# 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:** 36
**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:** [August 28, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/705 "2020-08-28T01:48:20Z")
Paul Gosar (R-AZ) is a candidate for a seat in the US House of Representatives and [today he said this on Twitter](https://twitter.com/DrPaulGosar/status/1298734881678036993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) about the young man who murdered two people and injured a 3rd in Kenosha: > [@](#): > > 100% justified self defense. Do not try to take a weapon away from a man or bear the consequences. > > The criminals here: Kenosha local government that allows the riots, burning and looting night after night. Armed citizens defending themselves will fill the vacuum. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/706 "2020-08-28T01:55:04Z")
> [@Paul Gosar](#): > > Armed citizens defending themselves will fill the vacuum. Even if they have to go to another town to do it! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/707 "2020-08-28T02:27:16Z")
Hey, it ain’t “Have Gun, _Won’t_ Travel” ! ---
**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 28, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/708 "2020-08-28T02:37:52Z")
People in Michigan and Pennsylvania are getting robocalls claiming to be coming from Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman warning them that if they vote by mail, the government will be able to track them and arrest them for warrants as well as know where to find them for mandatory vaccinations. [Jacob Wohl Accused of Starting a Voter Suppression Scheme](https://www.thedailybeast.com/jacob-wohl-accused-of-starting-a-voter-suppression-scheme)? ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/709 "2020-08-28T03:09:09Z")
Mitch McConnell says Democrats will take away your hamburgers. > **[Mitch McConnell warns of Democrats' war on hamburgers in plug for 'my friend'...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/mitch-mcconnell-rnc-donald-trump-speech-republican-convention-a9692616.html)** > > Senate Majority Leader spoke from Kentucky rather than the South Lawn of the White House, where president will accept GOP nomination ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/710 "2020-08-28T04:56:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mitch McConnell says Democrats will take away your hamburgers And they’ll force you to put ketchup on your hot dog. It’s a vegetable, don’tcha know. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/711 "2020-08-28T05:17:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Candace Owens is being mocked on Twitter because she hasn’t been asked to speak at the Republican Convention, after all the water carrying she’s been doing for Individual 1. Given that twerp’s definition of _water sport_, she should count herself lucky. ---
**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 28, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/712 "2020-08-28T14:35:51Z")
But will the Democrats come for your hamberders? ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/714 "2020-08-28T16:24:52Z")
Wow! That’s pretty goldang’d reprehensible. Boggles the mind… ---
**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 28, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/715 "2020-08-28T18:40:49Z")
Rand Paul claims a “mob” attacked him and his wife after last night’s criminal activities at the White House. Video shows people yelling at him but there was nothing physical. ---
**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 29, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/716 "2020-08-29T09:32:36Z")
And he’s wanting them [arrested](https://americanindependent.com/rand-paul-protesters-fbi-gop-convention-washington-dc-senate-fox-news/?fbclid=IwAR01BfwWOdD606nVwxDgkI-VA7bQKjFrji8OUDyfBBTP4a20ZeYnD3XQ5T8). ---
**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:** [August 29, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/717 "2020-08-29T13:09:24Z")
Wow; his actual words are something to behold! > [@](#): > > > STEVE DOOCY, co-host: Does a prominent Republican, like yourself, somebody who is very recognizable, need to have security to simply walk on the streets of Washington, D.C.? Or major cities in America? > > > > RAND PAUL: Probably, yes, from now on. I don’t feel it at home, at home people are so friendly, I can go to the grocery store, and I want to live the life of a normal person where I go to the grocery story and buy groceries or stop at the Minit Mart, and at home I do feel that. > > > > But this also isn’t normal. There’s something going on here, this is like – the FBI needs to be involved here. This is an organized interstate racket. > > > > DOOCY: What do you mean, something’s going on? Senator, what do you mean ‘something’s going on’? You’ve got a feeling, tell us what you think. > > > > PAUL: My feeling is that there is interstate criminal traffic being paid for across state lines, but you won’t know unless you arrest them. Otherwise you just think, “Oh, these are some normal hoodlums from a big city.” > > > > I promise you that at least some of the members and the people who attacked us were not from D.C., they flew here in a plane, they’ve all got fresh new clothes, and they were paid to be here. > > > > It is a crime to do that and it needs to be traced, the FBI needs to investigate, but the only way you can do it is you have to arrest people. And usually we say, “Oh well, you didn’t get hurt so we’re not going to arrest them.” They were inciting a riot and they would have killed us had the police not been there. > > > > They all need to be arrested, and I’m not saying forever, but they need to be arrested, questioned, they need to say, “Where are you staying?” and the bills need to be subpoenaed by a judge to say, “Who paid for your bill, how did you get here on a plane and staying in a fancy hotel and yet you’re acting like a criminal?” > > > > Something’s going on here, and it’s much bigger than people think, but the bottom line is, we can’t let the United States become Portland, and that’s what my fear is: that the United States is going to be on fire if we have no police. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/718 "2020-08-29T13:17:11Z")
American libertarianism is a lot more nuanced than I realized. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/719 "2020-08-29T14:00:38Z")
> [@Rand Paul](#): > > I promise you that at least some of the members and the people who attacked us were not from D.C., they flew here in a plane, they’ve all got fresh new clothes, and they were paid to be here. Actually, Sen. Paul, I’d be amenable to paying my own airfare to DC if I thought I had a chance to tell you to your face what an asshole you are. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/720 "2020-08-29T14:06:50Z")
We have to arrest them so we can figure out if they’re criminals! These assholes shouldn’t be in charge of anything more complicated than a yard sale. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/721 "2020-08-29T15:07:09Z")
My freedom requires your subjugation. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/722 "2020-08-29T17:55:33Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > RAND PAUL: Probably, yes, from now on. I don’t feel it at home, at home people are so friendly, I can go to the grocery store, and I want to live the life of a normal person where I go to the grocery story and buy groceries or stop at the Minit Mart, and at home I do feel that. This is the guy whose neighbor broke 6 of his ribs… ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/723 "2020-08-29T17:57:20Z")
But that was a over a dispute about landscaping, you know, important stuff, not petty shit like the future of our nation. ---
**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 29, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/724 "2020-08-29T18:22:13Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > American libertarianism is a lot more nuanced than I realized. Stolen. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/725 "2020-08-29T18:28:45Z")
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