# 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:** 359
**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 12, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7191 "2021-09-12T18:39:06Z")
The Moonies are big MAGAts. The Rev’s son Sean runs a spinoff cult where they spend their time praising Individual 1 and toting assault rifles. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7192 "2021-09-12T19:14:56Z")
Plus, the Moonies own The Washington Times, one of the biggest pro-Trump media outlets. People in cults love Trump, go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7193 "2021-09-12T22:15:39Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Meidastouch be troll’n that video isn’t legit What about it is fake? It’s being cited by many news websites. ---
**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 13, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7194 "2021-09-13T00:42:19Z")
A pro-Individual 1 rally in Kentucky with MyPillow guy, Michael Flynn, Lin Wood, and Candace Owens was touted as expecting thousands of attendees. An estimated 300 people appeared. The local TV station was asked to leave. > **[Pro-Trump Rally Expecting 10,000 Sees Only a Few Hundred Show Up: Report](https://www.newsweek.com/pro-trump-rally-expecting-10000-attendees-sees-only-few-hundred-show-1628299)** > > MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, retired General Michael Flynn and attorney Lin Wood were among the Kentucky event's slated speakers. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7195 "2021-09-13T03:09:48Z")
I was speaking off the cuff. The video I watched, the voice didn’t match the video to make me think it was fake. My apologies if I was wrong. ---
**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 13, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7196 "2021-09-13T04:02:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A pro-Individual 1 rally in Kentucky with MyPillow guy, Michael Flynn, Lin Wood, and Candace Owens was touted as expecting thousands of attendees. An estimated 300 people appeared. The local TV station was asked to leave. > [Pro-Trump Rally Expecting 10,000 Attendees Sees Only a Few Hundred Show Up: Report](https://www.newsweek.com/pro-trump-rally-expecting-10000-attendees-sees-only-few-hundred-show-1628299) I read about this. I actually considered going just for shits & giggles (Powderly, Kentucky is only about 2 hours from here), but didn’t want to add to their attendance count. ---
**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 13, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7197 "2021-09-13T17:32:00Z")
A bunch of QAnon crazies, led by Lin Wood, are accusing a Chicago hospital of murder because they wouldn’t treat a covid patient with ivermectin. The crazies harassed the hospital all of the time the patient was there. > **[QAnon Anti-Vaxxer Whose Followers Harassed Hospital Dies of COVID](https://www.vice.com/en/article/epn3dz/qanon-anti-vaxxer-whose-followers-harassed-hospital-for-ivermectin-dies-of-covid-19)** > > QAnon influencers led a harassment campaign on behalf of Veronica Wolski, accusing hospital staff of “murder” when they wouldn't give her the unapproved drug. ---
**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 13, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7198 "2021-09-13T17:34:34Z")
Capitol police arrested a guy with swastikas on his car near the Democratic headquarters in DC. He was carrying knives and a machete. > **[California man with bayonet and machete arrested near DNC headquarters](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-man-bayonet-machete-arrested-near-dnc-headquarters-n1279061)** > > Suspect Donald Craighead, 44, was booked on suspicion of possession of prohibited weapons, police said Monday. ---
**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 13, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7199 "2021-09-13T22:05:02Z")
After being introduced by Mitch McConnell at a location named for him, in which he spoke as well, Amy Coney Barrett insists that Supreme Court justices are not partisan hacks. > **[Amy Coney Barrett says Supreme Court justices aren't "partisan hacks"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-justices-partisan-hacks/)** > > Barrett delivered a lecture hosted by the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville. ---
**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 13, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7200 "2021-09-13T23:45:49Z")
And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust… > **[Colorado pastor who mocked AIDS deaths and spread vaccine conspiracy theories...](https://www.rawstory.com/christian-bob-enyart/)** > > Christian radio host Bob Enyart became infamous during his career for reading obituaries from people who died of AIDS while playing the Queen song "Another One Bites the Dust." Now he's the one who is gone. After contracting COVID, Enyart ended up in... ---
**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 14, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7201 "2021-09-14T00:08:59Z")
They’re dropping like… like plague victims. ---
**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 14, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7202 "2021-09-14T01:25:27Z")
Another true believer murdered by the hospital and blamed on COVID. All these upstanding defenders of freedumb; dying supposedly from this hoax disease. Murder she wrote. Talk about conspiracies, death by hospital should be the headline. /s ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7203 "2021-09-14T02:09:05Z")
Larry Elder is already claiming fraud in the California recall election that won’t be decided until tomorrow: > “Statistical analyses used to detect fraud in elections held in 3rd-world nations (such as Russia, Venezuela, and Iran) have detected fraud in California resulting in Governor Gavin Newsom being reinstated as governor.” > **[stopcafraud.com - This website is for sale! - stopcafraud...](http://ww16.stopcafraud.com/?sub1=20240117-2228-1303-b7f4-5578aa6d3b16)** > > This website is for sale! stopcafraud.com is your first and best source for all of the information you’re looking for. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, stopcafraud.com has it all. We hope you find what you are... ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7204 "2021-09-14T13:34:00Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > They’re dropping like… like plague victims. To repeat what someone else around here said a few months ago… We’re going to need a new phrase to replace “avoid xxx like the plague” since we now know a large number of people will not bother to avoid a plague. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7205 "2021-09-14T13:36:02Z")
Wow, I remember Bob Enyart! He used to have a TV show that was carried on the local religious channel, back in the 1990s. I would sometimes come across him ranting about gay people and AIDS and abortion when I was flipping through the channels late at night. Even then, he was a gigantic jerk who made Rush Limbaugh look nuanced and centrist. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7206 "2021-09-14T14:02:58Z")
For the right, it’s already morphed to “avoid xxx like the vaccine!” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7207 "2021-09-14T19:11:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Elder’s campaign website already has language written as if Newsom has already “stolen” the election, and calls for people to provide proof of fraud, and asking them to sign a petition calling on the Legislature (which is vast majority Democrat) to investigate the fraud. > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Larry Elder is already claiming fraud in the California recall election that won’t be decided until tomorrow: Which means he’s claiming there’s fraud in votes that don’t even exist yet! > **[Larry Elder Announced He “Detected Fraud” in California Recall Vote Results...](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/larry-elder-says-detected-fraud-in-california-recall-vote-results-which-dont-yet-exist.html)** > > The ol' time-traveling communist ballot-van detector. ---
**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 14, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7208 "2021-09-14T19:15:45Z")
Sidney Powell has jumped on the fraud train, claiming in an interview today that 70% of people in one unnamed county are reporting that they they were unable to vote because they were told they had already voted. One doubts that 70% of the voters have even already shown up to vote still early in the morning, one also doubts that Sidney Powell is the apparently only person in the world with this information. ---
**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 14, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7209 "2021-09-14T19:20:00Z")
Powell is certainly the first phone call I’d make if I ran into a problem voting - she has a track record in voting lawsuits. The record sucks, but she does have one. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7210 "2021-09-14T19:51:24Z")
Sounds like Cyber Ninjas might have another job opportunity once they finish up the AZ recount in two weeks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=358) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=360)