# 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:** 66
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1306 "2020-10-14T16:40:09Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Why did two people here add another word to “pen”? Are pens that come filled with other liquids common where they’re from? Maybe they got a pig pen. Ya have to be sure. ---
**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 14, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1307 "2020-10-14T17:55:58Z")
Rudy tells an Individual 1 rally that nobody is dying of coronavirus. > **[Rudy Giuliani Tells Trump Supporters 'People Don’t Die' Of Coronavirus Anymore](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rudy-giuliani-trump-supporters-coronavirus_n_5f85a9d3c5b62f97bac83730)** > > Trump's personal attorney made the egregious comment while standing in a small office space in Philadelphia. ---
**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 14, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1308 "2020-10-14T18:05:20Z")
Senator John Cornyn posted a photo of a group of Democratic Senators huddled closely together, calling them out for not wearing masks. Pat Leady had to point out that the photo was form 2018. > **[Cornyn shares photo of Democratic senators from 2018, asks why they’re not...](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/521009-cornyn-shares-picture-of-democratic-senators-from-2018-questions-why-theyre/)** > > Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Wednesday shared a 2018 photo of a group of Democratic senators and questioned why they were not wearing masks.Cornyn retweeted a picture of Democratic Sens. Shel… ---
**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 14, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1309 "2020-10-14T18:07:42Z")
Ted Cruz criticized Democratic Senators for not attending the confirmation hearings, claiming it means they don’t really care. Dick Durbin had to point out that they’re socially distancing in their offices, but following along remotely. > ---
**Author:** ![omenran](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omenran/32/3318_2.png) [@omenran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omenran)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1310 "2020-10-14T18:36:00Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Why did two people here add another word to “pen”? Are pens that come filled with other liquids common where they’re from? You forget about epi pen. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1311 "2020-10-14T18:41:58Z")
Yeah, I belatedly realized that. Although, these days, who can tell anymore? I mean, look at the Teabaggers. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1312 "2020-10-14T19:19:51Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Why did two people here add another word to “pen”? Are pens that come filled with other liquids common where they’re from? Didn’t want anyone to think that the Board of Elections was handing out anything as fancy as fountain pens or gel pens. 😌 ---
**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 14, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1313 "2020-10-14T19:30:09Z")
Lindsay Graham tried to make a joke about the “good old days of segregation”. > **[Sen. Lindsey Graham Jokes About ‘Good Old Days of Segregation’ at ACB Hearing](https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-carolina-senator-lindsey-graham-jokes-about-good-old-days-of-segregation)** > > Asked by a reporter about the comment, Graham said it was made with “deep sarcasm.” ---
**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 14, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1314 "2020-10-14T19:38:14Z")
Postal delivery guy caught with bags of undelivered mail is apparently a QAnon cray. > **[USPS Worker Being Investigated for Trashing Mail Is Apparently a QAnon Follower](https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7w8pw/usps-worker-being-investigated-for-trashing-mail-is-apparently-a-qanon-follower)** > > The Pittsburgh-area postal worker shared memes criticizing mainstream media for not taking QAnon’s claims more seriously. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1315 "2020-10-14T20:22:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Postal delivery guy caught with bags of undelivered mail is apparently a QAnon cray.- Newman!! ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1316 "2020-10-15T03:25:14Z")
> [@slumtrimpet](#): > > I guess this qualifies as a stupid Republican idea since it’s a really nifty graph that tracks COVID-19 cases by State partisanship. > > [https://dangoodspeed.com/covid/total-cases-since-june](https://dangoodspeed.com/covid/total-cases-since-june) Interesting- in another thread we were discussing the impact of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. This graphic shows that starting about three weeks after the rally, cases in South Dakota began rising precipitously. ---
**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 15, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1317 "2020-10-15T14:44:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Senator John Cornyn posted a photo of a group of Democratic Senators huddled closely together, calling them out for not wearing masks. Pat Leady had to point out that the photo was form 2018. Well, that’s right up there with his nibs criticizing the Obummer administration for not coming up with a COVID cure before they left leaving it to him to deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1318 "2020-10-15T14:46:15Z")
> **[Viral video shows Utah Trump supporter coughing on BLM protesters](https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/viral-video-shows-utah-trump-supporter-coughing-on-blm-protesters/)** > > A Utah Trump supporter got into legal hot water after getting caught on viral video coughing on a group of Black Lives Matter demonstrators outside a local gas station. Robert Brissette, 42, was pu… > “Oh, I’m so scared of your little f—-g virus,” he said on the video, which had gotten 1.2 million views as of midday Wednesday. > > The two sides then exchange F-bombs as Brissette walks back to his truck, with two protesters yelling, “take your hate somewhere else.” > > Brissette said on a GoFundMe page he set up after the incident that he was charged by police over the encounter and claimed he was the victim. > > The page has a goal of $10,000 but had raised just $50 by Wednesday afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1319 "2020-10-15T15:23:24Z")
Apologies if already mentioned, but Senator Kennedy of Louisiana had a WTF question for Amy Coney Barrett. “It’s a sincere question, I’m generally curious, who does the laundry in your house?” > **[Republican Senator John Kennedy asks Amy Coney Barrett 'who does the laundry...](https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-senator-john-kennedy-asks-amy-coney-barrett-laundry-question-2020-10)** > > Journalists and others responded by asking whether the same entirely irrelevant question would be asked of a male nominee. ---
**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 15, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1320 "2020-10-15T16:30:38Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > “It’s a sincere question, I’m generally curious, who does the laundry in your house?” Well finally, someone has the courage to probe into Barret’s dirty laundry. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1321 "2020-10-15T17:09:10Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > “It’s a sincere question, I’m generally curious, who does the laundry in your house?” Isn’t that Lindsey Graham? ---
**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 15, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1322 "2020-10-15T18:16:07Z")
Lindsey Graham used the hearings to plug his campaign website and beg for money. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1323 "2020-10-15T19:11:45Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Isn’t that Lindsey Graham? Ha!!! ---
**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 15, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1324 "2020-10-15T19:20:57Z")
The point of the question was “Hey, I’m getting hungry up here, do you have any of those pod things in your purse that I can snack on?” ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1325 "2020-10-15T21:13:35Z")
Ben Sasse audio “[leaks](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sasse-senate-trump-republicans/2020/10/15/644ece10-0f18-11eb-b1e8-16b59b92b36d_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0ytq6rhUrE5-cYrOY7zVAaxCBDxy49QUh6UuUNJtgCp1N4movZPllzD-c)” where we finally know that the Republican party is well aware of the awful president that they have supported for four years. I honestly have more respect for the Trump true believers than I do for these liars and thieves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=67)