# 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:** 350
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7011 "2021-09-01T18:34:32Z")
Roberts county has less then 1000 residents - I don’t know what the cut off would be, but it seems like you would want to set a minimum population size before awarding the Trumpiest Trophy (much like you need some number of at-bats before you can win the MLB batting title). ---
**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:** [September 1, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7012 "2021-09-01T18:43:12Z")
Well, and the other point is that the “trumpiest county” was at around 96%. No place in the country went 100% either way. Everywhere you go, there are decent people and assholes, with some morons and slackers mixed in. Everywhere. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7013 "2021-09-01T20:27:18Z")
Gym Jordan claimed he never questioned the results of the election. MSNBC came for him with the videos. > **[Jim Jordan's Own Words Come Back To Haunt Him In Damning New Supercut Video](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-jordan-2020-election-supercut_n_612efbfae4b0eab0ad919dfa)** > > Jordan was one of 147 Republicans who voted against accepting the 2020 election results. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7014 "2021-09-01T23:25:42Z")
Normally I don’t condone wanton curbstompoing on folks, but… > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene threatened to 'shut down' telecoms companies if they...](https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-threatens-companies-hand-data-capitol-riot-commission-2021-9)** > > The House panel investigating the Capitol riot had asked telecommunications companies to preserve the metadata of Republicans' messages. > [@](#): > > “If these telecommunications companies, if they go along with this, they will be shut down. And that’s a promise,” Greene told Carlson, **without elaborating on how that would be achieved**. Like no shit she wouldn’t go there (on bolded). At least she didn’t show a lack of clear thought by repeating herself. I’m starting to get impatient with her. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7015 "2021-09-01T23:39:50Z")
Starting??? Even the RepubliQanon leadership stripped her of any committee assignments. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7016 "2021-09-02T02:17:30Z")
MqQarthy is threatening that, too, as soon as he takes over as Speaker of the House. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7017 "2021-09-02T05:53:39Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Well, and the other point is that the “trumpiest county” was at around 96%. No place in the country went 100% either way. If you read the source, it turns out that there were 17 (count 'em) voters for Biden. I’m thinking it’s good the ballots were secret. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7018 "2021-09-02T12:16:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > MqQarthy is threatening that, too, as soon as he takes over as Speaker of the House. These people are afraid. Very afraid. Good. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7019 "2021-09-02T13:50:12Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > These people are afraid. Very afraid. > Good. It’s only “good” if they’re kept out of power and held accountable for their actions. I wouldn’t bet much money on either of those happening; in fact both seem unlikely. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7020 "2021-09-02T16:33:28Z")
Succinct summary: > Texas this week showed us what a post-democracy America would look like. > > Thanks to a series of actions by the Texas legislature and governor, we now see exactly what the Trumpified Republican Party wants: to take us to an America where women cannot get abortions, even in cases of rape and incest; an America where almost everybody can openly carry a gun in public, without license, without permit, without safety training and without fingerprinting; and an America where law-abiding Black and Latino citizens are disproportionately denied the right to vote. > > This is where Texas and other red states are going, or have already gone. > … > **[Opinion | Texas shows us what post-democracy America would look like](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/01/texas-shows-us-what-post-democracy-america-would-look-like/)** > > Thanks to a series of actions by the Texas legislature and governor, we now see exactly where the Trumpified Republican Party wants to take us. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7021 "2021-09-02T17:06:21Z")
But hey, as long as he didn’t join the Harvard Native American Heritage Club, it’s all OK, right? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7022 "2021-09-03T00:44:05Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Succinct summary: There should be a 10 Million Woman March on Washington. Will obviously spill out from the Mall into neighbouring blocks. People in the past have purposefully poo-pooed protests, but if it gets to around a, sure, ridiculous amount like that, all I’d really care is to have a certain five asshole SC justices take it all in, and have it eat at them, letting them know, at the very least, that they were on the very, very wrong side of history. The optics, themselves, would be amazing. I could imagine a counter Women For Trump thinigie, involving millions 5,000 attendees, and with a way higher ratio of men 💪 to women than the other do. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7023 "2021-09-03T01:16:19Z")
Candace Owens tried to make an appointment for a covid test and the testing office told her to fuck off. > **[COVID Testing Clinic Spurns Anti-Vaxxer Candace Owens: You Made Pandemic ‘Worse’](https://www.thedailybeast.com/covid-testing-clinic-turns-candace-owens-away-for-spreading-misinformation-discouraging-masks)** > > In a brutal email, the clinic’s owner said it would be “unfair” to her staff and to the sacrifices they’d made if they served Owens. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7024 "2021-09-03T01:37:38Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > But hey, as long as he didn’t join the Harvard Native American Heritage Club, it’s all OK, right? _pshyeah_, like Kevin MqQarthy could have gotten into Harvard… ---
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7025 "2021-09-03T08:42:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Candace Owens tried to make an appointment for a covid test and the testing office told her to fuck off. …she claims. I am not remotely convinced she didn’t make it up. But even if it’s true, a business’s right to refuse service to people based on their personal beliefs is something the Republicans have proudly fought for. Owens should be happy about this. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7026 "2021-09-03T18:57:34Z")
Yeah, but whining about being a victim is so on brand. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7027 "2021-09-04T00:47:04Z")
GoDaddy, the provider for the Texas website that keeps track of reports of abortion, has kicked it off their platform. > **[GoDaddy Is Giving Texas Abortion Snitching Site the Boot](https://gizmodo.com/godaddy-is-giving-texas-abortion-snitching-site-the-boo-1847616447)** > > GoDaddy said it had given the anti-abortion tip line 24 hours to find a new hosting provider. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7028 "2021-09-04T00:55:08Z")
14 Republican state legislators in Pennsylvania have gone to court to prevent the mail in voting law from going into effect, calling it unconstitutional. Eleven of them voted for it. > **[14 Pa. Republican lawmakers go to court to challenge mail-in voting law 11 of...](https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2021/09/02/pennsylvania-republican-lawmakers-lawsuit-sue-mail-in-voting-law-they-supported-commonwealth-court-pa-election-2020/stories/202109020147)** > > The legal challenge was filed just before midnight Tuesday in the state Commonwealth Court. All but three of the lawmakers behind the suit voted for the legislation. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2021, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7029 "2021-09-04T08:19:50Z")
Isn’t this going to be kicked out of court every time due to “standing?” I’m not a lawyer, but isn’t a big part of a lawsuit the aspect that the person filing is demonstrably harmed by the defendant? I mean, abortion is technically legal, even in Texas. And since the state isn’t responsible for enforcing the law, what standing do other citizens have to justify the lawsuit in the first place? Especially citizens of other states? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7030 "2021-09-04T09:41:22Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Isn’t this going to be kicked out of court every time due to “standing?” I’m no big-city lawyer, but it’s my understanding that this law grants standing to any person under its jurisdiction. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=349) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=351)