# 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:** 397
**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:** [October 22, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7953 "2021-10-22T13:53:25Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > So whaddya gotta do to get the big money? Produce the packets! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7954 "2021-10-22T13:54:00Z")
My understanding is he’s looking for up to 40 examples, paying out $25 grand each. But I may have made that up out of thin air. ---
**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 22, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7955 "2021-10-22T13:55:36Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > But I may have made that up out of thin air. Still far more evidence for your speculation than there is for rampant voter fraud. ---
**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 22, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7956 "2021-10-22T14:33:13Z")
Butthead is teaming up with MTG, and Boebert to call themselves the “Pro-America Squad”. The responses to his tweet are hilarious: Three pennies waitin’ for change. Diet food for zombies. The Traitor Trio. A tragedy in three parts. A dullard’s triad. Three turds, no punchbowl. > **[Matt Gaetz Gives Himself, Boebert And Taylor Greene A Nickname And It Doesn’t...](https://news.yahoo.com/matt-gaetz-gives-himself-boebert-070359664.html)** > > People on Twitter "fixed" the name Gaetz gave to the three Donald Trump sycophants. ---
**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 22, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7957 "2021-10-22T15:23:16Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > My understanding is he’s looking for up to 40 examples, paying out $25 grand each. But I may have made that up out of thin air. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > Still far more evidence for your speculation than there is for rampant voter fraud. TBF that was the impression I had, a million dollar pool to be doled out as countless proofs of voter fraud rolled in. ---
**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 22, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7958 "2021-10-22T15:28:50Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > My understanding is he’s looking for up to 40 examples, paying out $25 grand each. From his [website](https://www.danpatrick.org/patrick-offers-up-to-1-million-in-rewards-for-voter-fraud-whistleblowers-tipsters/), posted 11/10/2020: > Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced that starting today he will pay up to $1 million to incentivize, encourage and reward people to come forward and report voter fraud. Whistleblowers and tipsters should turn over their evidence to local law enforcement. Anyone who provides information that leads to an arrest and final conviction of voter fraud will be paid a minimum of $25,000. ---
**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 22, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7959 "2021-10-22T19:06:46Z")
I guess the right wingers have decided a tragedy when a person was killed would be a good time to go after Alec Baldwin. Somebody on Twitter told JD Vance after his attack, “A woman died in a tragic accident. Show some decency and respect.” ---
**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 22, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7960 "2021-10-22T19:53:33Z")
A Washington state Representative has been locked out of the State Capitol because he refuses to prove he was vaccinated. > **[Washington lawmaker is locked out of capitol over COVID vaccine mandate](https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/washington-lawmaker-is-locked-out-capitol-over-covid-vaccine-mandate/XRU3SZID2JFTBOUA4JK2SJDP34/)** > > A Washington state lawmaker says he’s been locked out of the state capitol in Olympia over the COVID vaccine mandate. ---
**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 22, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7961 "2021-10-22T22:25:07Z")
Why start now? ---
**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 22, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7962 "2021-10-22T23:48:30Z")
Loser Donald thinks Meghan McCain should be grateful to him for giving her dad “the world’s longest funeral”. > **[Trump attacks 'lowlife' Meghan McCain and brags he gave her father 'the...](https://www.rawstory.com/meghan-mccain-trump-2655347135/)** > > Former President Donald Trump on Friday put out a statement attacking Meghan McCain, the former co-host of "The View" who wrote disparaging things about him in her new tell-all book.The former president began by calling her "a bully and basically a... Of course, the former guy didn’t attend or have anything to do with the funeral, but had he been there I’m sure it would have felt like an eternity listening to all those people talk about something other than himself. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7963 "2021-10-22T23:54:29Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Let’s see if this one lasts longer than 30 days. Or longer than his failed casino (black jack) or any of his marriages (hookers). ---
**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 23, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7964 "2021-10-23T02:35:26Z")
Josh Mandel tweeted about how funny Dave Chappell is and used an offensive word to describe trans people. The Internet dug up a photo of ol’ Joshie in drag. > **[A GOP candidate mocked trans women online so the internet dug up a photo of...](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/gop-candidate-mocked-trans-women-online-internet-dug-photo-bra-wig/)** > > Far-right Ohio Republican John Mandel's spokesperson says he doesn't remember the photo being taken. But it was... ---
