# 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:** 79
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1566 "2020-11-01T17:28:47Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > > > “Three Trump supporters have been executed, one in Portland, one in Denver, and one Milwaukee. A leftist mob attempted to storm the house of the McCloskeys, threatened to burn their house down, rape Mrs. McCloskey, and then kill them both. > > Really nothing compared to the trumpists trying to run a Biden campaign bus off the road. Why have these people not been arrested for vehicular assault? I mean come on. Attacking a bus that is supporting a Presidential candidate? These people are not in jail? > > Yeah, Texas. We are looking lawlessness in the face. These people will totally lose there shit come about November 4th. Shit like this – where it’s clearly OK, as long as it’s white people and/or Republicans doing it – makes it so crystal clear that “Law and Order” means “keep the darkies under control.” I mean – to steal a phrase from GOP supporters on this board – where is the condemnation for this lawless violence from President Trump and Republican leaders? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1567 "2020-11-01T17:44:00Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Why have these people not been arrested for vehicular assault? IOKWARDI ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1568 "2020-11-01T19:02:22Z")
More Texas shit. [https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Federal-judge-to-hear-challenge-to-Harris-15691351.php](https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Federal-judge-to-hear-challenge-to-Harris-15691351.php) > A federal judge on Monday will hear a complaint brought by Texas conservatives that challenges Harris County’s use of curbside drive-thru voting, according to the [judge’s schedule](https://www.txs.uscourts.gov/content/honorable-andrew-s-hanen-2nd-week-mon-hearings-calendar) and court records. > > Houston conservative activist Steven Hotze and three Republicans — state Rep. Steve Toth, Wendell Champion, a candidate for Congress, and Sharon Hemphill, who is running for a judgeship — are seeking an injunction requiring all memory cards from 10 drive-thru voting locations be secured and not entered or downloaded into the tally machine until the court issues a ruling on the complaint. > > The plaintiffs allege that curbside drive-thru voting runs afoul of state and federal election law. They are seeking the rejection of any votes “cast in violation of the Texas Election Code”; an order to make county elections officials review all curbside voting applications and reject those that do not meet parameters set by the code; and a permanent injunction stopping “a universal drive-thru voting scheme” unless it is adopted by the state legislature. > > By the time the complaint was filed, 100,000 drive-thru votes had already been cast. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1569 "2020-11-01T19:57:13Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > IMHO, you should be able to stand on your porch with guns. Yes, but consider the three basic tenets of gun handling - every gun is loaded - aim only at what you intend to shoot - shoot only at what you intend to destroy Standing on the front porch with your gun in hand is fine. Pointing your gun toward anyone is another matter entirely. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1570 "2020-11-01T20:53:36Z")
So drive-up voting is somehow unconstitutional. > **[Texas Supreme Court rejects Republican-led effort to throw out nearly 127,000...](https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/01/texas-drive-thru-votes-harris-county/)** > > A handful of GOP activists and candidates had asked the state's highest civil court to rule Harris County's drive-thru voting locations illegal and invalidate votes that have already been cast. The challenge has also been filed in federal court. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1571 "2020-11-01T21:27:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > So drive-up voting is somehow unconstitutional. > [Texas Supreme Court rejects Republican effort to toss nearly 127K votes | The Texas Tribune](https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/01/texas-drive-thru-votes-harris-county/amp/) Not yet – the Pubes are 0-2 on court challenges so far. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1572 "2020-11-01T21:47:04Z")
And SCOTUS tends to defer to state-level decisions on voting matters, when decisions are available. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1573 "2020-11-01T21:49:37Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > And SCOTUS tends to defer to state-level decisions on voting matters, when decisions are available That was before this current court. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1574 "2020-11-01T21:51:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > So drive-up voting is somehow unconstitutional. I am willing to entertain the idea that drive-up voting is unconstitutional. It is - to me - kind of odd, and perhaps it should be challenged. BUT the time to challenge it was back in July - after the primary (when problems with the vote would have been apparent.) or August. Or even September. Maybe in early 2021 so that if it is questionable, then the mistake isn’t repeated next election cycle. The time is definitely not right now _after_ 100,000+ ballots had already been cast by people who were reasonably and rationally relying on their votes counting and mattering with no way to remedy the situation by Tuesday. That’s just full of shit. