# 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:** 471
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9438 "2022-01-12T01:14:29Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > When the Republican Party nominates its people, they’re not nominating their best. But they have a large pool to draw from. Dam ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9439 "2022-01-12T02:51:01Z")
Marjorie Taylor ~~Gun~~ Greene is talking about Second Amendment solutions again: > **['I hate to use this language:' Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests it's time to...](https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-2656376515/)** > > Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Tuesday floated resorting to using the "Second Amendment" to deal with Democrats who are imposing what she described as a "tyrannical" government.While speaking with right-wing media personality Sebastian Gorka,... > [@](#): > > “Ultimately the truth is it’s our Second Amendment rights, our right to bear arms, that protects Americans and give us the ability to defend ourselves from a tyrannical government,” she said. "And I hate to use this language but Democrats, they’re exactly – they’re doing exactly what our Founders talked about when they gave us the precious rights that we have.” ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9440 "2022-01-12T03:46:19Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > “Ultimately the truth is it’s our Second Amendment rights, our right to bear arms, that protects Americans and give us the ability to defend ourselves from a tyrannical government,” she said. Has she ever heard of tanks? Or bombers? Or howitzers? Or Predator drones? I’m moderately certain that most people, no matter how 2nd amendment-y they are, can afford even one of those. I’d say the dumb goes clear to the bone, but it obviously goes much further than that and there just isn’t an adequate expression to cover it. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9441 "2022-01-12T04:53:33Z")
She knows this. She just wants some of her moron cannon-fodder followers to go sacrifice themselves so that she can use them as talking points to gain more power and or money. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9442 "2022-01-12T07:42:54Z")
Of course, if _she_ got shot it woud be a terrorist attack 'cause I was thinking the same about her, _doing exactly what our Founders talked about when they gave us the precious rights that we have._ ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9443 "2022-01-12T12:08:39Z")
Yeah, it’s pretty much a right only for the right. When I’m feeling frisky, I like to ask my RW friends what is the tipping point where they start shooting police officers (back the blue!), who would presumably be the first state actors to respond to the revolution. Of course, it is an article of faith that the police and military would be on their side. And they likely would get a chunk, but I think not as many as they presume. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9444 "2022-01-12T12:33:05Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Yeah, it’s pretty much a right only for the right. When I’m feeling frisky, I like to ask my RW friends what is the tipping point where they start shooting police officers (back the blue!), who would presumably be the first state actors to respond to the revolution. - And at that point, they’re no longer a “law-abiding gun owner”. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9445 "2022-01-12T12:37:33Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > When I’m feeling frisky, I like to ask my RW friends what is the tipping point where they start shooting police officers (back the blue!), who would presumably be the first state actors to respond to the revolution. We’ve already seen the point at which they start attacking police officers. It’s just that - this time - they didn’t use guns. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9446 "2022-01-12T13:52:25Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > We’ve already seen the point at which they start attacking police officers. It’s just that - this time - they didn’t use guns. Yep, and it was just fine and dandy to send 140 of them to the hospital. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9447 "2022-01-12T18:51:00Z")
MyPillow guy says he has evidence that could lead to the arrests of 300 million Americans. > **[Mike Lindell says he has 'enough evidence' to put '300 million' Americans in...](https://www.rawstory.com/mike-lindell-put-everybody-in-prison/)** > > MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell argued this week that "300 million" Americans belong in jail for election fraud.Lindell's remarks on Real America's Voice were first reported by Right Wing Watch."Everything you're going to see over these next seven months... ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9448 "2022-01-12T18:54:06Z")
Ted Cruz is pretending to think that the FBI led the 1/6 attack on the Capitol. Weren’t they working for his President then? > **[Still making amends, Ted Cruz pursues fringe Jan. 6 theory](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/still-making-amends-ted-cruz-pursues-fringe-jan-6-theory-n1287341)** > > By pursuing a fringe Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, Sen. Ted Cruz is proving he doesn't want to lead conservatives; he wants to be led by conservatives. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9449 "2022-01-12T18:55:03Z")
As always, they were working for and loyal to the Deep State. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9450 "2022-01-12T19:01:55Z")
What an embarrassment to his family. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9451 "2022-01-12T19:04:06Z")
300 million guilty of voter fraud. 330 million population of US. That’s a pretty steep percentage. 258 million population of US over 18. At least some kids were in on it. 74 million votes cast for Trump. Over half of all Trump voters were in on it! This is shocking news. Truly shocking. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9452 "2022-01-12T19:04:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > MyPillow guy says he has evidence that could lead to the arrests of 300 million Americans. Since the total Presidential vote was 158-million, that means there must have been close two conspirators for every vote cast, Democrat, Republican, and small party. That or he pulled a number out of his ass. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9453 "2022-01-12T19:13:39Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Since the total Presidential vote was 158-million, that means there must have been close two conspirators for every vote cast, Democrat, Republican, and small party. Every even-numbered American was so busy dragging an odd-numbered American to the polls, and forcing them to vote for Biden, that they just didn’t have time to vote themselves. Makes as much sense as anything, I suppose. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9454 "2022-01-12T19:15:09Z")
Fox guest tells viewers to use high dosages of testosterone suppressing meds to “cure” covid. > **[Fox News guest tells audience to treat COVID-19 with drugs used for...](https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/fox-news-guest-tells-audience-treat-covid-19-drugs-used-transgender-health)** ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9455 "2022-01-12T19:33:00Z")
Well, it might make them less aggressive. Does he know this is also called “chemical castration”? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9456 "2022-01-12T19:41:27Z")
Gee…which do ya think? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9457 "2022-01-12T19:49:22Z")
Rather than locking up the 300 million Americans who committed fraud, wouldn’t it be easier to form an enclave for all of the people who didn’t commit fraud? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=470) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=472)