# 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:** 483
**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:** [January 22, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9678 "2022-01-22T01:24:37Z")
I would swear that’s a made up joke ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9679 "2022-01-22T01:50:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > a completely made-up story that public school restrooms are being equipped with litter boxes for transcats. This was a topic I saw on another message board a week or so ago, with the rumor going around that it was happening here. In rural high schools. In a state that went 53% for Trump in 2020, that overwhelmingly re-elected a Trump sycophant as governor. And some people in that thread _believed it was actually happening._ They claimed school administrators were so afraid of being sued for “civil rights” reasons that they went along with putting litter boxes in the schools. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9680 "2022-01-22T02:28:56Z")
Oh for crying out loud! Are they serious!?! I knew I should have started a cult. The things some people believe. ---
**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 22, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9681 "2022-01-22T05:30:48Z")
Meanwhile on Fox News, Untersturmführer Carlson is outraged that the M&Ms mascots aren’t sexy enough anymore, declaring, and I quote; “M&Ms will not be satisfied until every last cartoon character is deeply unappealing and totally androgynous. Until the moment you wouldn’t want to have a drink with any one of them. That’s the goal. When you are totally turned off, we’ve achieved equity. They’ve won.” > **[Tucker Carlson Mocks Woke M&Ms Characters as ‘Deeply Unappealing and...](https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-mocks-woke-mms-characters-as-deeply-unappealing-and-totally-androgynous/)** > > Tucker Carlson ripped the maker of M&Ms for making the candy less appealing after the company announced it would retool its ads to be more gender inclusive. ---
**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 22, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9682 "2022-01-22T05:34:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Carlson is outraged that the M&Ms mascots aren’t sexy enough anymore, declaring, and I quote; “M&Ms will not be satisfied until every last cartoon character is deeply unappealing and totally androgynous. It’s because he wants to date the female one. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9683 "2022-01-22T05:37:27Z")
I was going to say something like that. Too much time on his hands ---
**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 22, 2022, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9684 "2022-01-22T05:38:58Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > It’s because he wants to date the female one. Read the article and you’ll find that his specific complaint about the green M&M is she’s not wearing sexy boots anymore. He’s basically confessing to having a foot fetish for a cartoon piece of candy. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9685 "2022-01-22T05:53:24Z")
And that actually doesn’t surprise me ---
**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 22, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9686 "2022-01-22T05:53:29Z")
Fox News: ARE YOU OUTRAGED YET? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9687 "2022-01-22T06:51:31Z")
> [@](#): > > [Yertle the Turtle](https://apnews.com/article/f5bf9627cb2a1d5a20dd75acbc335300) pushed back Friday against the uproar over a comment he made about African American voters, calling the criticism directed his way “outrageous.” … the Republican leader said he misspoke … (and) “I’ve never been accused of this sort of thing before, and it’s hurtful and offensive,” he said. “And I think some of the critics know it’s totally nonsense.” “_Just because I had my hand in the cookie jar don’t mean I was taking cookies._” He pointed to his activities half a century ago, marching with King and watching LBJ sign the voting rights act. Because no one ever changes their outlook over the course of 50+ years. (Though, TBF, I have not changed much since those days.) ---
**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 22, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9688 "2022-01-22T16:10:08Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > “And I think some of the critics know it’s totally nonsense.” When was the last time he denounced believers of the Big Lie again? ---
**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 22, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9689 "2022-01-22T19:22:54Z")
Fucker Carlson is all upset that the brown M&M isn’t sexy enough for him any more. > **[Tucker Carlson Whines He’s No Longer Attracted to the Brown M&M](https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-whines-on-fox-news-how-hes-no-longer-attracted-to-the-brown-mandm)** > > “That’s the goal. When you’re totally turned off, we’ve achieved equity,” he said. ---
**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 22, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9690 "2022-01-22T19:25:39Z")
Wisconsin Republican gets roasted after posting that he can’t read the “instructions” on the N95 masks Pelosi sent out to every Congressional office. 1-It’s a KN95 not an N95 2-The picture in the post is a certificate, not instructions 3-They’re bilingual in both Chinese and English. 4-People wondered if he really needed instructions to put on a mask. > **[Bice: U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil gets roasted on Twitter for making fun of...](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/daniel-bice/2022/01/21/wisconsin-bryan-steil-gets-roasted-tweet-making-fun-china-manufactured-masks/6608309001/)** > > In a mere 16 words, U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil managed to suggest he can't read English, doesn't know how to put on a mask and riled a Wisconsin industry. ---
**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 22, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9691 "2022-01-22T19:29:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 4-People wondered if he really needed instructions to put on a mask. - “The human body has three orifices that emit gas. The mask covers two of them. Try not to talk out of the third.” ---
**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 22, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9692 "2022-01-22T22:25:15Z")
Just wait till he starts tirading about them making animal crackers less sexy. ---
**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 22, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9693 "2022-01-22T22:29:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fucker Carlson is all upset that the brown M&M isn’t sexy enough for him any more. I can’t believe he is admitting he **ever** found the brown M&M sexy. What’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9694 "2022-01-22T22:53:28Z")
_That_… is the real ick factor, right there. ---
**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 22, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9695 "2022-01-22T22:53:42Z")
I hope to hell that M&M let’s him know that their cartoon candies aren’t designed for his sexual gratification. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9696 "2022-01-22T22:58:54Z")
The brown one? Everyone knows that the green M&M is the slutty one. > **[Let the Green M&M Be a Nasty Little Slut](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/green-mm-mars-wrigley-rebrand-sneakers-slut-1287965/)** > > Mars Wrigley is trying to make the green M&M wear Larry David sneakers and we will not stand for it ---
**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 22, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9697 "2022-01-22T23:23:16Z")
A federal judge has ordered the University of Florida to stop trying to prevent professors from testifying against the state. > **[Judge Issues Stinging Free Speech Ruling Against University of Florida...](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/us/florida-professors-free-speech.html)** > > While a lawsuit is being resolved, the university cannot bar professors from offering expert testimony in lawsuits against the state, the federal judge ruled. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=482) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=484)