# 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:** 399
**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 24, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7993 "2021-10-24T02:12:00Z")
Oh, thank you. I’m housebroken. Mostly. ---
**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 24, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7994 "2021-10-24T02:58:22Z")
It’s Oregon. We’re loose about that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7995 "2021-10-24T04:30:44Z")
My parents live(d) in Oregon. I grew up there. I have seen what your houses look like. ---
**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 24, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7996 "2021-10-24T04:35:50Z")
It’s a relaxed atmosphere. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7997 "2021-10-24T18:21:07Z")
Up here in bright red Montana our esteemed AG Austin Knudsen called a Helena hospital multiple times to demand that an elderly Covid patient be treated with ivermictin and then sent a highway patrolman to the hospital (in the city limits, so no jurisdiction) to further threaten the doctors and administration. [Daily Beast article](https://www.thedailybeast.com/montana-hospital-harassed-and-threatened-by-ivermectin-obsessed-officials-including-ag-austin-knudsen) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7998 "2021-10-24T20:16:11Z")
I think a state trooper has authority within towns. But ZERO authority to direct the treatment of a patient in a hospital. Unless, of course, they see someone actively abusing the patient. I nearly to the point that if these idiots want to take poison against all advice and facts, well… it’s a case of Darwinism in action. Way worse than 'Hold my beer and watch THIS!" Buh By. ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7999 "2021-10-24T20:52:16Z")
Hippocratic oath and all that. Make 'em sign a waiver, hand 'em the stuff, and make 'em self-administer I could get behind. Oh, and DNR goes without saying. ---
**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 25, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8000 "2021-10-25T00:02:01Z")
A basket near the kitchen stove, a bowl with food once a day, access to the back yard, and I’m good. ---
**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 25, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8001 "2021-10-25T00:23:53Z")
We have a lovely catio that is tarped for warmth in the winter. It has a hammock. Feedings are constant. ---
**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 25, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8002 "2021-10-25T00:26:23Z")
Meeee-OW! 😻 I can even make biscuits. Real ones. 😉 ---
**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 25, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8003 "2021-10-25T00:53:15Z")
Works for me! My lovely wife will make her own gluten-free confections. ---
**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 25, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8004 "2021-10-25T02:09:13Z")
I’m okay with gluten, fat, carbs, salt, all the good stuff. 😇 ---
**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 25, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8005 "2021-10-25T02:09:54Z")
Josh Mandel sez vote for me and I’ll impose Christian theocracy on this country. > **[Ohio Republican admits if he's elected he won't follow the Constitution](https://www.rawstory.com/republican-josh-mandel-against-constitution/)** > > Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel confessed to a Sunday debate crowd that he wouldn't follow the Constitution if elected to the federal office. While all federal officials are mandated to swear an oath to the Constitution, Mandel has serious... ---
**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 25, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8006 "2021-10-25T03:33:52Z")
Congressman Jim Banks has been suspended from Twitter for misgendering HHS official Rachel Levine. They said that they will end his suspension if he deletes the tweet. > **[Rep. Jim Banks suspended from Twitter for misgendering trans government...](https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/rep-jim-banks-suspended-twitter-misgendering-trans-government-official-dr-n1282233)** > > Dr. Rachel Levine is the first transgender person to hold a Senate-confirmed office. ---
**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 25, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8007 "2021-10-25T13:55:57Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Interesting comments about J. D. Vance being a dick (on Twitter) about the death of the cinematographer at the New Mexico movie set: Somehow I got on the Facebook list of a schoolmate from 'way back who has become a serious Trumper. I was astonished over the weekend to get a post with fake movie poster of “Prop Gun” (using the “Top Gun” logo) that shows a photoshopped Alec Baldwin. It appears to have originated from the National Association for Gun Rights twitter feed, where you can se it, if you’ve got a mind to. Real Classy, both making that and distributing it. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8008 "2021-10-25T14:10:51Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It appears to have originated from the National Association for Gun Rights twitter feed, where you can se it, if you’ve got a mind to. I’m not sure exactly what point they’re trying to make. The only thing that stops an actor with a gun is a cinematographer with a gun? ---
**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 25, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8009 "2021-10-25T14:12:01Z")
I’m sure the only point is salt in the wound. ---
**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 25, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8010 "2021-10-25T15:56:13Z")
CN’s Tapper with more on Republican “jokes” about the shooting > **[Some Republicans joked about the 'Rust' shooting. Tapper brings the receipts...](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/10/24/alec-baldwin-halyna-hutchins-shooting-gop-leaders-tapper-sotu-vpx.cnn)** > > CNN's Jake Tapper calls out some Republicans for joking about Alec Baldwin after the actor fired a prop gun on the set of "Rust," killing the cinematographer and injuring the director. ---
**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 25, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8011 "2021-10-25T17:17:10Z")
A Democratic Florida state legislator kicked the state’s surgeon general out of her office because he refused to wear a mask, even though she told she had a medical condition. > **[Florida surgeon general kicked out of meeting with lawmaker for refusing to...](https://www.axios.com/2021/10/24/florida-surgeon-general-tiny-polsky-mask)** > > State Senate President Wilton Simpson blasted Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo's behavior as "unprofessional." ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8012 "2021-10-25T17:22:56Z")
The J.D. Vance vs Josh Mandel contest in the Ohio Republican primary is a disgrace. Two men desperately slinging mud and taking political discourse into the gutter because they think this is what working class people resonate with. It’s a dumbed down race to the bottom. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=398) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=400)