# 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:** 90
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1786 "2020-11-12T13:21:08Z")
This started with Matt Bevin, and it’s obviously a thing now in Republican circles: even when you lose, don’t concede; accuse the other side of voter fraud. These next few years are going to be a long, hard slog. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1787 "2020-11-12T13:26:36Z")
My first reaction on hearing the news was OMG a Black conservative. > **[The incredibly bizarre Dean Browning and "Dan Purdy" Twitter drama, explained](https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/11/10/21559458/dean-browning-dan-purdy-byl-holte-patti-labelle-twitter-gay-black-man)** > > A politician was accused of using a fake burner account for a gay Black Trump supporter. That’s when things got weird. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1788 "2020-11-12T17:39:26Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@smithsb](#): > > > > Where is this, “up to one million dollars” coming from? A grant from the Trump foundation? Eric’s piggy bank? Deutsche Banc? > > [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/Drevil\_million\_dollars.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/Drevil_million_dollars.jpg) I could give you “up to one million dollars” by scooping the loose change off my dresser. It might be $999,998.23 short of one million dollars, but that’s still “up to” one million. ---
**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 12, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1789 "2020-11-12T19:04:15Z")
Lindsey Graham says he’s going to give one million dollars to each of the Republicans running for Senate in Georgia. He also says he gave $500,000 to the Individual 1 recount campaign. Where does a retired Air Force general who’s also an active Senator get that kind of money? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1790 "2020-11-12T19:10:54Z")
They should cash the check quickly and wait for the funds to be transfered. Graham and all the other long term (relatively safe) senators/reps have been looting their re-election funds for years. Both sides do it. ---
**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 12, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1791 "2020-11-12T19:27:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lindsey Graham says he’s going to give one million dollars to each of the Republicans running for Senate in Georgia. He also says he gave $500,000 to the Individual 1 recount campaign. Where does a retired Air Force general who’s also an active Senator get that kind of money? Graham was a JAG officer in the Air Force and Air National Guard who retired as a colonel. He was never a general. I’m also wondering where he’s getting that kind of money from. I’d assumed he was donating it from his campaign. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1792 "2020-11-12T19:33:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lindsey Graham says he’s going to give one million dollars to each of the Republicans running for Senate in Georgia. He also says he gave $500,000 to the Individual 1 recount campaign. Where does a retired Air Force general who’s also an active Senator get that kind of money? He was on FOX the other day and once again was begging for money. Laura Ingraham, of all people, told him to stop. > **[Laura Ingraham rebukes Lindsey Graham as he plugs his website](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8937501/Laura-Ingraham-rebukes-Lindsey-Graham-repeatedly-plugs-website.html)** > > Lindsay Graham became infamous for plugging his website on Fox News as he battled against high-spending Democrats during the election, but on Tuesday night Laura Ingraham tired of the stunt. > Enough with the LindseyGraham dot com. We get the point. We get the point. This is like a used car salesman after a while. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1793 "2020-11-12T19:43:37Z")
I’m sure that this will end well > [@](#): > > The Republican Party has identified all kinds of perceived enemies of late, but “experts” have quietly become one of the party’s top targets. > > … > > With this in mind, perhaps it’s not too surprising that when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) administration decided to hire a new data analyst, the governor’s team chose “a little-known Ohio sports blogger and Uber driver whose only relevant experience is spreading harmful conspiracy theories about COVID-19 on the Internet.” > > In his own words, Kyle Lamb of Columbus, Ohio, has few qualifications for the job at the state’s Office of Policy and Budget, which pays $40,000 per year. “Fact is, I’m not an ‘expert.’ I’m not a doctor, epidemiologist, virologist or scientist,” Lamb wrote on a website for a subscribers-only podcast he hosts about the coronavirus. “I also don’t need to be. Experts don’t have all the answers, and we’ve learned that the hard way.” > > … > > The _Herald_ went on to [report](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article247081417.html) that Lamb has peddled a series of discredited claims about the pandemic, but he’s nevertheless comfortable joining DeSantis’ team – working on, among other things, coronavirus data. > > … > > “I have no qualms about being a ‘sports guy’ moonlighting as a COVID-19 analyst,” he wrote on his podcast’s website. > > The article [added](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article247081417.html), “Sports writers from Ohio were floored that the governor would hire Lamb for any position, calling the blogger ‘unhinged,’ a ‘crackpot’ and an ‘amateur, basement epidemiologist’ in interviews with the Herald. None of that stopped DeSantis, who has downplayed the virus’ severity and rolled back restrictions that epidemiologists say help keep people safe, from bringing him to Tallahassee.” > **[The amazing tale of Florida's self-described COVID-19 data analyst](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/amazing-tale-florida-s-self-described-covid-19-data-analyst-n1247546)** > > Given what's become of the GOP and its post-policy posture, Ron DeSantis' new data analyst is proud of his lack of credentials and expertise. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1794 "2020-11-12T20:40:00Z")
