# 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:** 392
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7853 "2021-10-20T16:00:34Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > > [@Akaj](#): > > > > Mrs A and I, considering a vacation for next year, are making likely political affiliation of the locals a major filter. I’m completely serious. Who wants to go out to dinner and see Fox News on all the screens, or hear idiots talk about how Biden has advanced dementia? > > FWIW, I had some reservations about that before my September vacation, a trip with my nephew and his family to a redneck fishing motel at the beach. > > It wasn’t an issue. Any restaurant with a TV was a sports bar tuned into sports. I didn’t see any Trump clothing or regalia. I chatted with other guests at the pool, no one talked politics and it was fine. Refreshing, even. I’m glad your experience was stress-free. As for me, I’ve walked out of restaurants playing nothing but Fox News and gritted my teeth overhearing MAGAt idiocy, and that was just in Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7854 "2021-10-20T16:41:05Z")
Every now and then one of The Donald’s missives slithers through my spam filter. **The very first** thought that came to mind after reading this was that it would provoke an uncontrollable urge to unload my bowels onto this “welcome” mat. And, holy cow, they want _$62_ to install this impromptu latrine! I wonder whether they are manufactured by MyPillow, Inc? * * * I have something to tell you. YOU have always been a TOP supporter and I want you to know how much I appreciated your vote in 2020. My team just launched our BRAND-NEW **[“Don’t Blame This Family - We Voted for Trump” Welcome Mats](https://click.email.donaldjtrump.com/?qs=20ba37199b9c35c049ded4bf4f8b8b4604b74c28089e26f4c15417eb79d4fc1fb81dee860975764612bd96c1f77e9c1ddfc3848ca4a79e5b)** and I am giving YOU **PRIORITY-ACCESS** to get yours before ANYONE ELSE. These ICONIC, American-made Welcome Mats are reserved for only our BEST supporters _- the Patriots who voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN in 2020 -_ so I’m saving (1) for YOU, YourNameHere. _I can only hold a “Don’t Blame This Family - We Voted for Trump” Welcome Mat for you for the NEXT HOUR, so don’t wait._ **[Please contribute $62 or more IMMEDIATELY and we’ll send you (1) of our “Don’t Blame This Family - We Voted for Trump” Welcome Mats.](https://click.email.donaldjtrump.com/?qs=20ba37199b9c35c049ded4bf4f8b8b4604b74c28089e26f4c15417eb79d4fc1fb81dee860975764612bd96c1f77e9c1ddfc3848ca4a79e5b)** ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7855 "2021-10-20T16:48:00Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > **[Please contribute $62 or more IMMEDIATELY and we’ll send you (1) of our “Don’t Blame This Family - We Voted for Trump” Welcome Mats.](https://click.email.donaldjtrump.com/?qs=20ba37199b9c35c049ded4bf4f8b8b4604b74c28089e26f4c15417eb79d4fc1fb81dee860975764612bd96c1f77e9c1ddfc3848ca4a79e5b)** The small print at the bottom of the page just happens to state that they will be charging your credit card $62 _each month_ going forward. At least, this is what I think this means: > $62 Monthly > + $62 on 10/31 ---
**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 20, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7856 "2021-10-20T17:15:44Z")
Good (?) news: The supply chain of stupid ideas seems to be working properly. ---
**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 20, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7857 "2021-10-20T17:48:57Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > First, I love how they used the word “segregate”, to try and conjure images of unjust bigotry and make themselves out to be the victim. 🙄 > > Second, how do they feel about minimum age requirements to purchase alcohol or marijuana? I’m pretty happy when a restaurant publicly lets us all know that they will be refusing to follow public health orders. Now we know where to avoid, unless we want to “enjoy” food prepared in unclean, unsanitary conditions, with no refrigeration by employees who don’t have to wash their hands after the bathroom. Maybe they won’t want to bother with business licenses or local taxes either - that’s another infringement of their freedums. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7858 "2021-10-20T18:25:42Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Though, if the government is going to deputize them to enforce its laws, then they should get a gun and the same protections as the police do. Now there’s an idea! Let’s pass Texas-style laws, giving every citizen standing to sue non-maskers and un-vaxxers for supposedly spreading the diseases that they are supposedly spreading. The defendant will be liable for all legal fees and court costs regardless of the verdict, and the plaintiff will be entitled to include $10,000 for himself in the amount of the suit. Plus, the defendant will be liable for some estimated costs of all the economic damage cost caused by the estimated number of people he sickened. I could approve of this! ---
**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 20, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7859 "2021-10-20T19:06:00Z")
Usually Jon McNaughton paintings ( the guy that paints things like Obama setting the Constitution on fire and Lincoln bowing down to Trump) piss me off, but this one is sort of delightful [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/Hv2NEdo.png?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/4rlF7Vf) ---
