# 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:** 384
**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 9, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7692 "2021-10-09T13:53:19Z")
Y’all talkin’ ‘bout Empty G? ---
**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 9, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7693 "2021-10-09T15:21:53Z")
Not sure if this belongs in the War on Voting thread. But it IS stupid, so here it goes. > **[Maps for U.S. reps advance - San Antonio Express, 10/9/2021](https://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/ODN/SanAntonioExpressNews/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=SAEN%2F2021%2F10%2F09&entity=Ar00101&sk=0B0D7449&mode=text)** > > San Antonio Express - 10/9/2021 Note that this is about the Texas Legislature. > Republicans in the Texas Senate advanced a redistricting plan Friday over objections from Democrats who complained that it pits the only two Black members of Congress from Houston against one another, takes important military bases out of Democratic districts and will not create any more minority-majority districts —even though the state’s growth over the past 10 years is largely a result of an increase in Hispanic residents. > > The plan creates new congressional districts in 2022 for Houston and Austin while increasing the number of Texas Republicans likely to go to Congress. And it improves the re-election chances of virtually every Republican in the state’s delegation. > … > > For three hours, Hispanic and Black Democrats in the Texas Senate took turns questioning how [State Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston] Huffman’s “blind to race” map could ignore the state’s shifting demographics. While Texas now has roughly equal proportions of Hispanic and Anglo residents, there are nearly twice as many majority-Anglo congressional districts (19) as majority-Hispanic districts (10). The new congressional maps do not create any new district where those voters are a majority. > > “Frankly, it is very simple to describe what the Senate Republican majority has done here: racism,” state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, said after the maps passed. > > State Sen. Borris Miles, D-Houston, noted that of all the 36 Texans in Congress, **Huffman drew a map that pits only two against one another, and they are both Black: Reps.** Sheila Jackson Lee and Al Green. And he said 200,000 residents — mostly Black — are being forced to change members of Congress in Houston for no reason. > > No Texas member of Congress is being hit harder than Jackson Lee in the redistricting. Under the plan, her 18th Congressional District would lose all of downtown Houston, Texas Southern University, the University of Houston, the Third Ward, and **even her own residence** , which would be moved to Green’s 9th Congressional District. > … My bold. This is a clear admission by Republicans that they need to cheat to keep the state red. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7694 "2021-10-09T16:06:10Z")
I don’t think the R’s are even trying to deny that at this point. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7695 "2021-10-09T17:19:23Z")
After all, it’s the Right thing to do. ---
**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 9, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7696 "2021-10-09T18:18:39Z")
“Well, _of course_ we tip the scales a little bit, for the sake of fairness! I mean, if we didn’t do that one side would _never_ win and how fair would that be?” 🤨 ---
**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:** [October 9, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7697 "2021-10-09T18:43:35Z")
It’s the whole rationale behind their continued support of the Electoral College, “it prevents the rural voters from being dominated by the urban majority.” An argument which has been uttered on this very board. I continue to call “bullshit.” ---
**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:** [October 9, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7698 "2021-10-09T20:07:18Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > It’s the whole rationale behind their continued support of the Electoral College, “it prevents the rural voters from being dominated by the urban majority.” Or rather, “it allows the rural voters to continue to dominate the urban majority.” ---
**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 10, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7699 "2021-10-10T02:49:15Z")
Allen West, who is unvaccinated, has been taking hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, and is now going into the hospital. > **[Unvaxxed Allen West Has COVID, Pneumonia, and Low Oxygen](https://www.thedailybeast.com/allen-west-has-covid-symptoms-takes-hydrochloroquine-and-ivermectin)** > > The Texas gubernatorial candidate had been taking unproven drugs to ward off the virus—and now may be hospitalized. ---
**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 10, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7700 "2021-10-10T03:08:25Z")
Hopefully, he gets the medical attention he truly wants. ‘Nurse? I need KY and a 100 watt lightbulb, STAT!’ ---
**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 10, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7701 "2021-10-10T03:08:31Z")
He was at a packed unmasked dinner just two days ago. > ---
**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 10, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7702 "2021-10-10T03:16:43Z")
I wonder how many other Republicans he infected? ---
**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 10, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7703 "2021-10-10T05:05:05Z")
And the winner of the 2nd Annual Herman Cain Award is… ---
**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:** [October 10, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7704 "2021-10-10T13:54:02Z")
And when he gets better in the hospital, he tell us it was the hydroxy and the ivermectin that did 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 10, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7706 "2021-10-10T14:38:05Z")
When the Friends of the American People (FAPpers) are a real thing, I will seriously consider enacting Retirement Plan B. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7707 "2021-10-10T16:27:49Z")
> [@spiritedawaymilk](#): > > Are ‘Citizen investigators.’ even legal? … In a more honest world, they would be called “goon squads” (or in one historical incarnation, [brownshirts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung)). ---
**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 11, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7708 "2021-10-11T23:17:13Z")
“FreedomFlu” is trending because alt-right Twitter have convinced themselves that Southwest Airlines employees are calling in sick en masse to protest vaccine mandates. Both the airline and the employee union say no such thing is happening. > **[No Evidence Southwest Pilots Called Out Due to COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/southwest-flight-cancellations/)** > > Southwest Airlines canceled a large number of flights, but not for the reason some claimed. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7709 "2021-10-11T23:47:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “FreedomFlu” is trending because alt-right Twitter have convinced themselves that Southwest Airlines employees are calling in sick en masse to protest vaccine mandates. > > Both the airline and the employee union say no such thing is happening. - Stupidity loves company. ---
**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 12, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7710 "2021-10-12T00:38:50Z")
State Senator Wendy Rogers (Q-AZ) read half of a headline about Clark Kent’s son being bisexual in the comics and decided not to bother finding out what she was upset about before letting everyone know. > There’s a lot to unpack there, between getting the entire story wrong, thinking “gay men all talk with a lisp” is still comedy in 2021, and whoever “Louis Lane” is. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7711 "2021-10-12T02:58:40Z")
Apparently she is wanting Jon Kent to hook up with his own mother?!? ---
**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:** [October 12, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7712 "2021-10-12T03:27:16Z")
Shouldn’t that be Jon’s brother Ed (short for “Oedipus”)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=383) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=385)