# 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:** 63
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1246 "2020-10-12T01:36:38Z")
Goody. I just donated to Jaime again. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1247 "2020-10-12T03:25:28Z")
So [the Stupid Republican Idea here is allowing Eric Trump to speak in public](https://www.thedailybeast.com/confused-eric-trump-says-dad-is-getting-cured-by-his-own-vaccines): > [@Eric Trump](#): > > It goes to speak how good some of these vaccines that are being created are and what my father’s done on the vaccine front no one could have done. My father literally started day one creating this vaccine, he worked to push this vaccine and now my father just took it and you see how well he got over it. 🙄 > [@](#): > > “Can you clarify that? You said your father just took a vaccine?” Karl pushed back, wondering if Trump was referencing the therapeutics the president took during his stay. > > Eric Trump quickly shifted, saying that it “shows the power of medicine and how far we’ve come on COVID,” noting that he was talking about the “medicines he was taking” at Walter Reed. > > This isn’t the first time that Eric Trump has falsely asserted that the president took a “vaccine” during his hospital stay. (This is, of course, not how vaccines work—patients don’t take vaccines after they’ve been infected with a disease.) > > “There’s never been vaccines that were created so quickly, my father was just on one of them… it knocked it out in 24 hours,” [Eric said during a radio interview on Oct. 7.](https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1314573884285308931) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1248 "2020-10-12T04:50:26Z")
My question to him would have been, “Pardon me, but do you have any relatives we could talk with that _aren’t_ full of shit?” ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1249 "2020-10-12T05:11:36Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > There is no question at all that the USA is far weaker and far less able to deal with threats, than was the case in 2016. Well, when you think about it, that could be enough to earn him his Nobel Peace Prize. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1250 "2020-10-12T07:06:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Straight conservative commentators think the ladies are hot for Mike Pence. All the ladies think he’s pretty fly. Sorry, I mean all the ladies think he _has_ a pretty fly. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > Actively going against the wishes of the voters does not bode well for the political career of the dumbass politician who goes along with it. If you’ve subverted the electoral process, what are the voters going to do about it? It’s not who votes that counts, it’s who counts the votes. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1251 "2020-10-12T14:31:46Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Speaking of Lindsey Graham, the Lincoln Project has a [hilarious new ad](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=762638274301082) out skewering him. Speaking of targeted ads, I wonder if the staffers have been able to keep [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BmFkB1_vN8) away from Donny Two-scoops. Since we haven’t heard of a fatal stroke, my guess would be ‘yes.’ ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1252 "2020-10-12T16:34:31Z")
If someone has already posted about this, my apologies, but in the Just When You Thought They Couldn’t Sink Any Lower department, we find this: > **[Unofficial ballot drop boxes popping up throughout the state worry elections...](https://www.ocregister.com/2020/10/11/unofficial-ballot-drop-boxes-popping-up-throughout-the-state-worry-elections-officials/)** > > Promoting such boxes — which have been found in Los Angeles, Orange and Fresno counties — could be a felony. Story broken by the Orange County Register, no less. And Republicans are actually trying to _defend_ what they’re doing. I’m so far past disgusted there are no words left. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1253 "2020-10-12T17:36:37Z")
Holy shit. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1254 "2020-10-12T17:52:09Z")
Here’s a CNN article on Barrett and Obamacare. [https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/10/politics/affordable-care-act-amy-coney-barrett-obamacare/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/10/politics/affordable-care-act-amy-coney-barrett-obamacare/index.html) I didn’t realize this: > The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on November 10 regarding whether the whole law should be tossed out. That could be just weeks after the full Senate has confirmed a new Justice Barrett. Are the Republicans really going to be so stupid and irresponsible as to strike down the entire ACA in November, when renewals are in process for January, in the middle of a pandemic? If they are, bring it on. The ACA has strong public support, and I think this egregious end-run around the legislature in a lame duck period would assure public support for packing the court. And, of course, for simply reinstating the ACA with whatever formulation satisfies the technicalities the court uses to throw it out. Let the twitching corpse of this Republican administration do its worst, I hope it just strengthens the new administration’s resolve to kill them off for good. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1255 "2020-10-12T17:59:57Z")
And are they really going to try to reverse gay marriage rights? I can’t imagine what will happen if they really do all these things. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1256 "2020-10-12T18:21:38Z")
I think blue states would continue to do the right things. And red states who took conservative actions once they were free to do so would be punished by the national marketplace. Remember the NCAA refusing to hold tournament events in NC a couple of years ago? National opinion in favor of gay rights has gotten even stronger since then and national companies will be afraid to do nice things for states which don’t recognize basic human dignity. At least that’s my hope. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1257 "2020-10-12T19:33:43Z")
