# 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:** 378
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7572 "2021-10-05T17:51:58Z")
Someone stole the US and German flags from the Headquarters of the 2nd Cavalry in Germany, and raised a Confederate flag in front of the regimental headquarters. > **[Confederate flag raised, US and German flags stolen at 2nd Cavalry Regiment...](https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-10-04/confederate-flag-raised-us-german-flags-stolen-army-cavalry-3123861.html)** > > Military police are investigating after a Confederate flag was found flying from a flagpole outside 2nd Cavalry Regiment headquarters Monday and removed upon discovery, Army officials said. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7573 "2021-10-05T20:47:21Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > I’ll wait for the Broadway musical. Starring Bette Midler. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7574 "2021-10-05T21:02:09Z")
Mike Pence says the media’s reporting on 1/6 is just because they hate Individual 1. > **[Mike Pence Tries To Spin Jan. 6 Insurrection, Gets Brutal Reminder](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-jan-6-sean-hannity-fox-news_n_615c01fae4b075408bdb29dc)** > > The former vice president's "demean the character" claim got the treatment on Twitter. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7575 "2021-10-05T22:53:41Z")
Dan Bongino sued the Daily Beast over its reporting on his leaving the NRA and whether it was his doing or the NRA’s doing. The case was dismissed as being without merit. A federal court ruled that since Bongino sued in Florida, that state’s anti-SLAPP law applied, and ordered him to pay the Daily Beast $32,000. > **[Right-Wing Commentator Dan Bongino Runs Into Florida Anti-SLAPP Law, Now Owes...](https://www.techdirt.com/2021/10/04/right-wing-commentator-dan-bongino-runs-into-florida-anti-slapp-law-now-owes-daily-beast-32000-legal-fees/)** > > Visit the post for more. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7576 "2021-10-06T01:35:45Z")
I have no earthly idea why, but as soon as I saw your post, I started hearing the song Jolene, but with this name instead. It’s been stuck in my head now for at least 10 minutes and I don’t know whether to be amused or irritated. I guess I’ll know when I try to sleep tonight. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7577 "2021-10-06T02:12:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mike Pence says the media’s reporting on 1/6 is just because they hate Individual 1. > [Mike Pence Tries To Spin Jan. 6 Insurrection, Gets Brutal Reminder | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-jan-6-sean-hannity-fox-news_n_615c01fae4b075408bdb29dc) > > > The Washington Post @washingtonpost ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7578 "2021-10-06T02:52:24Z")
On the one hand the Gov. of Idaho is concerned about the US/Mexico Border… why? No idea. OTOH he wasn’t happy with the shenanigans his Lt. Gov. did while he was away regarding covid and also the Idaho National Guard (both are (R)): " Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin signed an executive order as acting governor banning vaccine passports or mandatory COVID-19 testing at K-12 schools and universities in Idaho." (Little only said no vaccine passport or mandatory testing for govt. entities and the public, McGeachin added K-12 and universities.) " Little also said McGeachin attempted to activate the Idaho National Guard and send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. However, the commanding general told McGeachin that she cannot activate troops and said a call for help from border states earlier this year involved law enforcement, according to the Associated Press." > **[As Gov. Little visits the border, Lt. Gov. McGeachin signs executive order...](https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/politics/idaho-lt-gov-janice-mcgeachin-vaccine-passport-order-covid-19/277-38c2fcb5-814b-4d33-ac7a-d9c6575cfe64)** > > In a tweet, McGeachin wrote that she "fixed" Little's executive order on vaccine passports, which was originally issued in April. (I’m from Iowa and Covid Kimreaper Reynolds also hit the Border.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7579 "2021-10-06T12:10:43Z")
New Hampshire State Representative Ken Wyler evidently shared a 50+ page document entitled **The Vaccine Death Report** with fellow lawmakers. > [@](#): > > # GOP Lawmaker Links Coronavirus Vaccine To Satan, Tentacle Monsters And 5G > > [New Hampshire](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/new-hampshire) state Rep. Ken Weyler (R) is facing bipartisan criticism after he shared wild conspiracy theories about the [coronavirus](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/coronavirus) involving [Satan](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/satan), the [pope](https://www.huffpost.com/voices/topic/pope-francis) and [5G](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/5g) as well as [tentacled creatures](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/cthulhu) lurking in the COVID-19 vaccine. > > The lengthy document that the 79-year-old [chair of the House finance committee](http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/default.aspx) sent to his colleagues claims the vaccine