# 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:** 455
**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 25, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9118 "2021-12-25T20:37:43Z")
Biden called into NORAD to help them track Santa, and spoke with kids who had also called in. One of the asshole fathers yelled, “Let’s go, Brandon.” > **[Father interrupts Biden’s Norad Santa call with ‘Let’s go Brandon’ insult](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-lets-go-brandon-santa-norad-b1982150.html)** > > The insult against Mr Biden from an Oregon father is not the first example of a presidential Santa tracker call going wrong ---
**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 26, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9119 "2021-12-26T01:41:20Z")
**Col. Thomas McKean** : “Let’s go Brandon”? Ach, brilliant! I suppose every time you see those three words, your puny chest will swell with pride over your great historical contribution. ---
**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 26, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9120 "2021-12-26T01:44:26Z")
Break out the popcorn. Meghan McCain and Candace Owens are feuding. > > > Candace Owens @RealCandaceO ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9121 "2021-12-26T02:09:50Z")
Turns out the guy who said it is an ex-cop. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9122 "2021-12-26T02:25:11Z")
Good thing for the public welfare and safety he’s ex, then, not currently. ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9123 "2021-12-26T02:28:00Z")
And of course, he’s now going on about how he’s the victim in this situation he caused. > [@](#): > > “I mean no disrespect to him,” the former Medford police officer said. > > But he bristled at the backlash he received. > > “And now I am being attacked for utilizing my freedom of speech,” Schmeck said. “I understand there is a vulgar meaning to ‘Lets go Brandon,’ but I’m not that simple minded, no matter how I feel about him." > **['Jared from Oregon' claims he's the victim after vulgarly insulting Joe Biden...](https://www.rawstory.com/jared-from-oregon-claims-he-s-the-victim-after-vulgarily/)** > > Jared Schmeck is not impressed with the backlash he's received after insulting President Joe Biden on Christmas Eve.During a phone call with the Santa tracker, Schmeck said, "Let's go, Brandon" which has become GOP code for "F\*ck Joe Biden.""I mean... ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9124 "2021-12-26T02:28:39Z")
😃 > **[Candace Owens: Trump Is Pro-Vax Because He’s ‘Too Old’ to Understand the...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/candace-owens-claims-trump-defended-covid-vaccine-because-hes-too-old-to-understand-the-internet)** > > The far-right anti-vaxxer believes that Trump’s inability to find “obscure websites” with alternate COVID research is why he unexpectedly defended vaccines. > [@Candace Owens](#): > > People oftentimes forget that, like, how old Trump is. He comes from a generation—I’ve seen other people that are older have the exact same perspective, like, they came from a time before TV, before internet, before being able to conduct their independent research. And everything that they read in a newspaper that was pitched to them, they believed that that was a reality. > [@](#): > > Owens urged her conservative fanbase to take it easy on Trump, saying that she doesn’t think his support of the vaccine is “evil” or “based in any corruption.” But, she added, “he needs to have a larger conversation to understand what’s going on and why so many people are horrified by his remarks.” ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9125 "2021-12-26T02:35:14Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “And now I am being attacked for utilizing my freedom of speech,” Schmeck said. He _has_ freedom speech – the thought police didn’t swoop in and cart him off with a bag over his head to places unknown. What he doesn’t have is freedom from the consequences of his speech. Wah. ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9126 "2021-12-26T02:44:34Z")
Meanwhile, Alex Jones has denounced Loser Donald as “either ignorant or evil”. > **[Alex Jones declares Trump is either ignorant or evil in 'emergency Christmas...](https://www.rawstory.com/alex-jones-2656160882/)** > > Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones issued an "Emergency Christ Message" to Donald Trump following the former president's defense of Covid-19 vaccines.“Oh no, the vaccines work,” Trump told Candice Owens. “But some people are the ones — the ones who get... ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9127 "2021-12-26T04:17:44Z")
He can be both. And is. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9128 "2021-12-26T04:18:36Z")
Gotta wonder what Alex Jones’s baseline blood pressure is. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9129 "2021-12-26T04:22:21Z")
Not high enough. ---
**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 26, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9130 "2021-12-26T04:41:07Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Not high enough. - Or low enough. ---
**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 26, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9131 "2021-12-26T04:55:00Z")
So…Trump said something smart? ---
**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 26, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9132 "2021-12-26T05:10:10Z")
Ales Jones’s wife got arrested on Christmas Eve for domestic violence. No indication as to what sort of violence. Alex Jones said she was suffering from a “medical imbalance”. Probably an imbalance of alcohol or drugs, but the articles don’t say. ---
**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 26, 2021, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9133 "2021-12-26T05:15:09Z")
Can you blame her ---
**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 26, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9134 "2021-12-26T06:32:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Alex Jones said she was suffering from a “medical imbalance”. She must’ve had a big bowl of chili for lunch. [https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/InfoWars-Alex-Jones-custody-chili-for-lunch-11081124.php](https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/InfoWars-Alex-Jones-custody-chili-for-lunch-11081124.php) ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9135 "2021-12-26T14:52:41Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > So…Trump said something smart? That’s ALWAYS an accident. ---
**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 26, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9136 "2021-12-26T17:19:17Z")
Oh good, finally - I was _waiting_ for an Emrgency Christ Message or two. ---
**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 26, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9137 "2021-12-26T17:27:10Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “I understand there is a vulgar meaning to ‘Lets go Brandon,’ but I’m not that simple minded, no matter how I feel about him." _I_ may be simple minded, but I can’t parse this into coherence. Is he saying that he didn’t mean the vulgar meaning behind “Let’s go Brandon”, if so, what _did_ he mean? > [@Smapti](#): > > “And now I am being attacked for utilizing my freedom of speech,” The right really doesn’t understand what freedom of speech is, do they? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=454) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=456)