# 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:** 379
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7592 "2021-10-06T13:21:37Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > GOP Lawmaker Links Coronavirus Vaccine To Satan, Tentacle Monsters And 5G HP Lovecraft would be proud, though he’d probably offer the critique “Not racist enough.” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7593 "2021-10-06T13:26:15Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Graham is making a sane suggestion, and the crowd is having none of it. I laughed. Fuck that guy. ---
**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, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7594 "2021-10-06T13:31:58Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > HP Lovecraft would be proud, though he’d probably offer the critique “Not racist enough.” The report maybe, but if HP Lovecraft spent a few minutes talking to these Republicans, my money says he’d be more than satisfied with the level of racism present! ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7595 "2021-10-06T13:42:03Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Still haven’t learned the lessons of Dr. Frankenstein and letting the genie out of the bottle, have we, Senator? Man, the story of Frankenstein sure has changed over the years from how I remember 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:** [October 6, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7596 "2021-10-06T13:46:18Z")
This one is both stupid and evil: > **[Arizona can't use COVID money for anti-mask grants, feds say](https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-doug-ducey-arizona-health-education-eeef3cfa74d609eecddc71d6cc2cdd3c)** > > The Biden administration on Tuesday ordered Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to stop using the state’s federal pandemic funding on a pair of new education grants that can only be directed to schools without mask mandates. > [@](#): > > In a letter to Ducey, the Treasury Department said the grant programs are “not a permissible use” of the federal funding. It’s the latest attempt by the Biden administration to push back against Republican governors who have opposed mask mandates and otherwise sought to [use federal pandemic funding to advance their own agendas](https://apnews.com/article/immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-mexico-29667c751c761cf712b6af00d8832885). > > Ducey, a Republican, [created the grant programs](https://apnews.com/article/health-arizona-coronavirus-pandemic-f4c807150376d4a1dc1ea88b3aecce7c) in August to put pressure on school districts that have defied the state’s ban on mask mandates. > He launched a $163 million grant program using federal funding he controls, but he made it available only to schools without mask mandates. [He also established a $10 million program that offers vouchers](https://apnews.com/article/business-health-education-coronavirus-pandemic-school-choice-efe85ad624d092b6eff700b635103a02) to families at public schools that require masks or that tell students to isolate or quarantine due to COVID-19 exposure. > In the letter, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said the conditions “undermine evidence-based efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19.” He asked the state to explain how it will “remediate” the problem within 30 days. Here’s the money quote: > C.J. Karamargin, a spokesperson for Ducey, said it’s “baffling” why anyone would oppose the grant programs. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7597 "2021-10-06T13:59:17Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > if HP Lovecraft spent a few minutes talking to these Republicans, my money says he’d be more than satisfied with the level of racism present! He still wouldn’t be a Trumper, though - he’d sooner vote for a shuggoth than support a Scot-German half-breed from that elsritch pit of depravity called (shudder) New York. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7598 "2021-10-06T14:05:57Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > 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)): I love that these two right-wing nutbags are battling each other. It’s odd that Little appears to be the saner one even though he won’t do jack, nor shit, to try to slow the killing off of his citizens due to Covid. Idaho is letting it’s cheese slide completely off the cracker. > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I laughed. Fuck that guy. Exactly. You break it, you buy it. No sympathy. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7599 "2021-10-06T14:20:06Z")
> [@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) That is a lot of crazy. But it’s well formatted crazy with some of the appearance of citations (if you click through, the citations are garbage. But if you don’t - numbered footnotes, which usually indicates some level of supportability) . There’s also just so much that debunking it would take more time than the non-crazy are willing to give. Is it money? Is money the driving force? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7600 "2021-10-06T14:30:16Z")
Crazy doesn’t really _need_ money… ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7601 "2021-10-06T14:36:32Z")
Crazy works pro bono. And Sonny Bono. And that other Bono. Dan ---
**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, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7602 "2021-10-06T14:39:35Z")
Bonus, crazy is not affected by head trauma. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7603 "2021-10-06T15:11:07Z")
On the contrary, it is often enhanced by head trauma. ---
**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, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7604 "2021-10-06T15:17:19Z")
People are making money off it. > **[Network of Right-Wing Health Care Providers Is Making Millions Off...](https://theintercept.com/2021/09/28/covid-telehealth-hydroxychloroquine-ivermectin-hacked/)** > > The data also reveals that 72,000 people paid at least $6.7 million for Covid-19 consultations promoted by America’s Frontline Doctors and vaccine conspiracist Simone Gold. But I’m not sure that’s the primary motivation. Frankly, I think it’s all part of a larger effort to foment societal discord by destabilizing people with borderline mental illness. I don’t think it’s coincidence that Sidney Powell and Lin Wood are pushing vaccine disinformation on their platforms. I thought the most disturbing part of the Vaccine Death Report is the theory that vaccine ingredients (maybe working in conjunction with 5G ) alter your thoughts and feelings in order to make you more receptive to authority. So now we will have a couple of million people who sincerely believe that the brains of their vaccinated friends and neighbors have been usurped as part of an evil conspiracy. It’s dangerous. In terms of debunking this be, it would probably be easy but futile. The report contains Facebook comments from people claiming vaccine harm. One of those comments was from a woman that claimed her father died after receiving the vaccine. It was trivial to find her Facebook page. She was gushing about a phone call she’d received from her father a couple of weeks ago. So, bullshit. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7605 "2021-10-06T16:20:30Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Perhaps the most eye-popping bit of paranoia comes under the heading “CREATURE WITH TENTACLES,” in which a woman scientist I don’t think I want to know about this guy’s fantasies involving creatures with tentacles and women scientists… ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7606 "2021-10-06T16:26:48Z")
Sounds like somebody trying to make a _Call of Cthulhu_ campaign set in modern times… ---
**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, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7607 "2021-10-06T16:44:45Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > One of those comments was from a woman that claimed her father died after receiving the vaccine. It was trivial to find her Facebook page. She was gushing about a phone call she’d received from her father a couple of weeks COOL!!! The 5G works!!! ---
**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, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7608 "2021-10-06T17:05:23Z")
Another angry violent conservative acts out. > **[Dale Paul Melvin: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know](https://heavy.com/news/dale-paul-melvin/)** > > Dale Paul Melvin is a Michigan man who was taken into custody outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. after Capitol Police investigated his "suspicious vehicle." I think the press was really playing this down, or at least playing down his political affiliation. I don’t know what their reasoning was……maybe they can’t report on any more right wing violence until a liberal commits violence, because both sides. Or maybe it just happens so much that it’s not news anymore. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7609 "2021-10-06T17:23:47Z")
I think it wasn’t well reported because as it turned out he wasn’t an actual legitimate threat. No weapons were found and it’s not clear whether he had an actual plan for violence. The only thing that differentiates him from a parking violation, is his refusal to cooporate with police and his ominous words that the time for talking is done. ---
**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 6, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7610 "2021-10-06T17:25:21Z")
There are so many state legislators that each one represents 3400 people. It’s bound to have a few nutcases. ---
**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, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7611 "2021-10-06T19:20:42Z")
To sort-of-semiquote something Molly Ivins once said, there must be at least 3400 nutcases in New Hampshire, so we have a true representative democracy if the Senator resembles his constituents. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=378) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=380)