# 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:** 472
**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, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9458 "2022-01-12T19:51:33Z")
New arrival in heaven being given a tour: “What’s this area with the high wall around it?” Host: "Shhhh. They’re Baptists thinking they’re the only ones here. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9459 "2022-01-12T19:52:44Z")
How on earth did so many people in this country go so batshit fucking crazy? Holy shit, I just can’t hardly stand it. It feels like the stupid, evil people are winning. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9460 "2022-01-12T20:08:54Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > How on earth did so many people in this country go so batshit fucking crazy? I’m writing an article about this very question! Will let you know when done, see what you think. ---
**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9461 "2022-01-12T20:10:21Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > How on earth did so many people in this country go so batshit fucking crazy? Holy shit, I just can’t hardly stand it. > > It feels like the stupid, evil people are winning. This. 100% this. I’ll vote for the RW media. These morons believe them with every fiber of their being. It started mostly with Rush. And then Glen Beck and on, and on and on. And now they have their own networks to fleece them. I admit that I watched a little Glen Beck when he first got on the scene. Many, many years ago. But soon saw that he was just plan wrong. My dad loved Rush, so of course we could not talk about politics or any social issues or anything. The long and short of it is that they have been brainwashed. Much like the people of North Korea. The RW media is still making their money though, so it’s not going to stop. If the republicans take congress, do expect an immediate attempt to impeach Biden because he dares to challenge their hero, Trump. A lying, criminal moron that does not give one shit for anyone but himself is their hero. They admire his ‘qualities’. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9462 "2022-01-12T20:25:39Z")
More projection from Ted “Cancún” Cruz: > **[Why Biden, Democrats Push Voting Bills Against Odds](https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-biden-democrats-push-voting-bills-against-odds-11641992402)** > > For the president, the downside of not forcefully advocating for action on stalled election legislation outweighs the political risk of failing to pass it, his advisers say. > At a news conference on Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) accused Democrats of aiming to strike down voter ID laws across the country. “Democrats have decided that voter fraud benefits them politically. And they’re willing to go to any length to tear down the reasonable, common-sense protections that protect the integrity of our elections,” he said. ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9463 "2022-01-12T20:37:53Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 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? So basically just all of the children 7 years of age or less? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9464 "2022-01-12T20:45:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fox guest tells viewers to use high dosages of testosterone suppressing meds to “cure” covid. Drinking pee is _sooo_ yesterday. My stupid-ass BiL has Covid\*. He blames the government - he says they “made him get a shot that gave him covid”. \* knowing him, he might not actually have it. His credibility is shot ---
**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, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9465 "2022-01-12T20:52:57Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > 300 million guilty of voter fraud. > > 330 million population of US. That’s a pretty steep percentage. I think he’s including all the Americans who died from July 4, 1776 through Nov. 3, 2020 who then voted in the election. Surprising that he only found 300 million of them. ---
**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, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9466 "2022-01-12T20:53:03Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 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? And we can let them build a wall around it and everything. They LOVE walls! ---
**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, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9467 "2022-01-12T21:07:42Z")
KIRK: All the time, Miri! It’s happening to you right now! Look at it. Look at it, Miri, it’s in you! MIRI: No! No! No! [![](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/4/45/Miri_disease_advanced.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110421212229&path-prefix=en) ](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/4/45/Miri_disease_advanced.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110421212229&path-prefix=en) ---
**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, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9468 "2022-01-12T21:08:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > MyPillow guy says he has evidence that could lead to the arrests of 300 million Americans. Many years ago at the (as it was then) JREF forum, [one poster came up with the **Inflationary Model of Conspiracy Theories**.](http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=2320446#post2320446) > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > “A Good Theory can be distinguished from a Conspiracy Theory as follows: When repeatedly exposed to scrutiny, the Conspiracy Theory requires more and more people involved, and more and more extraordinary events in order to prevent self-contradiction. A Good Theory, in contrast, remains approximately static in complexity as it is refined.” > > This is the same principle that makes little kids such rotten liars. Whenever they fib, they don’t have enough experience to make things consistent, so they throw out any old thing that pops into their head. Upon questioning it doesn’t match, the lies get bigger, and so on. At some point, there would be so many people “in on it” that it would be easier to just win the election by just voting. ---
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9469 "2022-01-12T21:43:27Z")
Dinesh D’Souza tweeted that there is evidence that Betty White died from a covid booster. When somebody called him out on it, he said that his own tweet was fake and he never said it. The tweet is still on his timeline. > > > Kevin M. Kruse @KevinMKruse ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9470 "2022-01-12T22:33:40Z")
The Dealey Plaza cult is headed to Loser Donald’s rally in Tucson, which they expect to feature live music by Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Tupac Shakur and John Lennon. > **[All the Best QAnon People Are Going to Trump’s Rally in Arizona](https://www.vice.com/en/article/93b3x3/trump-rally-arizona-qanon)** > > They'll be in the crowd and on stage with the former president. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9471 "2022-01-12T22:39:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Loser Donald’s rally in Tucson Is that LollapaLOSER 2022? OR LOSERpalooza 2022? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9472 "2022-01-12T22:45:55Z")
I thought you were joking until I read the article. They did more than take “live entertainment” literally. They had a history of it. > This prediction follows Protzman’s own claim in November that at a Rolling Stones concert in Dallas that he forced his group to attend, the band members were [replaced by Jackson, Prince, and JFK Jr.](https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vaw4/qanon-jfk-dallas-protzman), with Aaliyah providing backup vocals. ---
**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, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9473 "2022-01-12T22:53:36Z")
The Ohio Supreme Court has thrown out the gerrymandered state legislative districts as unconstitutional. > **[Redistricting: Ohio Supreme Court strikes down state House and Senate maps](https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/12/redistricting-ohio-supreme-court-rejects-state-house-and-senate-maps/6447740001/)** > > In a 4-3 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court invalidated legislative district maps and sent the Ohio Redistricting Commission back to the drawing board. ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9474 "2022-01-12T22:58:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Ohio Supreme Court has thrown out the gerrymandered state legislative districts as unconstitutional. If only that could happen in Texas… and if only unicorns were real… and I could get into my college jeans… ---
**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, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9475 "2022-01-12T23:10:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Dealey Plaza cult is headed to Loser Donald’s rally in Tucson, which they expect to feature live music by Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Tupac Shakur and John Lennon. The Trump cult is getting whackier and whackier. It has boiled down to a group of mentally ill people and those who are trying to grift off them. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9476 "2022-01-12T23:11:48Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Dealey Plaza cult is headed to Loser Donald’s rally in Tucson Florence. ---
**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, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9477 "2022-01-12T23:13:33Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > It feels like the stupid, evil people are winning. _Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield!_ _Against stupidity the very gods_ _Themselves contend in vain. Exalted reason,_ _Resplendent daughter of the head divine,_ _Wise foundress of the system of the world,_ _Guide of the stars, who art thou then if thou,_ _Bound to the tail of folly’s uncurbed steed,_ _Must, vainly shrieking with the drunken crowd,_ _Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss._ _Accursed, who striveth after noble ends,_ _And with deliberate wisdom forms his plans!_ _To the fool-king belongs the world._ - Friedrich Schiller, “The Maid of Orleans” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=471) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=473)