# 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:** 47
**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:** [September 15, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/926 "2020-09-15T03:53:15Z")
Burkman and Wohl staged a fake raid on Burkman’s house. [Jacob Wohl Staged Fake FBI Raid on Business Partner, Actor Hired for Production Says](https://www.thedailybeast.com/jacob-wohl-staged-fake-fbi-raid-on-business-partner-actor-hired-for-production-says)? ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/927 "2020-09-15T04:07:03Z")
and the Washington Post fell for it. > **[A fake FBI raid orchestrated by right-wing activists dupes The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/a-fake-fbi-raid-orchestrated-by-right-wing-activists-dupes-the-washington-post/2020/09/14/c07ccc7e-f6c1-11ea-be57-d00bb9bc632d_story.html)** > > A scene organized by Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman briefly prompts an erroneous news report ---
**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:** [September 15, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/928 "2020-09-15T04:12:42Z")
I know Wohl’s daddy is rich, but even he has to have a limit. I sometimes think James O’Keefe hires these guys to make him look less stupid and inept. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/929 "2020-09-15T08:35:02Z")
This seems…fitting. > **[Trump ad asks people to support the troops. But it uses a picture of Russian...](https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/09/14/trump-ad-asks-people-to-support-the-troops-but-it-uses-a-picture-of-russian-jets-414883)** > > The Trump Make America Great Again Committee is run by both the Republican National Committee and the campaign. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2020, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/930 "2020-09-15T09:50:22Z")
Well, those _are_ the troops il Doofus supports… ---
**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:** [September 16, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/931 "2020-09-16T16:27:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Michelle Bachmann: The Bible warned us that Black transgender Marxists would try to elect Biden President. > [Michele Bachmann: The Bible warned that ‘transgender Black Marxists’ would try to elect Biden – DeadState](https://deadstate.org/michele-bachmann-the-bible-warned-that-transgender-black-marxists-would-try-to-elect-biden) There aren’t enough black,transgender Marxists to elect him! Maybe he Should have chosen Laverne Cox for vice president. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/932 "2020-09-16T19:09:39Z")
A court has told the Republican Secretary of State of Ohio that he can’t order that only one ballot drop box be allowed in each county. He says he’s appealing, and in the meantime, his order stands. > **[Ohio judge blows up GOP plan to allow only 1 ballot box in each county](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/ohio-judge-blows-gop-plan-allow-only-1-ballot-box-n1240191)** > > The limitation in the battleground state is arbitrary and unreasonable, the court said. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/933 "2020-09-16T19:44:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A court has told the Republican Secretary of State of Ohio that he can’t order that only one ballot drop box be allowed in each county. **He says he’s appealing** , and in the meantime, his order stands. He thinks he’s APPEALING? Who could possibly find a Republican appealing?\* \*(from the set of rational human beings, of course) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/934 "2020-09-16T20:02:21Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > In Wisconsin, you call up DNS, get a tag, lash it to your hood and take it home for dinner. DNR, not DNS. Or as my pappy used to say, “Department of No Returns”. Back in my day, sonny, you couldn’t even look sternly at the dead deer without inciting the wrath of the DNR. We had one land centered in our driveway, and we couldn’t even move it to the side. Had to drive through the ditch for the two days it took the DNR to come and move it to the Deer Dump ---
**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:** [September 16, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/935 "2020-09-16T20:42:00Z")
The moderator of the subreddit r/PedoGate, which is designed to prove that Democrats should be arrested for child sexual abuse, has been arrested for possession of child porn. [![](https://i.redd.it/126iqj1fhjn51.png) ](https://i.redd.it/126iqj1fhjn51.png) ---
**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:** [September 16, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/936 "2020-09-16T20:50:36Z")
Slumming, **Rick**? I hasten to add that I’m not intending to insinuate anything about your proclivities. Just curious to learn the path that led you to that link. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/937 "2020-09-16T20:53:32Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Slumming, **Rick**? > > I hasten to add that I’m not intending to insinuate anything about your proclivities. Just curious to learn the path that led you to that link. I like reddit. It was posted in the r/LeopardAteMyFace subreddit. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/938 "2020-09-16T20:54:32Z")
The Ohio Chief Justice, who is a Republican, criticizes the Secretary of State for attacking the judge who ruled against the Sec. > ---
**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:** [September 16, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/939 "2020-09-16T22:07:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The moderator of the subreddit r/PedoGate, which is designed to prove that Democrats should be arrested for child sexual abuse, has been arrested for possession of child porn. Every decent person decries exploitation (sexual and otherwise) of children. Every decent person supports laws to protect children. But people who **obsess** over child sexual abuse have…something _else_ going on. Yes, EVERY QAnon. Every one of them. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/940 "2020-09-16T22:48:05Z")
Facebook flagged a Tucker Carlson post as fake news. Tucker Carlson owns The Daily Caller, which Facebook uses as one of its fact checking organizations. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/941 "2020-09-16T23:58:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tucker Carlson owns The Daily Caller, _Wall Street Journal_ says the fucker left in June. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/fox-news-host-tucker-carlson-leaves-the-daily-caller-11591804588](https://www.wsj.com/articles/fox-news-host-tucker-carlson-leaves-the-daily-caller-11591804588) > [@](#): > > which Facebook uses as one of its fact checking organizations One hopes Facebook uses it to find fake news. > **[Daily Caller - Bias and Credibility](https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/daily-caller/)** > > RIGHT BIAS These media sources are moderate to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/942 "2020-09-17T13:53:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > A court has told the Republican Secretary of State of Ohio that he can’t order that only one ballot drop box be allowed in each county. **He says he’s appealing** , and in the meantime, his order stands. > > He thinks he’s APPEALING? “Appealing”? I’m sure that must simply be a spell-check goof. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/943 "2020-09-17T19:08:16Z")
I have lost all hope. America is done. It was a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/944 "2020-09-17T19:34:16Z")
Would you say you can’t hardly stand it? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/945 "2020-09-17T20:15:38Z")
America: Good idea, flawed execution. 3 Stars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=48)