# 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:** 52
**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:** [September 25, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1026 "2020-09-25T07:56:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Clearly this is a follow-through on trump’s suggestion that ballots are the problem, so let’s just do away with them. > > But seriously, what on earth is even the most far-fetched rationale for allowing only one day to count ballots? Not a snowball’s chance at the center of the sun that this would go anywhere, but the mere fact that they bring up a bill like this and are talking about it helps “legitimize” their plans to get the Republican legislatures to make it de facto so by appointing their own slates of electors. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1027 "2020-09-25T19:49:29Z")
McConnell and McCarthy decline to attend the Ginsburg memorial services. > **[McConnell, McCarthy Skip Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ceremony Despite Invites](https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-mitch-mcconnell-kevin-mccarthy-skip-ruth-bader-ginsburg-ceremony-despite-invites-1534332)** > > It is rare for members of the Big Four—the top leaders in both chambers—to miss such historic and significant ceremonies at the Capitol, particularly for those who lie in state. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1028 "2020-09-25T20:07:38Z")
They were probably afraid that their presence would cause RBG to raise from the dead to kick their asses. And then they wouldn’t have an open seat on SCOTUS any more. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1029 "2020-09-25T20:15:53Z")
I, for one, welcome our new zombie justice. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1030 "2020-09-25T22:46:35Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > They were probably afraid that their presence would cause RBG to raise from the dead to kick their asses. Or that they would be struck by lightning. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1031 "2020-09-25T23:31:12Z")
Or that they would receive the same reception as [Trump](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/clarissajanlim/video-trump-boo-vote-out-rbg-ruth-bader-ginsburg). ---
**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:** [September 26, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1032 "2020-09-26T23:36:55Z")
From the [State Department Twitter feed](https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/1309938304268279811): > .@SecPompeo > : Normal states do not violently suppress legitimate protests, jail their own citizens or those of other countries on specious charges, engage in torture, and impose severe restrictions on fundamental freedoms. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1033 "2020-09-26T23:49:06Z")
Since Pompeo considers himself a good Christian, I think a little Romans 2:1 and 2:5 is in order > You may think you can condemn such people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others do these very same things > But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, ---
**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:** [September 27, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1034 "2020-09-27T04:16:41Z")
Rightwingers are running memes trying to prove that Amy Coney Barret can’t be a racist, she has two Haitian children, and here they are, right her, in this picture, with her and her husband. Except it’s Barrett’s sister, not her, and neither Barrett’s husband nor her children. I guess all Haitian children look alike. Besides, i don’t think anybody is accusing her of being racist, just of wanting to form a theology. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1035 "2020-09-27T05:08:10Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > He’s _still_ not running for President, you idiots. > > [https://nypost.com/2020/09/23/senate-report-links-hunter-biden-to-trafficking-ring/](https://nypost.com/2020/09/23/senate-report-links-hunter-biden-to-trafficking-ring/) Wait…hasn’t Trump also paid thousands of dollars to sex workers? ---
**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:** [September 27, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1036 "2020-09-27T16:01:44Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Wait…hasn’t Trump also paid thousands of dollars to sex workers? IOKIARDI ---
**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:** [September 27, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1037 "2020-09-27T16:28:17Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Wait…hasn’t Trump also paid thousands of dollars to sex workers? That is precisely the reason they are using this line of attack. Its classic whataboutism. Its proof that Biden is just as bad as Trump in this area so we no longer have to pay attention to Trumps infidelities. Of course it’s a massive false equivalence, but its enough of a fig leaf to help those who desperately want to support Trump reconcile the cognitive dissonance of his serial adulteries. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1038 "2020-09-27T17:34:35Z")
And, even if it were the case that Hunter is as bad as Trump, which I seriously doubt, it is still not Hunter Biden that is running for president. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1039 "2020-09-28T18:13:23Z")
The Governor of South Dakota posts a photo of herself hunting and claims that it’s social distancing, with the slogan, “Hunting, not Covid.” > **[As South Dakota virus cases rise, governor posts video of her shooting a...](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/south-dakota-governor-kristi-noem-video-shoots-bird-more-hunting-less-covid/)** > > South Dakota ranks second in the country in the number of new cases per capita in the last two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1040 "2020-09-28T19:05:53Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > I, for one, welcome our new zombie justice. New Zombie Justice, coming this fall on UPN. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1041 "2020-09-28T19:39:44Z")
I heard Amazon picked it up so they could pair it with _Gary Busey, Pet Judge_. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1042 "2020-09-28T20:42:41Z")
> **[Houston Republicans sue to limit in-person and absentee voting options in...](https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/28/houston-republicans-lawsuit-voting/)** > > Conservative activist Steve Hotze and a number of Republican candidates and officials are asking the Texas Supreme Court to shorten the early voting period and limit drop-off locations for absentee ballots in the state’s largest Democratic county. > A litigious conservative activist in Houston, the Harris County Republican party, and a number of Republican officials and candidates are asking the Texas Supreme Court to limit in-person and absentee voting options for Harris County voters during the pandemic. > > The county, the state’s most populous and a major Democratic stronghold, began letting voters drop off absentee ballots Monday for the Nov. 3 general election at 11 annexes. In line with [a directive](https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/27/texas-greg-abbott-early-voting-november/) from Republican Gov. [Greg Abbott](https://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/), the county also intends to begin in-person early voting Oct. 13. > … Geez Louise. I guess the next step is to make it illegal for Democrats to vote at all, amirite? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1043 "2020-09-29T03:01:48Z")
Hannity brought Individual 1’s ex doctor, Ronny Jackson (who is running for Congress) on his show to tell us all that Biden is using performance enhancing drugs, why else does he seem so coherent? > The same Ronny Jackson who told us how healthy Individual 1 is. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1044 "2020-09-29T05:35:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The same Ronny Jackson who told us how healthy Individual 1 is. And was accused of using opioids and giving them to a staff member. It’s always projection. > **[VA nominee Ronny Jackson dished out opioids, wrecked vehicle while drunk,...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/25/va-nominee-ronny-jackson-accused-misconduct-drugs/551565002/)** > > Colleagues alleged Jackson has an "explosive" temper, wrote himself prescriptions, and provided a "large supply" of Percocet, an opioid medication, to a White House staffer. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1045 "2020-09-29T13:37:47Z")
Eric Trump [gave a quote](https://twitter.com/revrrlewis/status/1310915882483359751) that seems to indicate either that he is gay, or that he thinks that “LGBT” is some sort of law enforcement agency. It’s hard to tell which. “The LGBT community, they are incredible. And you should see how they come out in full force for my father every single day. I’m part of that community, and we love the man. Thank you for protecting our neighborhoods, thank you for protecting our cities.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=53)