# 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:** 486
**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 25, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9738 "2022-01-25T03:04:12Z")
> **[Sarah Palin Catches Covid For Second Time After Saying She'd Get Vaccine...](https://www.unilad.com/celebrity/sarah-palin-catches-covid-for-second-time-20220124)** > > Sarah Palin Catches Covid For Second Time After Saying She'd Get Vaccine 'Over Her Dead Body' what a bad person, forcing me to not say what I so want to say ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9739 "2022-01-25T03:10:03Z")
Get the Herman Cain Award ready. ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9740 "2022-01-25T03:36:18Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > …what a bad person, forcing me to not say what I so want to say Count me among those also not saying it. ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9741 "2022-01-25T03:37:10Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > what a bad person, forcing me to not say what I so want to say I mentioned in the other thread, if she had it once before, it must have been a mild case, and if she has it again it should be even a milder case. Proof that getting the disease is the best vaccination there is! Who needs a Fauci ouchie? ---
**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:** [January 25, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9742 "2022-01-25T15:34:59Z")
This will end well… > **[New Virginia governor launches tip line to report teachers for 'divisive'...](https://www.rawstory.com/glenn-youngkin-report-teacher-tip-line/)** > > New Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is begging Virginia parents to call his tip line to report teachers for teaching "divisive" subjects. While they called it a tip line, the office only revealed an email the press release:... > New Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is begging Virginia parents to call his tip line to report teachers for teaching “divisive” subjects. ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9743 "2022-01-25T15:35:39Z")
Wisconsin going for a two-fer today: > **[Wisconsin Assembly OKs vaccine passport ban, immunity waiver](https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-wisconsin-dfda8a12d8d20e654357f30dcb37af04)** > > MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly approved a pair of bills Tuesday that would require employers to count a prior coronavirus infection as an alternative to vaccination and testing and prohibit government agencies... > **[Assembly to vote on bill barring vaccination discrimination](https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-wisconsin-public-health-ba6e4cef9b9f602f5d302d09d83f0c24)** > > MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly is set to vote on a Republican-authored bill that would prohibit government entities from creating COVID-19 vaccination passports. The bill’s main Assembly sponsors, Reps. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9744 "2022-01-25T15:49:26Z")
“Hello, is this the Youngkin tipline? I have a fifth-grade teacher in my district who is teaching…[breathy voice] LONG DIVISION!!” 😵 😵 😵 😵 ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9745 "2022-01-25T15:50:26Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > for teaching “divisive” subjects. “…and then she insisted my little Jaden had to carry the 3! He’s much to delicate to be carrying a 3!” ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9746 "2022-01-25T15:53:48Z")
Math is hard and discriminates against my child because she is not a super-smart Oriental! ---
**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:** [January 25, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9747 "2022-01-25T15:55:49Z")
And in high school, they’re teaching about _integration_! ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9748 "2022-01-25T15:59:54Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > New Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is begging Virginia parents to call his tip line to report teachers for teaching “divisive” subjects. Ah, finally a place I can vent my second grade outrage I felt when I discovered the word “yot” was supposed to be spelled “yacht”. _Who the hell was responsible for that!?!?_ ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9749 "2022-01-25T16:05:44Z")
“Hello, is this the Youngkin tipline? My daughter’s drama class is full of Thespians!" ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9750 "2022-01-25T16:24:27Z")
Winner! ---
**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 25, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9751 "2022-01-25T17:04:53Z")
By the time TikTokers get done with it, it’ll be as effective as TrumpCo’s voter fraud hotline. ---
**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 25, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9752 "2022-01-25T17:12:53Z")
what is a good insult for men that doesn’t involve their parents? ---
**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 25, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9753 "2022-01-25T17:16:16Z")
You impugn their manhoods, like making reference to how small their hands are, implying a commensurate smallness of other body parts. Or: _Raj Koothrappali: You remind me of the funny old story about a man who walks into a women’s correctional institution with a stack of paperwork that would allow the female convicts to go free._ _Leonard Hofstadter: You’re saying I couldn’t get laid in a women’s prison with a handful of pardons._ _Raj Koothrappali: Are you going to let me tell the story or not?_ ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9754 "2022-01-25T17:20:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Albany, New York County Legislator resigns after saying gay people should be sent off to an island where they can die. > [New York Politician Resigns After Suggesting Gays Be Sent to an Island](https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/4/06/new-york-politician-resigns-after-suggesting-gays-be-sent-island) Guess what? [He’s on it.](https://www.google.com/maps/place/New+York+County,+New+York,+NY/@40.7812201,-74.1172265,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c2ed64fc3b013b:0xd813d2023b2ead16!8m2!3d40.7830603!4d-73.9712488) ---
**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 25, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9755 "2022-01-25T17:22:14Z")
so biden should have said, “thinking with his itsy bitsy brain 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 25, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9756 "2022-01-25T18:49:28Z")
Congressman Jim Banks: Have we ever seen a President attack and malign the free press like Joe Biden has?? > ---
**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 25, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9757 "2022-01-25T19:00:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Congressman Jim Banks: > Have we ever seen a President attack and malign the free press like Joe Biden has?? - > > [https://twitter.com/RepJimBanks/status/1485753654854438916](https://twitter.com/RepJimBanks/status/1485753654854438916) Goldfish have longer memories. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=485) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=487)