# 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:** 362
**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 17, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7251 "2021-09-17T01:00:06Z")
Good. Fucking. Grief. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/23-gop-attorneys-general-threaten-to-sue-biden-over-disastrous-covid-vaccine-mandate/ar-AAOwROw?rt=1&ocid=Win10NewsApp&referrerID=InAppShare](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/23-gop-attorneys-general-threaten-to-sue-biden-over-disastrous-covid-vaccine-mandate/ar-AAOwROw?rt=1&ocid=Win10NewsApp&referrerID=InAppShare) Complete headline: **23 GOP Attorneys General Threaten to Sue Biden Over ‘Disastrous’ COVID Vaccine Mandate** > … > Republican leaders—and some union chiefs, too—have said that Biden was going too far in trying to muscle private companies and workers. One of the first to speak out was Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina, who said on [Twitter](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/twitter) that his state would fight to “the gates of hell to protect the liberty and livelihood of every South Carolinian.” > … Okay, so people have the right to die. But do they have the right to kill? ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7252 "2021-09-17T01:04:19Z")
I thought “disastrous and counterproductive” was hilarious as an opening. And what followed didn’t disappoint, either! ---
**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:** [September 17, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7253 "2021-09-17T01:23:45Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > _Newsweek article quoted by ThelmaLou:_ > > One of the first to speak out was Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina, who said on [Twitter](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/twitter) that his state would fight to **“the gates of hell** … And that’s probably where they’ll end up… ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7255 "2021-09-17T14:14:00Z")
Far right troll Laura Loomer said she wanted to get Covid just to prove it wasn’t that bad. The first part of her wish came true. The second, not so much. > **[Rep nominee Laura Loomer has covid, Twitter basks in schadenfreude](https://www.thefocus.news/culture/laura-loomer-covid/)** > > Far-right congressional candidate Laura Loomer has just announced that she has contracted covid. People on Twitter are struggling not to bask in the irony. ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7256 "2021-09-17T14:20:04Z")
Hang on, though - She said she’s had bouts of food poisoning that were “more serious”, but we don’t know how bad her previous food poisoning was. It could have been extremely serious with lifelong consequences; she does seem like someone who is permanently butthurt. ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7257 "2021-09-17T14:20:50Z")
The stinging irony here is most of these companies don’t want them to fight it in court. Biden has provided these companies cover to mandate vaccines for their employees. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7258 "2021-09-17T14:29:08Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Far right troll Laura Loomer said she wanted to get Covid just to prove it wasn’t that bad. The first part of her wish came true. The second, not so much. Has the ghost of Herman Cain appeared to her with the comforting news that she can continue to post on her ([remaining](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/laura-loomer-banned-twitter-after-criticizing-ilhan-omar-n939256)) social media accounts from [beyond the grave](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/13/herman-cain-twitter-democrats-joe-biden)? ---
**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 17, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7259 "2021-09-17T20:38:45Z")
Congressman Matt Rosendale says Montana can’t take 75 Afghan refugees because the citizens of Montana wouldn’t be safe. > **[Montana Congressman Says The Entire State Can't Make Room for 75 Afghan Refugees](https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7eyn3/gop-rep-says-the-entire-state-of-montana-cant-make-room-for-75-afghan-refugees)** > > Rep. Matt Rosendale says the presence of 75 refugees would “compromise the safety of Montanans,” but he wouldn't say how. ---
**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 17, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7260 "2021-09-17T20:52:41Z")
The Hillsborough County Florida Republican Party’s finances are in disarray since the county party’s bookkeeper died of covid and nobody else knows how to use the software. > **[Hillsborough County GOP finance reports in limbo after bookkeeper dies from...](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/458073-hillsborough-county-gop-finance-reports-in-limbo-after-bookkeeper-dies-from-covid-19/)** > > The bookkeeper was the only member who knew how to operate software used for reports. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7261 "2021-09-17T20:56:16Z")
Fornunately, it looks like his hateful Republican hate won’t actually affect the policy. " The first group of 37,000 Afghan refugees is [heading to 46 U.S. states](https://www.axios.com/afghan-refugees-each-state-data-bea47ca4-0212-4a41-98bd-a2ea9f15a5bc.html). Among those receiving refugees, Montana is taking in the second-fewest behind Alabama and Mississippi, which will each resettle 10 refugees. A [recent NPR/Ipsos poll](https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035240731/support-for-resettling-afghan-refugees-in-the-u-s-is-broad-but-has-limits) found that more than 70 percent of Americans support resettling Afghans in the United States. Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, a Republican and Rosendale’s predecessor in Congress, was somewhat more hospitable than Rosendale, criticizing the Biden administration for the withdrawal but saying Montana would receive “fully-vetted” refugees. “Montana welcomes our fully-vetted Afghan allies who worked alongside us, have left their homes in the face of the Taliban’s reemerging, merciless terror and seek freedom and safety,” Gianforte said." ---
**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 17, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7262 "2021-09-17T21:03:23Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, a Republican and Rosendale’s predecessor in Congress, was somewhat more hospitable than Rosendale, criticizing the Biden administration for the withdrawal but saying Montana would receive “fully-vetted” refugees. Yeah, but none of the Afghan refugees are fully vetted. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7263 "2021-09-17T21:11:15Z")
Ah, that’s the Republican weasel word? Well, fuck Republicans and their fear of anyone who isn’t white. ---
**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 17, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7264 "2021-09-17T21:13:54Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, a Republican and Rosendale’s predecessor in Congress, was somewhat more hospitable than Rosendale, criticizing the Biden administration for the withdrawal but saying Montana would receive “fully-vetted” refugees. Oh-oh. So is Rosendale gonna take a shot at Gianforte? ---
**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 17, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7265 "2021-09-17T21:18:56Z")
Best two falls out of three in a tub of Jell-o? Or (more appropriately) mud? Not that I’d pay to watch either one. ---
**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 17, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7266 "2021-09-17T21:35:07Z")
I suspect that “fully vetted refugees” is the 2021 remix of “legal votes”. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7267 "2021-09-17T21:40:22Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Now they are trying [oleander](https://www.southshorehealth.org/wellness/blog/oleander-and-covid-19-oleandrin-as-covid-19-treatment-oleander-flower). Lucky for them Nature has thousands of toxic substances they can play with. They’ve moved on to turpentine. Or maybe they’re just adding it to the list of poisons that they prefer to a vaccine and you’re supposed to have a cocktail of all of them. I don’t know. It’s 2021 and adults who once seemed to be sane now have to be told “don’t drink turpentine.” ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7268 "2021-09-17T21:48:06Z")
Many are saying that cupfuls of lead paint, enough to coat your insides like the pepto-bismol commercial, knock the virus right out, stop it in its tracks. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7269 "2021-09-17T21:49:50Z")
A cuppa lead will do it, too. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7270 "2021-09-17T22:20:51Z")
Soon they’re gonna’ be in bloom up in Annandale. . . . . . . [There’s a universe in which I exercise more restraint. Sadly, this one ain’t it … and how often do oleanders really come up in conversation, anyway ?] **[SOURCE](https://youtu.be/2llmb-IzoI4)** ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7271 "2021-09-17T22:25:28Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Montana is taking in the second-fewest behind Alabama and Mississippi, which will each resettle 10 refugees. … each of whom, by definition, drew the very shortest straw. Several Afghan refugees were quoted as saying, “Alabama ? Mississippi ? I think I’d rather stay home in Kabul and open a Hebrew National kosher sex toy franchise downtown.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=361) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=363)