is part of a plot “to gain 100% control over the minds of all of humanity.” I’d love to read this bit of fiction, but it doesn’t seem to be available. Here are a few bits from it, though > [@](#): > > New Hampshire House Finance Committee Chair Rep. Ken Weyler (R-Kingston) distributed a discredited conspiracy theory manifesto to his fellow committee members Monday, inspiring groans from the GOP and outrage from Democrats. > > … > > Weyler’s document, with the understated title “The Vaccine Death Report,” falsely claims “millions of people have died, and hundreds of millions of serious adverse events have occurred, after injections with the experimental mRNA gene therapy.” > > And, the authors add, “We also reveal the real risk of an unprecedented genocide.” > > The 52-page manifesto makes many false and irrational claims about the vaccine and other topics. For example, the authors say governments will “steal our very own thoughts and feelings through 5G,” and claim that in addition to the Pope, the Catholic Church has spawned an evil “Black Pope” and a “Grey Pope.” > “This supreme puppet master operates entirely in the shadows, from where he yields enormous power over the world,” they claim. > … > > Perhaps the most eye-popping bit of paranoia comes under the heading “CREATURE WITH TENTACLES,” in which a woman scientist says observations of the vaccine under a microscope revealed “a living organism with tentacles. This creature moves around, lifts itself up, and even seems to be self-aware. > > “The sight of this and the thought that these unknown, octopus-like creatures are being injected into millions of children worldwide, caused [the doctor] to weep,” the manifesto reads. > **[GOP Lawmaker Links Coronavirus Vaccine To Satan, Tentacle Monsters And 5G](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-hampshire-state-lawmaker-ken-weyler-coronavirus-conspiracies_n_615d0dade4b0896dd1aa1c81)** > > New Hampshire state Rep. Ken Weyler shared bizarre conspiracy theories with his finance committee. > **[GOP's Weyler Pushing Conspiracy Theory About "Creature with Tentacles" in Vax...](https://nhjournal.com/gops-weyler-pushing-conspiracy-theory-about-creature-with-tentacles-in-vax/)** > > New Hampshire - GOP's Weyler Pushing Conspiracy Theory About "Creature with Tentacles" in Vax - NH Journal - ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7580 "2021-10-06T12:15:08Z")
Og knows, I’m not a fan of Lindsey Graham, but he has my sympathy in this issue: > [@](#): > > # Sen. Lindsey Graham Booed By Republicans After Asking Them To Consider Vaccine > > The South Carolina Republican hadn’t even finished his sentence when the crowd shouted, “No!” > > Sen. [Lindsey Graham](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/lindsey-graham) (R-S.C.) was booed at a Republican event in South Carolina on Saturday after he encouraged attendees to consider getting a COVID-19 vaccine. > > The senator was speaking [at an event](https://www.facebook.com/DCRPGOP/posts/1021117792016929) hosted by the Dorchester County [Republican Party](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/republican-party) at the Summerville Country Club. In a [video published by the Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-shout-down-rep-lindsey-graham-for-pushing-vaccine), Graham, who has often [advocated](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham-vaccine-covid_n_611314e9e4b08948dca19f96) for the COVID-19 vaccine, asked supporters to consider getting the shot. > “If you haven’t had the vaccine, you ought to think about getting it because, if you’re my age,” he said, before he was interrupted by boos and shouts of “No!” from the crowd. > > “I didn’t tell you to get it,” he continued. “You ought to think about it.” > > The crowd shouted and booed again. I saw the footage of this. Unbelievable. Graham is making a sane suggestion, and the crowd is having none of it. The GOP leaders and Fox News and its ilk have created a monster, and now they and the rest of us have to deal with it. > **[Sen. Lindsey Graham Booed By Republicans After Asking Them To Consider Vaccine](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham-booed-vaccines_n_615cdec7e4b0896dd1a9f42d)** > > The South Carolina Republican hadn't even finished his sentence when the crowd shouted, "No!" ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7581 "2021-10-06T12:21:26Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Og knows, I’m not a fan of Lindsey Graham, but he has my sympathy in this issue Not me. The republicans have lost control of the republican party. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7582 "2021-10-06T12:35:47Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > > [@CalMeacham](#): > > > > Og knows, I’m not a fan of Lindsey Graham, but he has my sympathy in this issue > > Not me. The republicans have lost control of the republican party. - Still haven’t learned the lessons of Dr. Frankenstein and letting the genie out of the bottle, have we, Senator? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7583 "2021-10-06T12:46:15Z")
