# 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:** 414
**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 8, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8295 "2021-11-08T17:17:35Z")
Wasn’t he in the KKK? Oh, wait, wrong Byrd… ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8296 "2021-11-08T19:02:14Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Where were they in 1972 when Sesame Street was spreading the word about measles vaccinations? If it occurred before yesterday, it never happened. ---
**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 8, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8297 "2021-11-08T19:07:53Z")
We have always been at war with Eastsesame. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8298 "2021-11-08T19:10:37Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > [@bobot](#): > > > > Where were they in 1972 when Sesame Street was spreading the word about measles vaccinations? > > If it occurred before yesterday, it never happened. - > ---
**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 8, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8299 "2021-11-08T19:18:42Z")
Was Mr. Snuffleupagus an anchor baby?! News at 11! ---
**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 8, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8300 "2021-11-08T19:27:23Z")
Millions of Grouches Storm Southern Border!!! ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8301 "2021-11-08T21:41:08Z")
_Oh, Ted Cruz is angry at Big Bird_ _Even though it may seem quite absurd_ _"I’ll tweet and tweet my hot take views_ _Then repeat them later on Fox News"_ _'Cause Ted Cruz is a person in your Twitter feed_ _In your Twitter feed_ _He’s in your Twitter feed_ _Ted Cruz is a person in your Twitter feed_ _A person that will tweet each day_ ---
**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:** [November 8, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8302 "2021-11-08T22:11:28Z")
\< golf clap \> ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8303 "2021-11-08T23:24:07Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > “Record Dow poses new challenges for Biden.” Oh thank Og; I googled that and it’s not a real headline. Yet, anyways. [How did it end up like this?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE) That I have to google that to be sure it’s actually a joke?!? ---
**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 9, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8304 "2021-11-09T00:03:31Z")
I’ve read many times that far-right conservatives are angry at and suspicious of higher education To those people I say: You have been heard! [Bari Weiss Starts A 'University' With David Mamet's Help](https://www.pajiba.com/politics/bari-weiss-starts-a-university-with-david-mamets-help.php) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8305 "2021-11-09T00:50:24Z")
I would be happy to give Ted the Big Bird. On from each hand. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8306 "2021-11-09T01:06:10Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > We’re laughing _at_ you, not with you. > > So, got any reservations in Cancun this winter? Almost certainly Ted Cruz HAS made those reservations, because by many accounts Texas will be seeing a repetition of the 2020-21 winter’s outages and deaths, this coming winter: > [@](#): > > …Less than a week after the governor signed those Texas power reform bills into law, temperatures rose to over a hundred degrees in a lot of the state. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, the body in charge of operating the state grid, sent emails and ran ads urging customers to conserve electricity in order to avoid more rolling blackouts. > **[More blackouts are possible in Texas - Marketplace](https://www.marketplace.org/2021/09/13/texas-efforts-fix-electrical-grid-may-not-be-enough-prevent-future-blackouts/)** > > The state's decision nearly a century ago to go it alone when it comes to electricity still has ramifications today. > > [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Yesterday Democrats passed an infrastructure bill. Republicans got angry at a big pretend bird. A spectre is haunting Congress…and molting all over those members disingenuously fund-raising on “Big-Bird is a Commie”. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8307 "2021-11-09T01:32:30Z")
Rep. Paul Gosar tweets photoshopped anime video showing him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden: > **[Rep. Paul Gosar tweets altered anime video showing him killing Rep....](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-gosar-trump-ocasio-cortez/2021/11/08/ead37b36-40ca-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html)** > > The Arizona Republican’s tweeting of the video prompted condemnation and calls for his Twitter account to be suspended for glorification of violence. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8308 "2021-11-09T01:39:08Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Rep. Paul Gosar tweets photoshopped anime video showing him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden: - Wanna bet such a thing from an ordinary citizen would result in an unpleasant visit from the Secret Service? ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8309 "2021-11-09T02:00:33Z")
’ Wait! Aren’t you even going to cavity search me? I think I might have a gun up there!’ Rep. Paul Gosar ---
**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 9, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8310 "2021-11-09T02:39:57Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Rep. Paul Gosar tweets photoshopped anime video showing him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden: I like some of the quotes - > [@](#): > > “We made an anime video,” [Gosar’s digital director, Jessica Lycos] said. “Everyone needs to relax. The left doesn’t get meme culture. They have no joy. They are not the future. It’s a cartoon. Gosar can’t fly and he does not own any light sabers. Nor was violence glorified. This is about fighting for truth.” Eric Swalwell’s tweet was pretty good: > [@](#): > > “Happy Monday in America, where GOPLeader McCarthy’s colleague just posted a video of himself swinging two swords at President Biden,” Swalwell said in the tweet. “ **These blood thirsty losers** are more comfortable with violence than voting. Keep exposing them.” I just like the ring of that phrase, I guess. Incisive, vivid, gruesome, spot on. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8311 "2021-11-09T09:49:10Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I’ve read many times that far-right conservatives are angry at and suspicious of higher education To those people I say: You have been heard! [Bari Weiss Starts A ‘University’ With David Mamet’s Help](https://www.pajiba.com/politics/bari-weiss-starts-a-university-with-david-mamets-help.php) I’m sure that will go as well as the last time [a prominent conservative started his own university](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_University). > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Rep. Paul Gosar tweets photoshopped anime video showing him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden: I seem to recall the right being shocked - **shocked, I tell you** - at Kathy Griffin’s faux beheading of Trump\*. I’m sure they will be just as shocked at this. \*Which was in spectacularly poor taste, to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8312 "2021-11-09T12:19:01Z")
Can you imagine having to go to work with someone like this? I feel so bad for AOC. Nobody should have to put up with this sort of harassment. The more I think about this, the more angry I feel. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8313 "2021-11-09T14:30:09Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Nobody should have to put up with this sort of harassment. I know she’s not this way, which is good, But me? I’d catch Gosar alone in the House elevator, and say, “Do you have your sword? I have a knife…wanna see?” And give him the killing look. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8314 "2021-11-09T18:36:44Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Check out how the right wing are characterizing it: [Ted Cruz slaps back at Big Bird for sharing coronavirus vaccine ''propaganda" on Twitter](https://fox28media.com/news/nation-world/ted-cruz-slaps-back-at-big-bird-for-sharing-coronavirus-vaccine-propaganda-on-twitter-11-08-2021) The right wing? Is that the one big bird got the injection in? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=413) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=415)