forcibly overthrow school boards that attempt to protect children from covid. If you check out Lynch’s rant…yeah, buddy’s seriously jacked up. Clicked on Filipkowski’s time-line and it is one of the more hair-raising twitter feeds I’ve read - worth a good, long, dread-laden scroll. Evenutally you’ll be rewarded with a snippet from an Eric Clapton anti-vaccine song. Huh…ole Slowhand apparently seems to be a fucking maskhole…well then. _She don’t like_ X 3 _…vaccines_ ETA: Oh nice. From July. Odd only now I’m hearing about this: (yeah, slightly deraily) > **[Eric Clapton Will Not Play Shows Where Proof of Vaccine Is Required](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eric-clapton-not-play-vaccine-shows-1200257/)** > > Eric Clapton said he would cancel any shows if the venue requires attendees prove they are vaccinated against Covid-19. ---
**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 30, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6971 "2021-08-30T05:18:25Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Clicked on Filipkowski’s time-line and it is one of the more hair-raising twitter feeds I’ve read - worth a good, long, dread-laden scroll. Evenutally you’ll be rewarded with a snippet from an Eric Clapton anti-vaccine song. > Huh…ole Slowhand apparently seems to be a fucking maskhole…well then. You know, between being anti-vax, opposing the ban on fox-hunting, ranting on stage about how England is for whites only and all the foreigners need to leave, and writing an entire album about how much he wanted to fuck his best friend’s wife then cheating on her multiple times after finally getting her, I’m starting to think that Eric Clapton might be a bit of an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6972 "2021-08-30T05:23:40Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m starting to think that Eric Clapton might be a bit of an asshole. [well, _yeah_](http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/clapton-is-god.jpg) ---
**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 30, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6973 "2021-08-30T13:56:58Z")
> [@Ziberian](#): > > Saw an article a few days ago in which a pediatric nurse discussed delivering (usually premature) babies of unvaccinated women who were dying, on ventilators… Damn, that is the saddest thing I have read in a long time… 😭 ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6974 "2021-08-30T18:35:27Z")
The right wing crazies are complaining that Biden didn’t go to Dover AFB to greet the caskets of the dead military members from Kabul. He did. > **[Fact check: Conservative tweeters falsely claim Biden didn't show up at Dover...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/30/politics/fact-check-biden-dover-afghanistan-kabul/index.html)** > > On Saturday night, an entirely false claim about President Joe Biden went viral among conservatives on Twitter. I also saw something about how horrible Biden is because he allegedly looked at his watch at the ceremony acknowledging the Kabul dead. Can’t find anything other than a tweet, nor can I find a clip verifying this, and if even so, bfd… ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6975 "2021-08-30T18:56:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > …how horrible Biden is because he allegedly looked at his watch at the ceremony… I guess if he had peeked at the time on his phone that would have been _another_ impeachable offense. 🧐 ---
**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:** [August 30, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6976 "2021-08-30T19:59:33Z")
How many times did Trump go to Dover to give respect to returning military bodies? Serious question. Ever? ---
**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 30, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6977 "2021-08-30T20:01:23Z")
I saw an article over the weekend about how he didn’t go to Dover when the soldiers killed in Niger came home. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6978 "2021-08-30T20:02:02Z")
At least four times. > **[Trump Stopped Going to Dover AFB To Receive Bodies After Getting Berated On...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-dover-afb-returning-soldiers-bodies-lie_n_5f4ebdc9c5b6250f655c1ca8)** > > Vice President Pence attended "dignified transfer" ceremonies for two years by himself after the father of a slain SEAL "rattled" Trump In February 2017. ---
**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 30, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6979 "2021-08-30T21:11:50Z")
Rand Paul: Scientists won’t test ivermectin for use with covid because they hate Individual 1. > **[Rand Paul says scientists won't study horse-deworming drug ivermectin's use as...](https://news.yahoo.com/rand-paul-claims-scientists-wont-045732346.html)** > > The FDA and CDC have warned people not to use ivermectin, a deworming drug for livestock, because of its deadly side effects. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6980 "2021-08-30T22:54:10Z")
This goes beyond stupid, and does not make a lick of sense in any way, shape or form. Republicans have gone Full Moron. ---
**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 30, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6981 "2021-08-30T22:57:24Z")
The younger idiot Paul is not an actual doctor nor a real libertarian. Just a grifting poser devoid of any real ethics; a vile hateful pustule posing as human. ---
**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 30, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6982 "2021-08-30T23:22:14Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > This goes beyond stupid, and does not make a lick of sense I disagree, I’m sure you’ve noticed how the CDC and scientists are warning people to not use the vaccine, because Trump has touted it as a medicine his office was instrumental in getting developed. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6983 "2021-08-30T23:25:18Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > a vile hateful pustule posing as human. The department of pustules called, and they are demanding an apology. ---
**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 30, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6985 "2021-08-30T23:39:52Z")
He’s not a doctor, but he plays one on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6986 "2021-08-31T00:08:56Z")
I am still befuddled as to why Duke still has not revoked his degree. He lied on his application when he claimed he had an undergraduate degree. ---
**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 31, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6987 "2021-08-31T03:07:02Z")
De Santis says the reason why Florida has so many covid cases is because so many tests are being taken. > **[DeSantis echoes Trump by blaming tests for high rate of Covid in Florida kids](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ron-desantis-covid-florida-trump-b1911300.html)** > > The GOP governor has fought schools to stop mask mandates, even as cases and deaths soar ---
**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 31, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6988 "2021-08-31T03:32:23Z")
I guess the next step is to ban covid tests AND diagnoses of covid. If a doctor diagnoses covid, fire his ass! Just declare that all of the sick people have flu, lung problems, idiopathic fevers, pneumonia, etc. Make the word covid illegal. There! All gone pandemic! ---
**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 31, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6989 "2021-08-31T03:38:37Z")
Madison Cawthorn says there will be bloodshed if rigged elections aren’t ended. > **[Rep. Madison Cawthorn falsely suggests elections are ‘rigged,’ says there...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-madison-cawthorn-says-there-will-be-bloodshed-if-us-elections-continue-to-be-rigged/2021/08/30/297a9fa2-09c8-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html)** > > The North Carolina Republican said Sunday that he is “willing to defend our liberty at all costs.” A spokesman said Cawthorn was not advocating violence. ---
**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 31, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/6990 "2021-08-31T03:40:51Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I guess the next step is to ban covid tests AND diagnoses of covid. If a doctor diagnoses covid, fire his ass! Just declare that all of the sick people have flu, lung problems, idiopathic fevers, pneumonia, etc. Make the word covid illegal. The Onion’s take is pretty solid; > **[DeSantis Locks Down Florida After Spread Of Covid Vaccination Gets Out Of Hand](https://www.theonion.com/desantis-locks-down-florida-after-spread-of-covid-vacci-1847572019)** > > TALLAHASSEE, FL—Urging residents to stay in their homes and away from medical facilities, Governor Ron DeSantis locked down Florida Friday after the spread of Covid vaccinations got out of hand. “With inoculation numbers skyrocketing across the... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=347) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=349)