# 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:** 429
**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 25, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8596 "2021-11-25T15:00:01Z")
The point being that they’re pro-_fetus_, but once that kid is born they’re on their own – and so are their parents. ---
**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 25, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8597 "2021-11-25T15:01:39Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > pro-_fetus_ My point is, you can’t even really call them “pro-_fetus_”. They care not a whit for the health of a fetus, unless someone is trying to abort it. ---
**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 25, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8598 "2021-11-25T15:03:04Z")
Good point – I won’t disagree. ---
**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 25, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8599 "2021-11-25T18:34:08Z")
MTG has introduced a resolution to award Kyle Rittenhouse with a Congressional Gold Medal. > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill to award Congressional Gold Medal to...](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/583068-marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-bill-to-award-congressional-gold-medal-to/)** > > Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduced a bill on Tuesday to award Kyle Rittenhouse the Congressional Gold Medal for “protecting the community of Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a… ---
**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 25, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8600 "2021-11-25T18:34:56Z")
Lara Trump says that the fact that the price of turkeys is going up is proof that liberals want to destroy Thanksgiving. > **[Lara Trump: Rising Turkey Costs Prove Liberals Are Trying to Destroy...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/lara-trump-says-rising-turkey-costs-prove-liberals-are-trying-to-destroy-thanksgiving)** > > President Trump’s daughter-in-law thinks the price of turkey is a convenient cover for the left to advance their true cause of scrapping Thanksgiving. ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8601 "2021-11-25T20:29:04Z")
Why anyone gives these people airtime is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8602 "2021-11-25T22:13:15Z")
Rightly or wrongly, the Daily Beast gets paid to give these people airtime. Don’t blame the player; blame the game. ---
**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 26, 2021, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8603 "2021-11-26T08:46:36Z")
I’m trying to remember the last time we had to spend real money to get a turkey at Thanksgiving. Store turkey promotions have been a thing since before your dad lost his hair Lara. I’m quite certain Lara Trump has never seen a store loyalty card let alone used one. ---
**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 26, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8604 "2021-11-26T09:04:57Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I’m trying to remember the last time we had to spend real money to get a turkey at Thanksgiving. Store turkey promotions have been a thing since before your dad lost his hair Lara. Hell, the store I work at does a promo every year the two weeks before Thanksgiving where a Jennie-O turkey is free with a $100 purchase. Unless you’re buying a fresh turkey or a kosher-slaughtered turkey or some other bespoke bird, it’s almost impossible to spend more than $20 on one of the things this time of year. Lara’s beliefs about what life is like for the poors is a real world version of this meme; [![](https://i.imgur.com/pq458qHh.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/pq458qHh.jpg) ---
**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 26, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8605 "2021-11-26T18:40:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > MTG has introduced a resolution to award Kyle Rittenhouse with a Congressional Gold Medal. Since there’s zero chance of this actually passing the House, can we label this as the obvious “virtue\* signaling” it obviously is? This resolution serves no purpose beyond telling her followers that she’s one of them. \*For sufficiently depraved values of “virtue” ---
**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 26, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8606 "2021-11-26T20:41:36Z")
Lauren Boebert claimed yesterday that she was in an elevator in the Capitol building with Ilhan Omar when a police officer ran in saying they were scared of Omar. “Well, she doesn’t have a backpack. We should be fine,” Boebert recalled telling the cop—before calling her colleague a member of the “jihad squad” because she is Muslim. Omar says it never happened, and asked Pelosi to censure Boebert. > **[Ilhan Omar Demands Pelosi Take Action Over Lauren Boebert’s Anti-Muslim Comments](https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-ilhan-omar-rips-rep-lauren-boeberts-anti-muslim-made-up-tale)** > > “Sad she thinks bigotry gets her clout,” Omar said of her right-wing colleague, whom she called a “buffoon.” ---
**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 26, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8607 "2021-11-26T20:47:24Z")
Surprisingly, Boebert has apologized. > **[Rep. Boebert apologizes after suggesting Rep. Omar mistaken for a terrorist...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-boebert-appears-video-suggest-163721275.html)** > > “Sad she thinks bigotry gets her clout," Omar said on Twitter after a video Boebert emerged. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8608 "2021-11-26T20:52:57Z")
Never a real apology. Standard GQP procedure to say the real thing out loud [for the benefit of troglodyte followers] and then mealy-mouth an apology; or say they were misquoted/taken out of context/deny saying. Nothing short of lightning bolts to the head (or Jewish Space Lasers) will modify their behavior. ---
**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 26, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8609 "2021-11-26T21:59:33Z")
Lesson learned: Do not find yourself in a room, an elevator, a car, or anywhere _alone_ with Boebert. This applies to everyone. ---
**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 26, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8610 "2021-11-26T22:33:46Z")
Republicans gonna bigot. I’ll note the loud chorus of Republican voices denouncing this. What’s that? What I hear is just a single cricket chirping? Right, Republicans, following their prioities, are criticizing Big Fucking Bird for getting a covid vaccination. Should any Republican happen to read these words: Go fuck yourself. ---
**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 26, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8611 "2021-11-26T23:10:26Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Lesson learned: Do not find yourself in a room, an elevator, a car, or anywhere _alone_ with Boebert. This applies to everyone. Democratic members of Congress should probably star wearing body cams. Put some of this shit on YouTube. ---
**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 27, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8612 "2021-11-27T00:57:37Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Republicans gonna bigot. I’ll note the loud chorus of Republican voices denouncing this. What’s that? What I hear is just a single cricket chirping? Right, Republicans, following their prioities, are criticizing Big Fucking Bird for getting a covid vaccination. > Should any Republican happen to read these words: Go fuck yourself. All reasonable responses. And what a disconnect with what we get from CNN and MSNBC all day, every day—about how nearly-certain it is that voters will turn out in droves to give the House (and possibly Senate) to Republicans, this time next year…because _ **everyone** _ loves the attacks on Big Bird and racist shit the GOP are spewing! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8613 "2021-11-27T01:03:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > MTG has introduced a resolution to award Kyle Rittenhouse with a Congressional Gold Medal. > [https://thehill.com/homenews/house/583068-marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-bill-to-award-congressional-gold-medal-to](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/583068-marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-bill-to-award-congressional-gold-medal-to) Just for the hell of it, is there a link to the text of this waste of time? ---
**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 27, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8614 "2021-11-27T01:07:44Z")
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6070/text?q={"search"%3A["kyle+rittenhouse"%2C"kyle"%2C"rittenhouse"]}&r=1&s=2](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6070/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22kyle+rittenhouse%22%2C%22kyle%22%2C%22rittenhouse%22%5D%7D&r=1&s=2) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8615 "2021-11-27T01:16:39Z")
> [@That there page](#): > > As of 11/26/2021 text has not been received for H.R.6070 Figures. It will probably show up in two weeks. In the meantime, no shits and giggles for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=428) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=430)