# 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:** 409
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8193 "2021-11-02T20:03:57Z")
A Republican candidate for school board in Iowa wants to let parents know when kids check out LGBTQ+ books, and hold a trial before the school board for the person who ordered the book. > **[GOP candidate wants libraries to out kids who check out LGBTQ books](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/gop-candidate-wants-libraries-kids-check-lgbtq-books/)** > > He also wants the person who ordered the book to stand trial in front of the board... ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8194 "2021-11-02T20:17:04Z")
Was Sliwa’s cat registered to vote? If so, in whose name? Election fraud! ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8195 "2021-11-02T20:17:21Z")
On trial for what? I’m sure the smug-looking bastard can cite the statutes broken. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8196 "2021-11-02T20:31:25Z")
> **[Tucker Carlson Is Stirring Up Hatred of America](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/patriot-purge-tucker-carlson-documentary/620589/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share)** > > His new documentary is designed to sow mistrust of the country’s most important institutions. (I used the “share” option, so this might not be paywalled.) > All around you are swirling scenes of violence—explosions in Baghdad, ISIS operatives slitting the throat of an infidel, the chaos around the U.S. Capitol on January 6. You see jarring images of blood and brutality; you hear the grating sound of screaming; you feel the rush of fear and rage. > > But then a calm, sympathetic man steps forward, dressed in a button-down shirt. He explains all of it. He connects the disconnected images; he makes sense of the disturbing noises; he puts everything you have just witnessed into a single narrative. These stories are confusing, he says, because they have been staged or manipulated. None of them has ever been what they seem. Underlying them, however, is a deeper truth: Good people, honest people, true Americans, patriots, people just like you, are being cheated. Sinister forces _inside the American government_ arranged all of this bad imagery in order to oppress you, to remove you, to eliminate you. Finally, it all makes sense. > > This, in essence, is the plot and structure of _Patriot Purge_ , a documentary produced by Tucker Carlson and Scooter Downey. The first of three parts is now airing on the streaming service Fox Nation— > … > > To comprehend the full scope of the conspiracy, viewers will have to watch all three episodes. But even in the first episode, the goals of this project are already clear. The point is to describe the events of January 6 as a false-flag operation cooked up inside the deepest layers of the American deep state—and thus to cast doubt on everything that will come out of Congress’s January 6 hearings, everything revealed by every _Washington Post_ or network-television investigation, everything turned up by the FBI. For Fox viewers, this will come as an enormous relief. If all the disturbing facts can be ignored, then no lessons need be learned. Republicans in Congress and the Trump White House need never be blamed for their assault on the Constitution. The people who supported them need never question that support. > … This is not showing on the mainstream (hehe) Fox network, but on their paid streaming service, Fox Nation. Too far out even for Fox?? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8197 "2021-11-02T20:34:09Z")
In the relatively short time I’ve been a member on the SDMB, I’ve crafted exactly two rules for myself: - Don’t post _anything_ before you’ve had coffee, and - Never – and I mean _fucking never_– get on @Ann_Hedonia 's bad side. Cheers ! ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8198 "2021-11-02T20:34:29Z")
Republicans support theft, then? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8199 "2021-11-02T20:56:20Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Republicans support theft, then? > **[The art of the steal? Trump swipes $750,000 worth of art from the US Embassy...](https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/09/08/the-art-of-the-steal-trump-swipes-dollar750000-worth-of-art-from-the-us-embassy-in-francebut-none-of-it-is-the-real-deal)** > > The US president decided he wanted pieces from ambassador’s residence during a 2018 visit and took them back to the White House without notice ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8200 "2021-11-02T21:25:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There’s a QAnon rally going on in Dallas where they’re expecting JFK Jr. to show up and announce he’s going to be Individual 1’s running mate in 2024. It gets dumber than that - after John-John no-showed their rally, they’ve now decided he’s going to open for the Rolling Stones tonight, and he’s bringing Robin Williams and Dale Earnhardt Sr. with him. > **[QAnon fans expect JFK Jr. to open Rolling Stones concert after no-show at...](https://www.rawstory.com/jfk-jr-rolling-stones/)** > > Fans of the QAnon movement regrouped on Tuesday after John F. Kennedy Jr. did not show up at Dealey Plaza in Dallas as they had expected.The QAnon believers began gathering in Dealey Plaza on Monday evening. People on the scene said that they... ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8201 "2021-11-02T21:28:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > they’ve now decided he’s going to open for the Rolling Stones tonight, and he’s bringing Robin Williams and Dale Earnhardt Sr. with him. Whaaaaaaaaat? They’re totally trolling, right? They don’t really believe this, right?? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8202 "2021-11-02T21:39:00Z")
There was a time when I would have said no, they couldn’t possibly believe stuff like that… but these days… 🤔 ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8203 "2021-11-02T21:48:54Z")
I mean, Democratic child abducting Satanists for the global elite, OK, plausible. But this? The Stones need help selling tickets? I don’t think so. (You pushed it too far, Q! We’re on to you now!) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8204 "2021-11-02T22:22:03Z")
These classless motherfuckers. If they had even a scintilla of a clue, they’d use their conjuring powers to bring back Charlie Watts. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8205 "2021-11-02T22:41:47Z")
I know it’s not the main issue, but I don’t think Robin at least cared for Trump. Mr. Earnhardt, I don’t know about. So why them? ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8206 "2021-11-02T22:46:55Z")
You see, it’s all because something something Deep State something Crooked Hillary something something something oh dear I’ve gone crosseyed. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8207 "2021-11-03T00:35:32Z")
Hey, if just being in the same room with Keith Richards isn’t enough to keep Charlie alive, no black magic is going to be effective at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8208 "2021-11-03T01:19:57Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > You see, it’s all because something something Deep State something Crooked Hillary something something something oh dear I’ve gone crosseyed. All good - you’ve done most of the heavy lifting - Hillary ended up in the '69 Altamont getaway helicopter, with plans to show up at the Stones gig with some Hells Angels. > [@CaptMurdock](#): > > Hey, if just being in the same room with Keith Richards isn’t enough to keep Charlie alive… Keith would make a a pretty good hospice nurse, tho. After his smoke break. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A Republican candidate for school board in Iowa wants to let parents know when kids check out LGBTQ+ books, and hold a trial before the school board for the person who ordered the book. Had to do a double-take to make sure buddy didn’t have eye-liner on. Not a big fan of that hat, but now it’s ruined like Bill Barr ruining his style of glass frames. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8209 "2021-11-03T02:04:04Z")
What about the pizza??? Why is no one mentioning the pizza? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8210 "2021-11-03T02:19:40Z")
They got lost looking for the basement. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8211 "2021-11-03T15:11:54Z")
So… let me get this straight. There were a bunch of racist Trump supporters who gathered in Dealy Plaza. And they thought that a resurrected Irish Catholic Democrat was going to lead them to holy war against their mortal enemy, an Irish Catholic Democrat? But he was going to be resurrected where his father was shot, and not where his plane went down (because that would be inconvenient)? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8212 "2021-11-03T16:06:05Z")
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