# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1)

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**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")\
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**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:** [July 7, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/149 "2020-07-07T16:21:43Z")

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> [@WolfpackJeep](#):
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> What’s the rush?? I’ve been assured that all of this nonsense with the masks and the social distancing will be over after the election. 🙄 (How, exactly, this will work has not been explained to me yet.)-
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> > [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> > Almost as good as the leech that feeds in hippo rectums.
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> I had to look this up…I’m surprised the leeches survive the tail flicking. I’m half-tempted to post the video that accompanied the article for my creationist relatives.-

MrDibble posted this a few days ago, and the ensuing fit of laugh-crying temporarily pulled me back from the brink of insanity.

> [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux/911083/484):
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> Wrong end. I got yer animal analogue right here…

> **[Absurd Creature of the Week: Um, This Leech Feeds on Hippo Rectums](https://www.wired.com/2015/08/absurd-creature-of-the-week-hippo-butt-leech-placobdelloides-jaegerskioeldi/)**
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> The year was 2003, and Mark Siddall was in South Africa a-hunting the elusive hippo rectum leech.

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