# 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:** 491
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9838 "2022-01-28T01:18:25Z")
Possibly the goofiest GOP tantrum of the day. Maybe. > **[Newt Gingrich wants to punish Rep. Adam Schiff and other anti-Trump lawmakers...](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/newt-gingrich-wants-punish-rep-222922996.html)** > > Gingrich said Republicans should "dump" Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff and others in a bogus committee "with no staff, no jurisdiction and no opportunity to do anything." > [@](#): > > Gingrich said Schiff should go to the powerless committee “because he used his position as the head of the Intelligence Committee to lie to the country for years… And I would expect the Republicans next year will simply demand to see all of his records.” oooooo, oh no! All his damning, self-incriminating records that they’ll _surely_ rake him over the coals with. 😆 > [@](#): > > Gingrich detailed his ideas for punishing Schiff and “a handful of destructive, dishonest members” in a January 18 blog post, titled [“The Wolves Will Become Sheep,”](https://www.gingrich360.com/2022/01/18/the-wolves-will-become-sheep/) comparing Democrats to wolves who will become sheep when the 2022 elections hands “the power to shear them” to Republicans. Like it makes one slightest fucking difference _what_ the dems do or _don’t_ do, leading up to a likely (R.) mid-term victory - the Republicans will pull whatever shit, regardless. > [@](#): > > He complained in the blog, as he did during his Fox News interview on Sunday, that the January 6 Committee will potentially bankrupt people who worked for or supported Trump. 🎻 Which made me almost put this in the schadenfraude thread. ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9839 "2022-01-28T01:38:06Z")
As an ex Speaker of the House, he should know that it’s up to the members of the minority quorum to decide what members go onto what committees. ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9840 "2022-01-28T05:15:05Z")
So Sarah Palin went to a restaurant in New York and they didn’t demand to see her covid passport and let her eat inside, and then less than a day later, she tested positive. Then two days later, she broke quarantine to go back to the restaurant to apologize, and they let her eat outside, also in violation of city protocols. So the spokesman for the mayor told New Yorkers that if they come in contact with Sarah Palin, they should get tested. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9841 "2022-01-28T05:17:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > if they come in contact with Sarah Palin, they should get tested. That was good advice even before the latest events. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9842 "2022-01-28T07:01:57Z")
Even better, float both Barack _and_ Michelle out there as candidates. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9843 "2022-01-28T14:02:03Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > That was good advice even before the latest events. You beat me to it. ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9844 "2022-01-28T17:44:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > if they come in contact with Sarah Palin, they should get tested My shrink had me on a hefty Thorazine regimen for several months to deal with the effects of having heard her speak. On the upside, we were able to replace the wallpaper with relative ease. ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9845 "2022-01-28T18:58:48Z")
Covid, STDs, cooties, [Chlorovirus ATCV-1](https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/10/23/1418895111.abstract), better get tested for all of them just to be safe. ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9846 "2022-01-28T18:59:04Z")
New York cop on Fox says that progressive politicians need to be victims of gun violence so they’ll vote for more cops and less gun control. > **[NYPD Cop to Fox News: ‘We Need’ Progressive Lawmakers to Be Gun Violence Victims](https://www.thedailybeast.com/nypd-cop-tells-fox-news-we-need-dem-lawmakers-to-be-gun-violence-victims)** > > Rep. Cori Bush, the initial subject of the officer’s comments, called out the network for “advocating for me to face violence.” ---
**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 28, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9847 "2022-01-28T19:00:01Z")
Kristi Noem’s chief of staff compares trans athletes to terrorists. > **[Kristi Noem’s Chief of Staff Actually Compares Trans Athletes to ‘Terrorism’](https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-dakota-governor-kristi-noems-chief-of-staff-actually-compares-trans-athletes-to-terrorism)** > > “You see it over there, and don’t want it to get to here,” he said of a bill that would bar trans girls from playing on teams that match their gender identity. ---
**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 28, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9848 "2022-01-28T19:01:49Z")
The Attorney General of Texas went on the MyPillow’s guy platform to complain about how eight judges had ordered that he stop prosecuting voter fraud and leave it up to the local District Attorneys. He whined that the local DAs are “Soros supported”, and gave out contact information for the eight judges so that MYPillow’s viewers can harass them. > **[Texas AG went on Mike Lindell's TV network urging people to pressure state...](https://www.businessinsider.com/texas-ag-urged-people-pressure-state-judges-voter-fraud-ruling-2022-1)** > > "You can look them up," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said during an interview on MyPillow CEO and conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell's platform. ---
**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 28, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9849 "2022-01-28T19:34:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kristi Noem’s chief of staff compares trans athletes to terrorists. So he’s saying he’s terrified of trans people. Got 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 28, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9850 "2022-01-28T19:53:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > He whined that the local DAs are “Soros supported”, and gave out contact information for the eight judges so that MYPillow’s viewers can harass them. How is this even vaguely ethical to throw your own people under the bus like this, accuse them baselessly, and encourage people to harass them? In a nutshell, What The Fuck? ---
**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 28, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9851 "2022-01-28T19:55:35Z")
Your assumption that he or Greg Abbott care what’s “ethical” is utterly unfounded. ---
**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 28, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9852 "2022-01-28T20:07:24Z")
Candace Owens is horrified that Minnie Mouse wears pants, and is distracting from the “fact” that you have to pay $30 for bacon. > **[Candace Owens Sees Plot to ‘Destroy Fabrics of Society’ in Minnie Mouse...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/candace-owens-sees-plot-to-destroy-fabrics-of-society-in-minnie-mouse-wearing-a-pantsuit)** > > A one-month promotional campaign featuring the Disney character in a pantsuit is really an attempt to distract from alleged $30 bacon, Owens argues with a straight face. ---
**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 28, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9853 "2022-01-28T20:09:24Z")
Holy shit, these people are stupid. All Disney’s doing is trying to establish a new clothing line for their characters, making more money selling these clothes to little girls, which is I thought what republicans liked. ---
**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 28, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9854 "2022-01-28T20:11:34Z")
‘Making money’, that is. Not too sure their position on little girls. Shit. I’m just gonna stop while I’m WAY behind. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9855 "2022-01-28T20:13:24Z")
A class act: > **[West Virginia Gov. Enlists Pet Dog To Send Bette Midler A Graphic Message](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-justice-dog-bette-midler_n_61f41dc5e4b02de5f518a571)** > > The 70-year-old Republican governor ended his televised State of the State address Thursday night by flashing his English bulldog's rear end to the cameras and crowd. > [@](#): > > # West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice Tells Bette Midler To Kiss His Dog’s ‘Hiney’ > > The 70-year-old Republican governor ended his televised State of the State address Thursday night by flashing his English bulldog’s rear end to the cameras and crowd. > Gov. Jim Justice has a message for singer and actress Bette Midler, who called West Virginians “poor, illiterate and strung out” in a tweet after Sen. Joe Manchin refused to support President [Joe Biden](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/joe-biden)’s Build Back Better Act. I suspect Midler was just pissed off at Manchin after the failure of the Build Back Better Act, and I do think she shouldn’t have made that sweeping condemnation of West Virginians as a result. But how does flashing your dog’s butt at her disprove that stereotype? ---
**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 28, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9856 "2022-01-28T21:33:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > But how does flashing your dog’s butt at her disprove that stereotype? It proves that they are not _only_ “poor, illiterate and strung out”, but also dumb as fuck. ---
**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 28, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9857 "2022-01-28T22:49:36Z")
What a shame to use your dog like that. If you’re gonna moon someone, have the cheek to do it yourself! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=490) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=492)