# 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:** 481
**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 20, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9638 "2022-01-20T13:09:57Z")
Mitch Stonewall Beauregard Davis Pickett Forrest McConnell says Democrats are overreacting over the state of voting rights because, and I quote; “If you look at the statistics, African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.” > **[McConnell Comparing 'African Americans' and 'Americans' Sparks Outrage](https://www.newsweek.com/mcconnell-comparing-african-americans-americans-sparks-outrage-1671077)** > > Voters of color concerns about voting rights are "misplaced," McConnell said, "as African American voters are voting in as high a percentage as Americans." ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9639 "2022-01-20T13:12:15Z")
😱 Wow. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9640 "2022-01-20T13:27:02Z")
Wow is right. Mitch is usually way more savvy about such stuff. ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9641 "2022-01-20T13:41:00Z")
“Savvy racist” is a term I hadn’t even thought of before. ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9642 "2022-01-20T13:43:30Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Wow is right. Mitch is usually way more savvy about such stuff. But it won’t matter! No one is going to change their opinion on Nathan Bedford McConnell. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9643 "2022-01-20T14:08:32Z")
Well, “Americans” certainly won’t. Just those unAmerican pissants who vote the wrong way care about things like that. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9644 "2022-01-20T15:15:16Z")
Bishop Talbert Swan tweeted: “I wonder what’s the difference he sees between ‘African-American voters’ and ‘Americans.’ Can’t qwhite put my finger on it.” ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9645 "2022-01-20T15:29:31Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Wow is right. Mitch is usually way more savvy about such stuff. I don’t think Afro-Americans vs. Euro-Americans would have gone over much better. ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9646 "2022-01-20T15:44:36Z")
I think you’re all being too hard on Mitch. From his viewpoint, black people are just as important as actual humans. ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9647 "2022-01-20T15:49:18Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > > “Crickets. Yeah, crickets,” he said of the senators’ response. “They had no answer.” Well, that pretty much sums up the entire GOP, not just the Senators. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9648 "2022-01-20T16:19:40Z")
Reminds me of LAPD Chief Daryl Gates back in the 80s: > **[I WAS THERE: 'He Was Suggesting That Blacks Were Not Normal,' L.A. Doctor...](https://www.kcet.org/shows/socal-connected/clip/i-was-there-he-was-suggesting-that-blacks-were-not-normal-l-a-doctor-recalls-bizarre-phone-call-from-then-lapd-chief-daryl-gates)** > > Los Angeles Cardiologist Dr. Richard Allen Williams recalls a disturbing phone call that ultimately contributed to a major change in policing in L.A. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9649 "2022-01-20T16:23:51Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > “Crickets. Yeah, crickets,” he said of the senators’ response. “They had no answer.” So I decided to give up and let them run my political party in this pathetically dysfunctional way. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9650 "2022-01-20T17:12:27Z")
Clearly not crickets on their shoulders, though. ---
**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 20, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9651 "2022-01-20T20:53:29Z")
One simple rule to identify fraudulent ballots. If the paper the ballot is printed on is lighter than the skin tone of the voter its probably fraudulent. ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9652 "2022-01-20T22:57:30Z")
I don’t see a separate Voter Suppression thread (yet), so I’ll put this here: > **[Why Texas election officials are rejecting hundreds of vote-by-mail applications](https://www.npr.org/2022/01/20/1074296368/why-texas-election-officials-are-rejecting-hundreds-of-vote-by-mail-applications)** > > Ahead of the March primary, local elections officials in Texas are starting to deal with the effects of a new GOP-backed voting law. > Several counties in Texas have reported rejecting hundreds of vote-by-mail applications in the past week because of confusion over new ID requirements created by a [Republican-backed law](https://www.npr.org/2021/07/09/1014579306/texas-republicans-have-a-new-voting-bill-heres-whats-in-it) that went into effect last month. > > The Texas law, known as Senate Bill 1, requires that people provide either a partial Social Security number or a driver’s license number on their application for a mail-in ballot — and that number has to match the identification on their voter registration. > > The problem is this: A lot of people don’t remember what form of ID they put on their registration. That’s especially true if they registered to vote decades ago. > … > > In a press release last week, DeBeauvoir’s office said it had “rejected about fifty percent of applications for ballot by mail that have been received for the March 1, 2022 primary election.” > > “Many other counties are experiencing the same high rejection rate,” officials wrote. > > According to the [San Antonio Report](https://sanantonioreport.org/bexar-county-elections-mail-in-ballots/), officials in Bexar County also found problems with half the ballot applications they received. Williamson County and Houston also reported similar issues. > … > > All this confusion is having the biggest impact on the few groups who are even eligible to vote by mail in Texas in the first place. > > Texas’ vote-by-mail program is among the most limited in the country. Only voters who are out of town, over 65 or disabled are allowed to use a mail-in ballot. > … ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9653 "2022-01-20T23:50:04Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Only voters who are out of town, over 65 or disabled are allowed to use a mail-in ballot. And mostly Republican voters, hopefully. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9654 "2022-01-21T01:25:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Mitch Stonewall Beauregard Davis Pickett Forrest McConnell says Democrats are overreacting over the state of voting rights because, and I quote; “If you look at the statistics, African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.” > > [Mitch McConnell Comments Comparing 'African Americans' and 'Americans' Spark Outrage - Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/mcconnell-comparing-african-americans-americans-sparks-outrage-1671077) I have no doubt that Mitch McConnell’s personal beliefs DO include the ‘fact’ that African-Americans are not really Americans. My guess is he’s always felt that way. But up until now he’s been careful to avoid saying so. The fact that he’s now going Full Racist is disturbing; he clearly thinks it will pay off for him, or he wouldn’t have done it. ---
**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 21, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9655 "2022-01-21T01:36:41Z")
Have any Republicans commented on his statement? Out loud? ---
**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 21, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9656 "2022-01-21T02:07:05Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > All this confusion is having the biggest impact on the few groups who are even eligible to vote by mail in Texas in the first place. > > Texas’ vote-by-mail program is among the most limited in the country. Only voters who are out of town, **over 65** or disabled are allowed to use a mail-in ballot. Bolding mine. I am really, REALLY hoping that they are disenfranchising a LOT of Republican voters. ---
**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 21, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9657 "2022-01-21T02:08:04Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The fact that he’s now going Full Racist is disturbing; he clearly thinks it will pay off for him, or he wouldn’t have done it. Or, he is simultaneously going Full Senile. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=480) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=482)