# 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:** 354
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7091 "2021-09-07T21:13:45Z")
> [@A really stupid Person](#): > > I am for a woman’s right to choose. I am also for a state having the ability to make their own laws, and so I support Texas in that decision. Wow, talk about trying to have it both ways. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7092 "2021-09-07T21:41:21Z")
The doublethink is strong in this one. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7093 "2021-09-07T22:14:48Z")
Why in hells bells does any news media ask Caitlen Jenners position on abortion? Why is she in the news in anyway, shape or form? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7094 "2021-09-07T22:23:56Z")
Or maybe having it neither way. The usual both ways compromise option is, “I think that abortion is an abomination, but I don’t think it should be Illegal.” This is just the opposite on both counts. ---
**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 7, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7095 "2021-09-07T22:26:57Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Why in hells bells does any news media ask Caitlen Jenners position on abortion? Why is she in the news in anyway, shape or form? She’s running for Governor of California in the recall. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7096 "2021-09-07T22:32:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > She’s running for Governor of California in the recall. Oh. OK. Thanks. Some stuff whooossess by me. I’ve be spending the last 4 days trying to get a rabbit out of my mothers crawlspace. I did another 200 miles of driving today for this. Kinda sucks. But I can sleep tonight. Nothing more I can do. I will be back at my moms in 4 days. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7097 "2021-09-07T23:52:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The governor of Texas says there’s no need for women to be concerned about having to have rapists’ babies under the new anti-abortion law, because rape is illegal in Texas. > [https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/gov-abbott-abortion-bill-wont-force-rape-victims-to-have-babies-texas-will-eliminate-rapists/](https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/gov-abbott-abortion-bill-wont-force-rape-victims-to-have-babies-texas-will-eliminate-rapists/) Not just this (that the new Texas bill is hella humane because women can always get an abortion within six weeks of getting raped), but also: > [@](#): > > "Texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets.” [—Governor Greg Abbott] …because, apparently, up until the new law was passed, Texas wasn’t doing much to prosecute rapists. Good to know! [https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/571141-abbott-says-texas-will-eliminate-all-rapists-in-defending-abortion-bill](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/571141-abbott-says-texas-will-eliminate-all-rapists-in-defending-abortion-bill) ---
**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 8, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7098 "2021-09-08T00:58:48Z")
My opinioin of Abbott has done a total 180, as I now regard him, Pence-eyed, as _being against the rapists_. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7099 "2021-09-08T01:10:07Z")
**6,108**. That’s the number of untested rape kits in Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety, and more than 1,000 of them sit on lab shelves in Dallas. Each kit holds unique DNA evidence that could help put a rapist behind bars and provide closure for survivors.Feb 2, 2021 Just in case anyone was curious. ---
**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 8, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7100 "2021-09-08T01:58:51Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > The governor of Texas says there’s no need for women to be concerned about having to have rapists’ babies under the new anti-abortion law, because rape is illegal in Texas. > > Getting Texas rapists off the streets will be easy, because they all wear big glowing neon signs that say “Texas Rapist” More likely they’ll make actual rape legal, and make characterizing it as rape illegal. ---
**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 8, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7101 "2021-09-08T02:26:38Z")
Apparently Vince McMahon isn’t taking Loser Donald’s calls anymore, so he’s found a new grift - heavyweight boxing play-by-play. [Trump is delivering commentary on a heavyweight boxing match on 9/11 - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-evander-holyfield-vitor-belfort/) I don’t think Mauro Ranallo has to worry about job security right now. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7102 "2021-09-08T02:31:32Z")
How long does it take to do a test? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7103 "2021-09-08T03:26:42Z")
The FEC wants to talk to MTG about the source of almost half her fund-raising. Scroll down to see a corrected post and photos of the FEC letter to MTG. > ---
**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:** [September 8, 2021, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7104 "2021-09-08T10:45:36Z")
I have no idea how long it takes. I just know it’s been a problem for a very long time. But now that the governor is going to eliminate all the rapists, I’m sure they’ll fix it. ---
**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 8, 2021, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7105 "2021-09-08T10:48:42Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > The FEC wants to talk to MTG about the source of almost half her fund-raising. MTG is a horrible person who shouldn’t be elected to be PTA Secretary let alone to Congress, but how material is this issue likely to be? ~18k people donating under $200 each doesn’t seem completely implausible. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7106 "2021-09-08T11:56:10Z")
It isn’t implausible, no, much as we’d like to believe that there aren’t that many people out there foul enough to support her like that. I think they just want to check and be sure. It’s not like the Republicans aren’t known for some pretty dodgy fundraising tactics, especially since Trump was elected. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7107 "2021-09-08T14:29:01Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > It’s not like the Republicans aren’t known for some pretty dodgy fundraising tactics, especially since Trump was elected. Just look at what they are accusing others of doing: You can be assured that they are actually doing these things. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7108 "2021-09-08T15:31:59Z")
Modern American Conservatives: more projection than a multiplex. ---
**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 8, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7109 "2021-09-08T15:33:51Z")
IOWRDI. . . . . . . It’s okay when Republicans do it. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7110 "2021-09-08T15:36:50Z")
I prefer _it’s OK if a Republican does it_ because I can pronounce IOKIARDI as a hilariously awkward-but-flowing word: _aye-oh-kee-ar-dee_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=353) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=355)