# 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:** 435
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8716 "2021-12-02T18:00:46Z")
Shhhh! We want them to continue to think Democrats are allergic to guns! That way, they think they will be unopposed for the next insurrection. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8717 "2021-12-02T18:05:44Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > Shhhh! We want them to continue to think Democrats are allergic to guns! That way, they think they will be unopposed for the next insurrection If we get to the point where the Right and the Left are having gun battles in the street, our country has already been lost. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8718 "2021-12-02T18:08:58Z")
I’m shocked it hasn’t already happened. However, it’s looking almost as likely that various factions of the Right are going to gun down each other before too long. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8719 "2021-12-02T18:09:05Z")
True, but I’d rather go down swinging than submit to jackbooted thugs. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8720 "2021-12-02T18:57:25Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > However, it’s looking almost as likely that various factions of the Right are going to gun down each other before too long. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PQRSyhLKue8/maxresdefault.jpg "The Hanson Brothers invade the stands") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQRSyhLKue8&t=85s) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8721 "2021-12-02T18:59:44Z")
In his new book, Mark Meadows said that Individual 1 tested positive for covid just before a debate with Biden. Individual 1 says it’s fake news. Meadows was on Newsmax last night, trying to sell his book, and the questioner asked him about Individual 1 calling it fake news, and Meadows said, “He’s right, it is fake news.” Uh, what? YOU wrote 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:** [December 2, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8722 "2021-12-02T19:03:14Z")
Stupid question: Does “fake news” = “not true”? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8723 "2021-12-02T19:05:24Z")
Lara Logan has doubled down on her comparison of Fauci to Mengele. She’s now claiming that Fauci’s work on AIDS was fake because AIDS isn’t real. When the Auschwitz Museum criticized her for her Mengele comments, she blocked them on Twitter. > **[Fox’s Lara Logan Digs In, Boosts Attacks on Auschwitz Museum](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-nation-host-lara-logan-digs-in-boosts-attacks-on-auschwitz-museum)** > > The one-time award-winning reporter turned right-wing bomb-thrower doubled down on comparing Fauci to a Nazi war criminal, attacking the Auschwitz Museum in the process. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8724 "2021-12-02T19:05:43Z")
Do I recall correctly that Trump was even less coherent than usual at that debate? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8725 "2021-12-02T19:17:00Z")
Has Lara Logan always been like this and we’re just now seeing it? I seem to remember her being fairly… _normal_… when she was on 60 Minutes. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8726 "2021-12-02T19:19:58Z")
Yeah it was mentioned she was an award-winning CBS reporter in the 2000s, so it makes you wonder how people can just…go off the derpdeep end, like that. Sad, scary. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8727 "2021-12-02T19:19:58Z")
That was until she came out with a totally bogus report on Benghazi that got her suspended from CBS News for months. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8728 "2021-12-02T19:20:09Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Has Lara Logan always been like this and we’re just now seeing it? I seem to remember her being fairly… _normal_… when she was on 60 Minutes. - Falling into a pool of toxic waste can be a life-changing experience. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8729 "2021-12-02T20:31:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Falling into a pool of toxic waste can be a life-changing experience. Don’t make that comparison! The Joker is MUCH more rational than Logan. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8730 "2021-12-02T22:51:51Z")
Wasn’t that the debate where Biden had his “Will you shut up, man” moment? Then yes, I think. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Stupid question: > Does “fake news” = “not true”? I think it’s a bit more “fake news” = “thing publicized in ~~mainstream~~ lamestream press that doesn’t fit with current conservative ideals.” ---
**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:** [December 3, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8731 "2021-12-03T01:14:38Z")
Loser Donald is whining that nobody talks about how yuuge the crowd at his insurrection was. [WATCH: Trump whines he doesn’t get credit for crowd size on Jan 6 - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nigel-farage-insurrection/) ---
**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:** [December 3, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8732 "2021-12-03T03:06:31Z")
I’ll just leave this bit of Trump Math here: > hundreds of hundreds of thousands of people I’m officially too tired to figure out what number that actually is. All I know is, it’s ridiculous. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8733 "2021-12-03T03:32:32Z")
The mother of the kid who shot up the school in Michigan is a Trumper gun nut. And she isn’t racist because her grandfather was Italian. > **[Michigan school shooting suspect's mom thanked Trump for right to bear arms...](https://www.rawstory.com/ethan-crumbley/)** > > The mother of Michigan school shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley — 43-year-old Jennifer Crumbley — penned an open letter to then-president-elect Donald Trump in 2016, thanking him for "allowing my right to bear arms." The Daily Beast reported Wednesday... ---
**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:** [December 3, 2021, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8734 "2021-12-03T05:46:50Z")
Ron DeSantis wants to create a military police unit that he would have sole authority over. A sort of Protection Squad, if you will. > **[DeSantis proposes a new civilian military force in Florida that he would...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/02/politics/florida-state-guard-desantis/index.html)** > > Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to reestablish a World War II-era civilian military force that he, not the Pentagon, would control. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8735 "2021-12-03T14:18:21Z")
Ditto the Toxic Avenger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=434) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=436)