Is it me or has this Texas assclown inadvertently Randi Challenged the voter fraud claims? I mean, if nobody claims the prize, doesn’t that strongly suggest that the spoon bending–er, voter fraud is bullshit? ---
**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 12, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1795 "2020-11-12T21:17:45Z")
The Proud Boys have decided tro quit pretending they aren’t white nationalists. They kicked a black leader out of the group (calling him a negro) and have gone full on racist. > **[Proud Boys Infighting Sees Leading Member Form Breakaway Neo-Nazi Group](https://www.newsweek.com/proud-boys-based-stickman-enrique-tarrio-goys-1546597)** > > Kyle "Based Stickman" Chapman announced Proud Goys while attacking chairman Enrique Tarrio on Telegram. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1796 "2020-11-12T23:10:35Z")
Speaking of violent right-wing groups… > **[Two ‘Boogaloo Bois’ Indicted In Plot To Supply Weapons To Terrorists For...](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/11/06/two-boogaloo-bois-indicted-in-plot-to-supply-weapons-to-terrorists-for-attacks-on-us-soldiers/?sh=23265dd1af6a)** > > The group seeks to start a civil war. > [@](#): > > Two members of the far-right, anti-government Boogaloo Bois movement have been indicted after authorities discovered an alleged plot for the two to provide weapons to Hamas for the purpose of attacking U.S. and Israeli soldiers in the Middle East in hopes of using violence to cause a new American civil war. But…but…looting! Burning cities! ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1797 "2020-11-12T23:25:02Z")
Those Bois make about as much sense as a Krofft TV show – somebody should make a Boogaloo / Bugaloos meme. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/I_8gIIJL028/maxresdefault.jpg "The Bugaloos - Gna Gna Gna Gna Gna") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_8gIIJL028) ---
**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:** [November 13, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1798 "2020-11-13T12:33:50Z")
Who wants to explain it to him? > ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1799 "2020-11-13T12:35:29Z")
This might just be the break the Trump campaign has been waiting for! Puerto Rico’s electoral votes will surely swing the result! ---
**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:** [November 13, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1800 "2020-11-13T12:49:12Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > This might just be the break the Trump campaign has been waiting for! Puerto Rico’s electoral votes will surely swing the result!- Yeah, 'cause he’s so popular there! They fondly remember the paper towels he threw to them when they were in need. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1801 "2020-11-13T13:57:42Z")
But, but…OBAMA! Getting real for a moment, we’re lucky these guys were a bunch of dopes, but I think there’s a real concern that right wing militias could become more sophisticated. ---
**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 13, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1802 "2020-11-13T15:09:25Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Who wants to explain it to him? > > [https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1326898457341276169](https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1326898457341276169) > [@Ludovic](#): > > This might just be the break the Trump campaign has been waiting for! Puerto Rico’s electoral votes will surely swing the result! I imagine the esteemed senator’s point may be that, if there are thousands of uncounted votes in Puerto Rico, there may also be thousands of uncounted votes in dark closets in Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona and most of all Pennsylvania. And they’re all probably for Trump! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1803 "2020-11-13T15:43:16Z")
Maybe he’s advocating for PR Statehood! ---
**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:** [November 13, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1804 "2020-11-13T17:53:34Z")
If saying that the people who voted for Tommy Tuberville are addled bozos with barely brains enough to spit is wrong, I don’t want to be right: [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/incoming-gop-senator-doesnt-seem-to-have-a-full-grasp-on-basics-of-u-s-govt-and-history](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/incoming-gop-senator-doesnt-seem-to-have-a-full-grasp-on-basics-of-u-s-govt-and-history) > “You know, our government wasn’t set up for one group to have all three of branches of government. It wasn’t set up that way, our three branches, the House, the Senate and executive,” the senator-elect said, apparently unaware that the House and Senate form one legislative branch and omitting the judicial branch altogether. > Additionally, he incorrectly asserted that Al Gore was president-elect for 30 days in 2000. > Those weren’t the only, uh, flubs: Tuberville also indicated that he didn’t understand what World War II was about. > “My dad fought 76 years ago in Europe to free Europe of socialism,” he told the Daily News (it was fascism, not socialism). ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1805 "2020-11-13T17:58:13Z")
If he sticks around until January he could establish himself as the most efficient GOP liar, but that was only barely one per sentence, not nearly as efficient as the current score leader. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=91)