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1575 "2020-11-01T21:55:22Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Not yet – the Pubes are 0-2 on court challenges so far. Wait until the blatantly partisan federal judge rules in an emergency hearing he agreed to hold tomorrow morning in federal district court. 🙄 [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-texas/u-s-judge-to-hear-republican-bid-to-void-100000-votes-in-texas-idUSKBN27G0W9](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-texas/u-s-judge-to-hear-republican-bid-to-void-100000-votes-in-texas-idUSKBN27G0W9) > **[Rabidly partisan Republican judge Andrew Hanen trying to throw out 100,000...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/31/1991350/-Rabidly-partisan-Republican-judge-Andrew-Hanen-trying-to-throw-out-100-000-Dem-votes)** > > Texas Republicans trying to throw out 100,000 mostly Democratic votes in Harris County have managed to obtain the most rabidly partisan right wing judge who has forced an emergency hearing for Monday without even giving the county a chance to... ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1576 "2020-11-01T21:56:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > And SCOTUS tends to defer to state-level decisions on voting matters, when decisions are available > > That was before this current court. No, even this one. There’s an article posted in Politics and Elections that discusses it. And IIRC, the relevant decisions were 5-3. > [@How big of a deal is today’s Supreme Court decision to allow PA vote count?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-of-a-deal-is-today-s-supreme-court-decision-to-allow-pa-vote-count/923373/99): > > A Washington Post article explaining the contradictory Supreme Court decisions: "And when he wrote a short opinion, it was somewhere between liberals who believe dramatic accommodations are warranted during a pandemic and conservatives who say the judiciary should not second-guess state legislatures, who are entitled to set the rules. Roberts is skeptical of federal judges intervening in those decisions, but defers when state courts and election boards step in. So Roberts, along with his fell… ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1577 "2020-11-01T21:59:11Z")
If they throw out the drive through votes, will they have to allow all those people to vote again? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1578 "2020-11-01T22:03:44Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > If they throw out the drive through votes, will they have to allow all those people to vote again? I can all but guarantee that by the time this makes it up through all of the various appeals that it will be too late for these voters to vote again. That’s the goal, after all: disenfranchisement. The plaintiffs don’t care about the supposed Constitutional issues they have raised—that’s just window dressing. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1579 "2020-11-01T22:06:22Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > If they throw out the drive through votes, will they have to allow all those people to vote again? The county is considering how to contact all of the disenfranchised voters to let them know that they have to vote in person on Tuesday. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1580 "2020-11-01T22:09:50Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > If they throw out the drive through votes, will they have to allow all those people to vote again? When I read about this, my first thought was that if I were one of those poor voters, I’d have dropped everything and gone and voted a provisional ballot on the chance that my original drive-up vote would be invalidated. But @robby is right. Constitutional issues are beside the point now. With their new majority, the SCOTUS demonstrates a very disturbing willingness to reach down into the affairs of individual states when it suits them to shape elections – which, according to the Constitution, they are supposed to stay the fuck out of. That’s why _Bush v. Gore_ was depublished. Kavanaugh’s willingness to use it as precedent going forward is wrong, wrong, wrong. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1581 "2020-11-01T22:34:04Z")
Made my last hand-made sign of this election season (I hope): [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mc-ufqNY_nHm4ydiYyQg0KxYaIW910dV59jkRePDvyHxvo0M4rPOd6J8-xdYsfQXaY6DcVLR83rFHHa_FmcVuk5mL_7Uh6xpgrs9gYo1-mRuUicpLetc0MFkjhQ9evckGXN0Jmp1wg=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/o14WhvZZH3hzv4xEA) ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1582 "2020-11-01T22:42:51Z")
👏🏼 👍🏼 👏🏼 👍🏼 👏🏼 👍🏼 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1583 "2020-11-01T22:45:15Z")
The yard… [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/L-u3Xegslwu4_CG13on_nPIBwJwOxSYdONsxPNxc-90XWWQbbRgYLDQ6nrckAMc1byzwdFJOMg4MbyweDnWuHkMQ2z7PJucT7cItuPrxpOByCbBN6h4i92X0dS48pHuQ8CWkWwaf2A=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/VKisPbAy22UBmrdU7) ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1584 "2020-11-01T22:50:55Z")
The yard looks mighty fine. Great job!! 🇺🇲 :🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 ---
**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:** [November 1, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1585 "2020-11-01T22:53:31Z")
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