**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:** [October 23, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7965 "2021-10-23T04:38:43Z")
Here’s another case of Republican voter fraud. > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/22/nevada-republican-who-claimed-someone-voted-his-dead-wife-is-charged-with-voter-fraud/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/22/nevada-republican-who-claimed-someone-voted-his-dead-wife-is-charged-with-voter-fraud/) > > Hartle noted that his late wife, Rosemarie, had died in 2017, but remained on the voter rolls. The signature on the returned ballot had matched what election officials had on file for Rosemarie, KLAS 8 News Now reported at the time, leaving Hartle to wonder “who took advantage of his grief” and how had they pulled it off? > > Nearly a year later, there appears to be an answer. > > On Thursday, the Nevada attorney general’s office announced it had [filed two charges of voter fraud](https://ag.nv.gov/News/PR/2021/Attorney_General_Ford_Announces_Voter_Fraud_Charges/) against Hartle, alleging that he forged his late wife’s name to vote with her ballot. Both charges — one for voting using the name of another person and another for voting more than once in the same election — are category D felonies that each can carry a prison sentence of up to four years, along with a fine of up to $5,000. ---
**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 23, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7966 "2021-10-23T05:04:44Z")
“I am shocked – _shocked_ – to find some asshole has been voting in my dead wife’s name!” ---
**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 23, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7967 "2021-10-23T15:44:37Z")
WTG, Ted. > **[Sen. Cruz introduces bill to establish new ports of entry](https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2021/10/20/sen--ted-cruz-introduces-bill-to-transfer-migrants-from-south-texas-to-new-ports-of-entry-in--democrat-led-communities-)** > > Cruz unveiled the Stop the SURGE Act Tuesday. > … > “For the past ten months, President Biden and his administration have willingly surrendered the United States’ southern border to dangerous criminal cartels, with no thought given to the South Texas border communities like McAllen and Del Rio, which are running low on resources from dealing with this massive influx of illegal immigrants,” Cruz wrote. “That’s why today I am introducing this crucial legislation to alleviate the massive overload at the southern border by establishing new ports of entry in Democrat-led communities such as North Hero, Vermont, where Bernie Sanders spends his summers, and Martha’s Vineyard, where Democrat elites host their cocktail parties.” > … > > According to Cruz, the ports of entry would be established via Immigration & Naturalization Act (Title 8) and Public Health Service Act (Title 42) and be located in the following areas: > > ``` > Block Island, R.I. > Greenwich, Conn. > Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. > Cambridge, Mass. > Governors Island, N.Y. > Rehoboth Beach, Del. > Nantucket, Mass. > Newport, R.I. > Scarsdale, N.Y. > Palo Alto, Calif. > Yountville, Calif. > St. Helena, Calif. > North Hero, Vt. > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7968 "2021-10-23T16:38:41Z")
There already is a Port of Entry in Newport RI, so that’s kind of redundant among with all the many other things wrong with the idea. ---
**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 23, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7969 "2021-10-23T16:41:25Z")
In Before: Ted Cruz gets what he wants and then starts complaining about “Sleepy Joe” busing Mexicans all over the country. ---
**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 23, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7970 "2021-10-23T17:03:59Z")
[Haggard’s Law](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Haggard's_Law), exhibit #314159: > > Marriage equality is the law of the land — except in Texas, argues the state GOP. Legislative leaders in TX issued an opinion stating legalized gay marriage shouldn’t be permitted in the Lone Star State because they feel state law trumps the SCOTUS ruling in Obergefell v Hodges. ---
**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 23, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7971 "2021-10-23T17:11:22Z")
Texas Republicans must have high expectations of their youth voter suppression efforts because this is a losing position in winning votes from the generations coming who will control future elections otherwise. ---
**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 23, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7972 "2021-10-23T17:16:46Z")
from the letter: > [@](#): > > The federal judicial power extends only to the resolution of cases and controversies between litigants. The fact that a federal district court has enjoined state officials from enforcing the Texas marriage laws in no way affects the existence or validity of those laws with regard to private parties, who are not bound by the Fourteenth Amendment - let alone the Supreme Court’s interpretation of it. That doesn’t seem likely to be correct to me; why am I wrong? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=396) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=398)