# 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:** 447
**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:** [December 13, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8958 "2021-12-13T22:18:54Z")
The people who follow this bullshit call NBC fake news. Their opinions are worth less than used toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8959 "2021-12-13T22:42:58Z")
Ah, so that’s the _real_ reason Trump created Space Force: to fight the Deep Weather Underground!.. Force… Men? (“Psst: Boomers are still living in the '70s! Pass it on!”) ---
**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:** [December 13, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8960 "2021-12-13T22:44:46Z")
South Dakota - shining star of the GQP. > **[South Dakota Really Had Some Teachers Crawl on Ice to Gather Cash for Their...](https://jezebel.com/south-dakota-really-had-some-teachers-crawl-on-ice-to-g-1848206930)** > > In a Squid Game-esque battle royale, nearly a dozen educators participated in a game to get money to pay for their students' school supplies. Prime comment: “…as with most stuff like this in conservative/Republican/GQP states, the inhumanity or cruelty is the point. How many state legislators must have laughed at these idiots with their book learning and communist ideas scrambling for a few bucks like hungry dogs scrambling for food. As this country further polarizes itself into either a “death cult” or “everyone else,” I just don’t care about states like these; they want to wallow in their ignorance and nihilism and viciousness while laughing at how they owned the libs, so let them.” ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8961 "2021-12-13T22:48:00Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > I just don’t care about states like these **Darcy Lewis:** No one would notice if you blew up a Dakota. Honestly, I can’t tell them apart. **Captain Marvel:** South Dakota is on the bottom. –_What If…?_, Season 1 Episode 7 ---
**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 13, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8962 "2021-12-13T22:56:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Alex Jones says the tornados the other day were created by a Biden weather weapon. > [https://www.mediamatters.org/alex-jones/alex-jones-says-joe-biden-may-have-used-weather-weapons-create-tornadoes-killed-scores](https://www.mediamatters.org/alex-jones/alex-jones-says-joe-biden-may-have-used-weather-weapons-create-tornadoes-killed-scores) Huh. This whole time I’ve just been assuming it was God’s wrath on Missouri and Kentucky. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8963 "2021-12-13T22:57:18Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Why would fiercely independent liberal hating Texicans allow Biden to turn off the power? > > Why do I even ask? > > That’s a legitimate question… Maybe this is a whooossh. But TX has it’s own power grid that cannot connect to the rest of the country. Because Freedumb. They got what they asked for. ---
**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 13, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8964 "2021-12-13T23:06:36Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Deep Weather Underground!.. Force You don’t need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows…Dylan But you do need one to _change_ which way the wind blows. ---
**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 13, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8965 "2021-12-13T23:06:37Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > What’s with the conservative fixation on legitimacy? Well, you see Alex’s parents “allegedly” loved each other, but they never made it official after that one night at the hootenanny. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8966 "2021-12-13T23:07:49Z")
Legitimate rape, legitimate questions, legitimate ballots, voters… Seriously, it seems to come up a lot with conservatives. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8967 "2021-12-13T23:20:51Z")
Therefore Joe Biden is doing God’s Work! ---
**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 14, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8968 "2021-12-14T12:16:44Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Legitimate rape, legitimate questions, legitimate ballots, voters… Seriously, it seems to come up a lot with conservatives. Language as a weapon. Conservatives work this strategy endlessly to their benefit. For some reason, the other side missed that day of class. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8969 "2021-12-14T12:20:44Z")
It feels like we’re learning. I hear “The Big Lie” a lot. ---
**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 14, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8970 "2021-12-14T12:37:36Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Language as a weapon. Conservatives work this strategy endlessly to their benefit. > > For some reason, the other side missed that day of class. It’s a lot easier to use language as a weapon if you don’t care about the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8971 "2021-12-14T13:36:03Z")
Oh, I get that. That’s why I’m pushing back against conservatives trying to define terminology lately. But the focus on legitimacy seems bizarre and persistent. ---
**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 14, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8972 "2021-12-14T13:50:41Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > But the focus on legitimacy seems bizarre and persistent. Because it works. ---
**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 15, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8973 "2021-12-15T00:29:58Z")
Three Republicans arrested in The Villages, Florida for voting in person at their Florida addresses and also voting absentee at their original homes. > **[3 residents of The Villages arrested for casting multiple votes in 2020 election](https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/12/13/3-residents-of-the-villages-arrested-for-casting-multiple-votes-in-2020-election/)** > > Three residents of The Villages have recently been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into voter fraud, court records show. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8974 "2021-12-15T00:43:19Z")
That’s just because “white” has such negative connotations. ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8975 "2021-12-15T01:08:40Z")
I find it hard to believe The Villages is a real thing. Everything about it comes across like the crap trend in the 1970s of short-lived TV shows about the wackiness and absurdity of fictional small town life. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8976 "2021-12-15T03:14:06Z")
> Court records also do not reveal which candidates they cast votes for in the 2020 general election. > > All three were registered as Republicans in Florida at the time of the election, voter registration records show. > > > INTERESTING UPDATE: It appears one of the people from The Villages accused of voting twice in the 2020 election changed his Florida voter registration around the times of his arrest. Records show he recently switched from Republican to NPA. (more) [#news6](https://twitter.com/hashtag/news6?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/8uVKLyt4Xs](https://t.co/8uVKLyt4Xs) > > > > — Mike DeForest (@DeForestNews6) [December 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/DeForestNews6/status/1470890161705730055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > > Rider’s voter registration appears to have been changed to No Party Affiliation around the time of his arrest, state records indicate. > > Facebook pages that appear to belong to Ketcik and Halstead contain several posts expressing support for former president Donald Trump. ---
**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 15, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8977 "2021-12-15T04:31:47Z")
> [@susan](#): > > > Rider’s voter registration appears to have been changed to No Party Affiliation around the time of his arrest, state records indicate. I can just imagine the Homer Simpson-esque “TeeHee! They’ll never figure out I’m really a Republican now!” that went through his mind as he did that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=446) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=448)