# 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:** 91
**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 13, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1806 "2020-11-13T18:01:04Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > 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. - It’s impossible to exceed one lie per word. Kind of like a verbal speed of lie. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1807 "2020-11-13T18:31:09Z")
Don’t make that a challenge. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1808 "2020-11-13T18:41:54Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > If he sticks around until January he could establish himself as the most efficient GOP liar In this case, I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he isn’t lying, he’s just dumber than a bag of hammers. ---
**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 13, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1809 "2020-11-13T18:53:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s impossible to exceed one lie per word. Kind of like a verbal speed of lie. I am not convinced of that. I have seen sentences where the dishonest, deceitful, malicious content of the sentence exceeds its constituent parts to such an extreme that, totaling up the individual words, each word contributes a value greater than one to the aggregate mendacity of the assertion. ---
**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, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1810 "2020-11-13T19:23:04Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s impossible to exceed one lie per word. Kind of like a verbal speed of lie. 186,000 lies per second ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1811 "2020-11-13T19:49:32Z")
Tommy Turberville also seems to think that we fought World War II to keep Europe safe from socialism. [https://twitter.com/jasonintrator/status/1327055524362334209/photo/1](https://twitter.com/jasonintrator/status/1327055524362334209/photo/1) ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1812 "2020-11-13T19:53:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tommy Turberville also seems to think that we fought World War lI to keep Europe safe from socialism. > [https://twitter.com/jasonintrator/status/1327055524362334209/photo/1](https://twitter.com/jasonintrator/status/1327055524362334209/photo/1) Eh, that’s just standard GOP shibboleth-waving “Nazis were National _Socialists_” nonsense. ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1813 "2020-11-13T19:53:57Z")
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Congresswoman from QAnon: " Our first session of New Member Orientation covered COVID in Congress. Masks, masks, masks… I proudly told my freshman class that masks are oppressive. In GA, we work out, shop, go to restaurants, go to work, and school without masks. My body, my choice. [#FreeYourFace](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreeYourFace?src=hashtag_click)" > Despite what she said, though, she wore a mask > **[Rep.-elect Greene tweets that masks are ‘oppressive’](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/525875-rep-elect-greene-tweets-that-masks-are-oppressive/)** > > Controversial Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Friday tweeted that masks used to prevent the spread of the coronavirus are “oppressive” and that people should free their fac… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1814 "2020-11-13T19:58:06Z")
HOW THE FOUL ARE MASKS OPPRESSIVE? JESUS &@#%ING CHRIST, PEOPLE! Once again, wearing a mask keeps you from spreading the virus if you are infected. Please remember that you might be infected and not yet showing symptoms or having very few symptoms at all. Wearing a mask also helps you from inhaling the virus. It’s not oppressive to tell you to wear a mask, it’s humanitarian. Don’t think of the extremely minor inconvenience to you to have to wear a mask; think of the fact that you will be helping stop/slow the spread of the disease and saving lives. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1815 "2020-11-13T19:58:12Z")
Forget it, Steve; it’s Alabama… ---
**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 13, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1816 "2020-11-13T20:00:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Congresswoman from QAnon: > " Our first session of New Member Orientation covered COVID in Congress. Masks, masks, masks… I proudly told my freshman class that masks are oppressive. In GA, we work out, shop, go to restaurants, go to work, and school without masks. **My body, my choice.** [#FreeYourFace](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreeYourFace?src=hashtag_click)" > [https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1327299859804729345](https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1327299859804729345) > > Despite what she said, though, she wore a mask > [https://thehill.com/homenews/house/525875-rep-elect-greene-tweets-that-masks-are-oppressive](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/525875-rep-elect-greene-tweets-that-masks-are-oppressive) “My body, my choice”. Where have we heard that before? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1817 "2020-11-13T20:01:39Z")
By the transitive property, the statement [“He doesn’t lie,”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/29/kayleigh-mcenany-trump-never-lies-chris-cuomo/) made by Kayleigh McEnany on August 29 2019, covered 12,422 lies made by Trump before then. So about 3,140 lies per word. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1818 "2020-11-13T20:10:44Z")
It is rare to see the fields of grammar and mathematics come together so seamlessly. On behalf of all the other people who had graduated as an Theatre Major with a math minor, I salute you. ---
**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 13, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1819 "2020-11-13T20:14:54Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Eh, that’s just standard GOP shibboleth-waving “Nazis were National _Socialists_ ” nonsense. I wonder if he knows that the Soviets were our allies. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1820 "2020-11-13T20:26:02Z")
To be fair to Tommy Tuberville, during World War II, many people were in fact fighting to rid Europe of socialism. Have we definitively established that his grandfather was not one of them? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1821 "2020-11-13T20:47:11Z")
That explains the dull orange glow in the distance. ---
**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 13, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1822 "2020-11-13T20:47:49Z")
87-year-old Alaska Congressman Don Young (the state’s only Congressman) announces he has covid. He’s one of the typical Republicans who mocked it before they got it. > **[Alaska congressman who ridiculed coronavirus now says he has COVID-19](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congressman/alaska-congressman-who-ridiculed-coronavirus-now-says-he-has-covid-19-idUSKBN27T0BD?il=0)** > > The Alaska congressman who once ridiculed the seriousness of the novel coronavirus, calling it the “beer virus,” said on Thursday he is now infected with it. ---
**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 13, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1823 "2020-11-13T20:49:07Z")
> [@susan](#): > > That explains the dull orange glow in the distance. Definitely won’t be a night for star-gazing. (chortle!) Happy birthday, @ThelmaLou!! Just teasing, as I’m sure you know. 🙂 I hope it’s a fine one and the beginning of a much better year! ---
**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, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1824 "2020-11-13T20:58:53Z")
Thank you! I believe 2020 is ready to be melted down for scrap. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1825 "2020-11-13T22:44:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tommy Turberville also seems to think that we fought World War II to keep Europe safe from socialism. > [https://twitter.com/jasonintrator/status/1327055524362334209/photo/1](https://twitter.com/jasonintrator/status/1327055524362334209/photo/1) So, we LOST WWII? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=92)