I found the actual Vaccine Death Report, if anyone can handle that much crazy. > **[vaccinereport.pdf](https://www.stopworldcontrol.com/downloads/en/vaccines/vaccinereport.pdf)** > > 1708.13 KB ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7584 "2021-10-06T12:55:35Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I found the actual Vaccine Death Report, if anyone can handle that much crazy. Thank you. The report starts out with these very promising words: > [@](#): > > We aim to only present scientific facts and stay away from unfounded claims. The data is clear and > verifiable. Over one hundred references can be found for all presented information, which is provided > as a starting point for further investigation. I am champing at the bit to learn the data backing up the Vaccine Tentacle Monsters. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7585 "2021-10-06T12:55:58Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Perhaps the most eye-popping bit of paranoia comes under the heading “CREATURE WITH TENTACLES,” in which a woman scientist… (From CalMeacham’s post, not CalMeacham) A woman scientist. Who writes that? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7586 "2021-10-06T13:01:54Z")
Everything you need to know about the tentacle monsters in the Covid vaccine, Dr Carrie Madej, osteopath. Also, “vaccines will “hook us all up to an artificial intelligence interface””. > **[Coronavirus: False and misleading claims about vaccines debunked](https://www.bbc.com/news/53525002)** > > Misinformation about coronavirus vaccine trials has been spreading on social media. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7587 "2021-10-06T13:03:15Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I found the actual Vaccine Death Report, if anyone can handle that much crazy. > > [https://www.stopworldcontrol.com/downloads/en/vaccines/vaccinereport.pdf](https://www.stopworldcontrol.com/downloads/en/vaccines/vaccinereport.pdf) My favorite bit is > [@](#): > > A PATENTED TRANSHUMAN > NO LONGER A HUMAN WITH HUMAN RIGHTS > > Dr. Chinda Brandolino is a Latin American physician who has been speaking out about the fact that once the human genome is altered, that person is no longer considered an original human being, but has become a transhuman, and therefore loses human rights. Furthermore, she explains that the altered DNA and RNA can be patented, making that genetically modified person property of the patent holders. The implications of this are highly alarming. It then goes on… something something something… about transhuman babies. But pump the brakes there, Jake–[Black Eyed Children](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-eyed_children)! > [@](#): > > Scientists in South America are investigating a strange phenomenon: Some newborn babies from vaccinated parents in Mexico have pitch-black eyes, while normally the eyes of newborns are very lightly colored. It also appears that these babies are aging too fast, as they can stand and even walk at only three months old. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7588 "2021-10-06T13:03:35Z")
Behold the GQP election platform. A little late for 2020 but now it’s SUPERCHARGED. Hold these idiots to this. Every Q&A session, town hall, press conference; stick them with this nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7589 "2021-10-06T13:08:30Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I found the actual Vaccine Death Report, if anyone can handle that much crazy. [Darth Vader] The Crazy is Strong with this one [/Darth Vader] (Weyler, not **Ann\_Hedonia** ) Some info on Geert Vanden Bossche, cited in the report. It doesn’t help that his first credential shows that he’s a veterinarian, not a people doctor. But he apparently has a legit doctorate in virology. On the other hand, his big claim is that he’s working on a vaccine based on “natural killer cells”, but has no published evidence for these. > **[The Doomsday Prophecy of Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-pseudoscience/doomsday-prophecy-dr-geert-vanden-bossche)** > > Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche, a Belgian virus expert, has scared the Internet by claiming the COVID-19 vaccines will doom humanity. No need to panic.A Belgian virus expert has scared the Internet by claiming the COVID-19 vaccines will doom humanity. No... ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7590 "2021-10-06T13:08:35Z")
Since many GQPers will readily believe this shit, maybe we can convince any who have been vaccinated that they’ve forever lost their NON-TRANSHUMAN right to vote. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7591 "2021-10-06T13:20:31Z")
You know, with the claims of worldwide conspiracies, altered DNA and big-eyed babies, tentacled monsters in your blood and natural killer cells, this report could be the basis of a really nifty modern-day H. P. Lovecraft pastiche. Maybe told by some current version of Robert Olmstead who is investigating the hidden secrets of the COVID vaccines and learns, to his horror, what awful effects it is having on people, and then learns that his own mother was injected with an early version of a similar vaccine, years ago. He looks in the mirror and sees signs that he is coming to resemble the creatures that recently pursued him during his investigations, and now feels a strange compulsion to break his brother out of the hospital and go to Mar-a-Lago. Only this is real, and at least one politician believes this report. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=377) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=379)