# 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:** 70
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1386 "2020-10-20T14:35:12Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > “If there’s a reporter on, you can have it just the way I said it, I couldn’t care less,” Trump said. CNN was given access to the call by a source. Ah, the sweet sound of despair! I’m starting to think that even Trump is finally realizing he’s losing this election. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1387 "2020-10-20T18:08:16Z")
Lord, can’t wait til the debate. Of course I won’t watch, if I hear of a car wreck, I don’t want to watch that either. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1388 "2020-10-20T18:49:18Z")
Heard this on the news yesterday. Foreign journalists will be restricted to (at most) 15 months in the country. Then they’ll have to leave. In return, other countries will begin restricting American journalists overseas to 15 months - then they’ll have to leave. Who needs news from elsewhere reported by people with in country contacts and expertise? Apparently, not real true Americans. > **[DHS Proposes to Change Admission Period Structure for F, J and I Nonimmigrants...](https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/09/24/dhs-proposes-change-admission-period-structure-f-j-and-i-nonimmigrants)** > > The Department of Homeland Security has announced a proposed rule to require a fixed period of stay for international students, exchange visitors and foreign information media representatives to encourage program compliance, reduce fraud and enhance... ---
**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:** [October 20, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1389 "2020-10-20T23:06:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Senator Ron Johnson is claiming he saw kiddie porn on this alleged Hunter Biden laptop. Is it wrong of me to hope Guiliani is stupid enough to start looking for kiddie porn to plant on this laptop and gets caught downloading 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 20, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1390 "2020-10-20T23:11:36Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > gets caught downloading it While visiting Trump in the White House, thus using a government server to download porn. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1391 "2020-10-20T23:17:46Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > For ordinary folk, yes, but in Trumpland it’s just another Tuesday. Soros is going to buy up all the Christmas merch or something. Melania will be happy. ---
**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 20, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1392 "2020-10-20T23:44:34Z")
Registered Democrats in Florida are reporting getting emails allegedly from the Proud Boys threatening to come after them if they don’t immediately re-register as Republican, and vote for Individual 1. > ---
**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 21, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1393 "2020-10-21T00:00:57Z")
A public high school in Ohio is giving extra credit if students watch videos from Prager University. > **[Videos From Right-Wing Site That Preaches 'The Left Ruins Everything'...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/right-wing-videos-public-schools-prageru_n_5f889a29c5b6e9e76fbb6db8)** > > PragerU videos were recently assigned in an Ohio classroom. Turns out, the right-wing site is looking to further its influence in K-12 settings. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1394 "2020-10-21T01:16:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Senator Ron Johnson is claiming he saw kiddie porn on this alleged Hunter Biden laptop. How can he just say this without any proof? Or blowback? Is anyone holding Johnson’s feet to the fire? SOMEONE should be saying “If this is true, file charges, if it’s not, you’re in trouble…” (preferably, before the debate…) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1395 "2020-10-21T01:17:40Z")
Now, how did the Proud Boys get these voter records? Is that public information? ---
**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 21, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1396 "2020-10-21T01:27:57Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Is it wrong of me to hope Guiliani is stupid enough to start looking for kiddie porn to plant on this laptop and gets caught downloading it? - It’s wrong yet so very right. ---
**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 21, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1397 "2020-10-21T02:23:27Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Now, how did the Proud Boys get these voter records? Is that public information? Apparently in Florida, yes. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1398 "2020-10-21T02:25:36Z")
It would be nice to see defamation laws tightened to make it easier for “public figures” (can Hunter even be considered a public figure?) to sue in cases such as this. It might start to give people pause to think before spreading such outlandish stories ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1399 "2020-10-21T02:42:12Z")
Florida Democrats can re-register as Repubs to their hearts’ delight (or to the Proud Boys’ hearts’ delight), but their actual votes are still secret. ---
**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 21, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1400 "2020-10-21T03:11:27Z")
[Rewd E. Ghouliani](https://www.joemygod.com/2020/10/giuliani-even-if-my-hunter-biden-smear-isnt-accurate-the-american-people-are-entitled-to-know-about-it/): > [@](#): > > They’ve set up an Iron Curtain so you can’t get out the New York Post story which I happened to know is 100 percent accurate. But even if it isn’t accurate, the American people are entitled to know it. (my bold) We need to be able to freely spread lies! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1401 "2020-10-21T04:21:10Z")
If only the New York Post had their own website or even a paper copy of their ‘reporting’ one could acquire . . . but, alas, no… ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1402 "2020-10-21T09:54:03Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > It would be nice to see defamation laws tightened to make it easier for “public figures” (can Hunter even be considered a public figure?) to sue in cases such as this. > It might start to give people pause to think before spreading such outlandish stories IANAL, but from the look of it this meets even the existing _Sullivan_ standard for defaming a public figure (i.e. “malice” in the form of knowingly lying or demonstrating reckless disregard for the truth). ---
**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 21, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1403 "2020-10-21T11:26:35Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > If only the New York Post had their own website or even a paper copy of their ‘reporting’ one could acquire . That’s a little disingenuous - news is spread (and advertising $$ earned) in the modern world via Facebook and Twitter, generally by links back to the originating website. Note that I am in no way suggesting the Post story should be allowed to spread. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1404 "2020-10-21T11:41:48Z")
No, what’s disingenuous is Giuliani saying “They’ve set up an Iron Curtain so you can’t get out the New York Post story”. We know about this ‘’‘story’’’ because the Post printed it and Giuliani is pimping it. And worse, with “But even if it isn’t accurate, the American people are entitled to know it.” Giuliani is treading directly on LBJ’s infamous “Of course it ain’t true, but I want to make the son-of-a-bitch deny it.” ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1405 "2020-10-21T12:55:10Z")
> [@digs](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Senator Ron Johnson is claiming he saw kiddie porn on this alleged Hunter Biden laptop. > > How can he just say this without any proof? Or blowback? > > Is anyone holding Johnson’s feet to the fire? SOMEONE should be saying “If this is true, file charges, if it’s not, you’re in trouble…” > > (preferably, before the debate…) Wouldn’t there also be the issue of “chain of custody?” I mean, if Hunter “abandoned” his laptop, wouldn’t it be possible for someone - like someone who works with/on computers (like, say, someone who works in a computer repair store) - to upload pictures of kiddy porn onto said laptop and then claim that he found them on this laptop? Given how much the Right loves conspiracy theories, this actually sounds plausible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=71)