Woman at PA grocery store recognizes wife of Lieutenant Governer, decides the adult, rational thing to do is call her a ‘nigger’ who ‘doesn’t belong here’: > **[Wife of Pennsylvania's Lt. Governor called racist slur at grocery store](https://news.yahoo.com/wife-pennsylvanias-lt-governor-called-121537918.html)** > > Gisele Barreto Fetterman, wife to Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and a formerly undocumented immigrant from Brazil, said the Sunday incident happened after she was recognized at the store. OK, it doesn’t state definitively that the person in question was a Republican, but if I were a betting cartoon horse… ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1258 "2020-10-12T19:50:16Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Story broken by the Orange County Register, no less. And Republicans are actually trying to _defend_ what they’re doing. Find the people responsible for these “unofficial” boxes, charge them, convict them, and sentence them to the maximum prison sentence. Do this loudly and publicly. Republicans are taking apart the process of democracy. Don’t allow 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:** [October 12, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1259 "2020-10-12T20:21:43Z")
When you get a mail in ballot in California, there is a list of legal ballot boxes included with your ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1260 "2020-10-12T20:23:26Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > And are they really going to try to reverse gay marriage rights? I can’t imagine what will happen if they really do all these things I can, and unfortunately so can they. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1261 "2020-10-12T20:25:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > there is a list of legal ballot boxes included with your ballot. Yes, but a non-zero percentage of folks will see a box and not check to see if it is official (because they don’t know that the GOP is rejecting all norms). ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1262 "2020-10-12T20:29:05Z")
Mike Lee, who is positive for covid, showed up at the SCOTUS hearings in person today sans mask. And Lindsay Graham asked Barrett to remove her mask before testifying. Mark Meadows walked up to a gaggle of reporters and took off his mask. They asked him to put his mask back on and he said no, and walked away. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1263 "2020-10-12T20:35:09Z")
A Michigan state legislature candidate claims that what the militia thugs who wanted to kidnap Governor Whitmer did, is not illegal. Even the Republican Party condemns his comments. > **[Michigan House GOP won't back Republican candidate after Whitmer plot comment](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/10/michigan-house-gop-wont-back-candidate-after-whitmer-plot-comment/5953971002/)** > > The main committee of House Republicans won't support a GOP candidate who questioned law enforcement's handling of the plot against Gov. Whitmer ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1264 "2020-10-12T20:39:43Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > If someone has already posted about this, my apologies, but in the Just When You Thought They Couldn’t Sink Any Lower department, we find this: > > ### [Unofficial ballot drop boxes popping up throughout the state worry elections…](https://www.ocregister.com/2020/10/11/unofficial-ballot-drop-boxes-popping-up-throughout-the-state-worry-elections-officials/) > > Promoting such boxes — which have been found in Los Angeles, Orange and Fresno counties — could be a felony. > > Story broken by the Orange County Register NOW WAIT A MINUTE! From the article, > [@](#): > > Reports came out [Saturday night](https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/10/10/unofficial-ballot-drop-box-appears-in-front-of-baptist-church-in-canyon-country/) about a metal box in front of Freedom’s Way Baptist Church in Castaic that had a sign matching the one on the Orange County box. The church posted on social media that the box was “approved and brought by the GOP.” The post said church officials don’t have a key to the box and that GOP officials picks up the ballots. A pastor for the church didn’t respond to a request for comment. > > On its website, the Fresno County Republican Party also shared a list of “secure” ballot collection locations. None are [official county drop box sites](https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=41147), with the local GOP instead listing its own headquarters, multiple gun shops and other local businesses. Wouldn’t those places (GOP headquarters, gun shops, Baptist church) tend to vote Republican? If the Republicans were trying some shennanigans, wouldn’t it make more sense to put the unofficial boxes in places where more “Demoncrats” would vote? By putting them where the Republicans are, they’re, in effect, throwing out Republican votes! You put the unofficial boxes outside of, say, Planned Parenthood clinics, you’re going to draw more from the leftist crowd, and you’d be throwing away votes for Biden instead of Trump! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1265 "2020-10-12T21:16:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A Michigan state legislature candidate claims that what the militia thugs who wanted to kidnap Governor Whitmer did, is not illegal. Even the Republican Party condemns his comments. Of course it’s Macomb County, where I live. People are so aggressively Trumpian around here I’m amazed any Republican condemned him. That said, I strongly suspect he was defending militia members not involved in the plot, essentially trying to argue that the article unfairly painted all militia members with a broad brush. That was my take on his comment. And he’s wrong. All militia members are dangerous. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=64)