**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 20, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7860 "2021-10-20T19:15:55Z")
Conservatives are _always_ the _real_ victims; just ask them. ---
**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 20, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7861 "2021-10-20T19:33:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Christian author says anybody who tries to prevent people from dying from COVID is a sinner because dying is a good thing. “You first – show me the way.” Goddam death cult. ---
**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 20, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7862 "2021-10-20T19:47:42Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Usually Jon McNaughton paintings ( the guy that paints things like Obama setting the Constitution on fire and Lincoln bowing down to Trump) piss me off, but this one is sort of delightful Since he includes in his list o’ dates, 1/6/2021 we know where he stands on the idea of insurrection. Sorry, boyo, you are beyond help. ---
**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 20, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7863 "2021-10-20T20:02:46Z")
Rudy dressed up like Abraham Lincoln to make a video in support of VA Governor candidate Glenn Youngkin. This is real. [https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1450588352093294592](https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1450588352093294592) ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7864 "2021-10-20T20:42:25Z")
That might be the second most embarrassing video Rudy has appeared in lately. ---
**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 20, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7865 "2021-10-20T20:49:31Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Rudy dressed up like Abraham Lincoln to make a video in support of VA Governor candidate Glenn Youngkin. Well, technically he didn’t dress up; he used a video filter, which arguably makes him look even more ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7866 "2021-10-20T20:52:49Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > My team just launched our BRAND-NEW **[“Don’t Blame This Family - We Voted for Trump” Welcome Mats](https://click.email.donaldjtrump.com/?qs=20ba37199b9c35c049ded4bf4f8b8b4604b74c28089e26f4c15417eb79d4fc1fb81dee860975764612bd96c1f77e9c1ddfc3848ca4a79e5b)** and I am giving YOU **PRIORITY-ACCESS** to get yours before ANYONE ELSE. Wait, wait, wait. Is that for fucking real? Is some take off on the onion? I’m serious, is that for real? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7867 "2021-10-20T20:54:01Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > but this one is sort of delightful It warms my heart! Lock them up! (before they do it to us) ---
**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 20, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7868 "2021-10-20T21:29:38Z")
Meh. If he were _really_ being punished, he’d have a “Hillary 2016” hat fastened (nailed?) to his head. And all the walls would be mirrors. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7869 "2021-10-20T22:03:27Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > > [@bobsmom101](#): > > > > My team just launched our BRAND-NEW **[“Don’t Blame This Family - We Voted for Trump” Welcome Mats](https://click.email.donaldjtrump.com/?qs=20ba37199b9c35c049ded4bf4f8b8b4604b74c28089e26f4c15417eb79d4fc1fb81dee860975764612bd96c1f77e9c1ddfc3848ca4a79e5b)** and I am giving YOU **PRIORITY-ACCESS** to get yours before ANYONE ELSE. > > Wait, wait, wait. Is that for fucking real? Is some take off on the onion? > > I’m serious, is that for real? Any bets on whether those “made in the USA” welcome mats are actually made in the USA? ---
**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 20, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7870 "2021-10-20T22:59:37Z")
And whether the money made from them will stay in the USA? 🤨 ---
**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 20, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7871 "2021-10-20T23:05:37Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > My team just launched our BRAND-NEW **[“Don’t Blame This Family - We Voted for Trump”](https://click.email.donaldjtrump.com/?qs=20ba37199b9c35c049ded4bf4f8b8b4604b74c28089e26f4c15417eb79d4fc1fb81dee860975764612bd96c1f77e9c1ddfc3848ca4a79e5b)** That is just _begging_ for the old turd-in-a-flaming-paper-sack prank. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7872 "2021-10-20T23:12:18Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > The small print at the bottom of the page just happens to state that they will be charging your credit card $62 _each month_ going forward. I think that’s just 2 donations if you don’t unclick that box. But if you don’t unclick the first box, it’s a monthly donation. So they can get more than one donation either way. If you don’t unclick both boxes, well, sucks to be stupid. And I love the way the the $250 square is screaming “pick me!” “pick me!”. It’s still so crazy to me that his fans fall for this stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=391) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=393)