# 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:** 67
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1326 "2020-10-15T21:33:12Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I honestly have more respect for the Trump true believers than I do for these liars and thieves. Totally! My wife and I have been saying this for four years. If you’re a selfish racist jerk, okay, fine, vote for Trump. You do you. There’s a certain honesty there. But all those enablers? Come on. You’re just pathetic scum. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1327 "2020-10-16T05:27:52Z")
I never thought leopards would eat _my_ face, says Christie. > **[Christie says he was wrong not to wear mask in White House](https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-politics-pandemics-new-jersey-66edacf7116c9885fe8b00706c0bd1de?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP)** > > WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday that he was wrong not to wear a mask at the White House, after he and President Donald Trump both came down with the coronavirus... One day, a Republican, somewhere, will do the right thing **before** the negative consequences from doing the opposite affects them personally. Not today, though. ---
**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 16, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1328 "2020-10-16T11:46:00Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > I never thought leopards would eat _my_ face, says Christie. > > > ### [Christie says he was wrong not to wear mask in White House](https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-politics-pandemics-new-jersey-66edacf7116c9885fe8b00706c0bd1de?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP) > > > > WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday that he was wrong not to wear a mask at the White House, after he and President Donald Trump both came down with the… > > One day, a Republican, somewhere, will do the right thing **before** the negative consequences from doing the opposite affects them personally. Not today, though… Clearly, Christie got COVID from the leopards, not from the WH. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1329 "2020-10-16T11:47:47Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > One day, a Republican, somewhere, will do the right thing **before** the negative consequences from doing the opposite affects them personally. Not today, though. - 🎶 To dream, the impossible dream… 🎶 ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1330 "2020-10-16T13:47:29Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > One day, a Republican, somewhere, will do the right thing **before** the negative consequences from doing the opposite affects them personally. And on that day, the will have switched parties, and become a progressive. Though, to be fair, my reasons for backing progressive principles is entirely selfish. Having a better world to live in _does_ affect me personally. ---
**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 16, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1331 "2020-10-16T18:00:22Z")
Assaulting a poll worker? Yeah, that’s stupid. > **[Biden vows more clarity on expanding the Supreme Court is coming soon](https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/10/16/trump-biden-live-updates/#link-EFHFA3H4OBECTIOWUYA2AQE4PI)** > > The campaign is playing out Friday across several states that President Trump won four years ago but appear competitive in the closing stretch of the race. > [@](#): > > In an interview, Pendleton said he became angry at the polling site’s chief judge after he was told he could not enter the premises until polls opened at 8 a.m. Pendleton said he had been allowed in at a different voting center at 7 a.m. Thursday, the first day of in-person voting in North Carolina. > > When the election judge stepped in front of him to block his entry, he said he pushed him away. > > “I really got upset about it, and I said, ‘Well, what are you doing up in there that you don’t want us to see?’” Pendleton said. 🙄 Violent AND crazy… greaaaaat… ---
**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 16, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1332 "2020-10-16T19:24:01Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Assaulting a poll worker? Yeah, that’s stupid. > > > [@WP](#): > > > > In an interview, Pendleton said he became angry at the polling site’s chief judge after he was told he could not enter the premises until polls opened at 8 a.m. Pendleton said he had been allowed in at a different voting center at 7 a.m. Thursday, the first day of in-person voting in North Carolina. So, one of Trump’s maroon minions trying to vote twice? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1333 "2020-10-16T19:25:55Z")
He is (or was) a poll observer. Presumably that’s why he wanted to enter the polling site. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1334 "2020-10-16T20:32:21Z")
I saw a big obnoxious Trump flag on the back of a pickup truck today that said TRUMP 2020 NO MORE BULLSHIT The irony! It burns us! ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1335 "2020-10-16T20:57:37Z")
Boy some people really need to get their BS detector fixed. My wife sent me a graphic yesterday. It said… > I said, “Alexa, list Trump’s lies.” > She hasn’t shut the fuck up for 3 days. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1336 "2020-10-17T01:04:38Z")
New DumpsterFire Lie-A-Day Calendars coming out for Christmas. A little over 68 YEARS of material. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1337 "2020-10-17T13:35:45Z")
> **[Sen. David Perdue mispronounces colleague Sen. Kamala Harris' name at a Trump...](https://www.businessinsider.com/sen-david-purdue-mispronounces-kamala-harris-name-at-trump-rally-2020-10)** > > "KAH-mah-la, Kah-MAH-la, Kamala-mala-mala, I don't know, whatever," Perdue said, eliciting laughs from the audience. “While referring to his Senate colleague, Perdue said, “KAH-mah-la, Kah-MAH-la, Kamala-mala-mala, I don’t know, whatever,” eliciting laughs from the audience.” Cue moron Republicans: What? That’s not racist. He didn’t use the N word once! ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1338 "2020-10-17T17:12:37Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > “While referring to his Senate colleague, Perdue said, “KAH-mah-la, Kah-MAH-la, Kamala-mala-mala, I don’t know, whatever,” eliciting laughs from the audience.” Anybody can play that game: “Per-DUE, PER-due, Per-DUMB, Per-DUMBER, Per-dumb-and-dumber, I don’t know, whatever.” ---
**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 17, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1339 "2020-10-17T18:11:04Z")
QAnon is claiming that at tonight’s Individual 1 rally, JFK Junior will appear and announce that he’s still alive, he supports Individual 1, and will be replacing Pence on the ticket. No, really. ---
**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 17, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1340 "2020-10-17T18:35:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > QAnon is claiming that at tonight’s Individual 1 rally, JFK Junior will appear and announce that he’s still alive, he supports Individual 1, and will be replacing Pence on the ticket. I had to look this up. It’s actually true. The appearance and announcement will happen at Trump’s rally in Dallas tonight. One slight problem: Trump is appearing in Janesville, Wisconsin, tonight. 1000 miles from Dallas. Trump did hold a rally in Dallas. On October 17, 2019. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1341 "2020-10-17T18:54:19Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > One slight problem: Trump is appearing in Janesville, Wisconsin, tonight. 1000 miles from Dallas. That’s what they want you to think. > [@Railer13](#): > > Trump did hold a rally in Dallas. On October 17, 2019. Are you really going to trust your sources that tell you of things that happened a whole year ago? Who actually remembers back that far? ---
**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 17, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1342 "2020-10-17T23:02:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > QAnon is claiming that at tonight’s Individual 1 rally, JFK Junior will appear and announce that he’s still alive, he supports Individual 1, and will be replacing Pence on the ticket. > No, really. Will that be before or after the Second Coming of the Prophet Zarquon? ---
**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 17, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1343 "2020-10-17T23:08:24Z")
Jon Voight puts out a pro-Individual 1 ad claiming Biden is evil and we must ask God to rid of the Democratic horror. > ---
**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:** [October 17, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1344 "2020-10-17T23:14:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > QAnon is claiming that at tonight’s Individual 1 rally, JFK Junior will appear and announce that he’s still alive, he supports Individual 1, and will be replacing Pence on the ticket. > No, really. Actually, they originally invited President Kennedy but he declined, stating “I didn’t have a good time on my previous visit.” ---
**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 18, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1345 "2020-10-18T03:19:53Z")
So I haven’t seen anything on the news about JFK Jr. coming back to life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=68)