# 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:** 443
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8878 "2021-12-09T01:55:04Z")
Wait, can her husband own a gun? Didn’t he do some time for showing his penis to some teenage girls in a bowling alley? Is that a felony? ---
**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:** [December 9, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8879 "2021-12-09T04:34:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mark Meadows is suing the 1/6 committee and Nancy Pelosi to prevent being subpoenaed. > [https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/mark-meadows-lawsuit/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/mark-meadows-lawsuit/index.html) “_What is ‘discovery’, Alex?_” ---
**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 9, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8880 "2021-12-09T12:09:48Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Life force? Heck, we can give birth. Does he really believe this or is it a ploy for ratings? So did Arnold! So what? Cut out the middle (wo)man! /s ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8881 "2021-12-09T13:07:35Z")
He did, and she was one of the girls he showed it to. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8882 "2021-12-09T13:19:44Z")
GOP senator Ron Johnson suggested gargling mouthwash to kill the coronavirus. Doctors and Listerine are skeptical. > **[A GOP senator suggested gargling mouthwash to kill the coronavirus. Doctors...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/09/ron-johnson-mouthwash-covid/)** > > A health expert said that gargling would not hurt — if accompanied with a coronavirus vaccination. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8883 "2021-12-09T13:35:02Z")
Well of course it’s not going to work if you don’t inject it. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8884 "2021-12-09T13:44:18Z")
It’s supposed to be inserted anally ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8885 "2021-12-09T13:50:40Z")
I thought the drugs were injected, and the UV light was inserted anally ---
**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 9, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8886 "2021-12-09T13:50:46Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Life force? Heck, we can give birth. Does he really believe this or is it a ploy for ratings? Well, apparently even Fucker Carlson has realized that ranting about the purity of our precious bodily fluids always comes off as sarcastic, these days. ---
**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 9, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8887 "2021-12-09T13:53:12Z")
> [@SoToasty](#): > > I thought the drugs were injected, and the UV light was inserted annaly I don’t think we can go much further wrong by just sticking _everything_ up their ass. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8888 "2021-12-09T14:03:02Z")
Tick tick tick. Trumpers continuing to run clock until they resume control of the House and kill the investigation. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8889 "2021-12-09T14:07:56Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Trumpers continuing to run clock until they resume control of the House and kill the investigation. This was my first thought, also. The DOJ is going to have to get more aggressive. Contempt of Congress is a crime – start locking people up already. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8890 "2021-12-09T14:23:54Z")
If you listen to the clip, he and Farage are talking about UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. ---
**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 9, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8891 "2021-12-09T15:02:33Z")
Now I’m genuinely curious about what would happen if one did this. Thanks for sparking my interest in science, Senator Johnson! ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8892 "2021-12-09T16:35:56Z")
And Farage suggests that Johnson is acting weak because he’s married to a **strong woman**! The horror! (I don’t even know anything about his wife.) ---
**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 9, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8893 "2021-12-09T19:15:55Z")
David Perdue, who is running in the Republican primary in Georgia against current Governor Brian Kemp, claims that Kemp turned over the state’s elections to Stacey Abrams. > **[Fact check: David Perdue falsely claims Brian Kemp turned over control of...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/fact-check-perdue-kemp-abrams/index.html)** > > Former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia launched his campaign for governor on Monday with a false claim about his chief opponent in the Republican primary, incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8894 "2021-12-10T09:41:19Z")
Wait…Bobert’s husband exposed himself at a bowling alley, and she went and _married_ him afterwards? Guess he was packing heat in two senses of the term. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8895 "2021-12-10T14:36:30Z")
Well, she has demonstrated that she is a thoughtful person and good at making decisions… ---
**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 10, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8896 "2021-12-10T15:02:17Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Wait…Bobert’s husband exposed himself at a bowling alley, and she went and _married_ him afterwards? Guess he was packing heat in two senses of the term. I’d say she really…struck out. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8897 "2021-12-10T15:13:31Z")
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