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

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**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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**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5762 "2021-06-22T00:20:12Z")

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Yup, another “guy in a bar” level of reasoning from our former CIC,

> [@Right wing populism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-populism/944006/12):
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> Trumps policies always reminded me of the sort thing I would expect to hear from a guy jawing with his buddies in a bar. The sort of conversation that wonders if black boxes are indestructible why they don’t just make the planes out of the same stuff?

No thought of what that policy would actually entail, or what the indirect consequences would be, just simple gut level instinct.

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