# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 106
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2102 "2022-05-18T12:54:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Madison “Dr. Scott!” Cawthorn has lost the primary. I’m kind of curious what ultra-right wing “news” network is going to hire him. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2103 "2022-05-18T13:09:07Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > stolen by…heh, heh, heh, the _other_ Republicans Stolen by RINOs, surely? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2104 "2022-05-18T13:20:59Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > One of these days these fucking moronic Republicans, apologies for the redundancy, are going to turn up an actual instance of Critical Race Theory being taught in an actual school. As likely that they’ll also provide proof that there was voter fraud last time around that was not committed by a fucking moronic Republican. If you look at how many teachers there are, and you look at how many people on the Internet like to say abrasive or even stereotyping things about race, and you look at how prevalent classroom recording is these days, you’d think there would be plenty of legitimate outrage just due to sheer size of the teacher population and human nature alone. But since they haven’t come up with one legitimate example (even ignoring that even then, it wouldn’t be about CRT per se,) the logical conclusion is that teachers are much more even-handed and unbiased than average, and certainly not as bad as the right wing would want one to believe. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2105 "2022-05-18T17:43:54Z")
Congressman Markwayne Mullen, who is currently running for Senate from Oklahoma, wants to pass a bill expunging Individual 1’s second impeachment. > **[GOP Rep. Pushes Bizarre Bill to ‘Expunge’ Trump’s Jan. 6 Impeachment](https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-markwayne-mullin-pushes-bizarre-bill-to-expunge-trumps-jan-6-impeachment)** > > Rep. Markwayne Mullin, who is a Senate hopeful in Oklahoma, wants to overturn the House’s vote to impeach Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 riot. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2106 "2022-05-18T18:27:48Z")
The Pennsylvania Republican primary is too close to call, so Trump urges Dr. Oz to say he won. Of course he did. > **[Trump encourages Oz to declare victory in too-close-to-call Pennsylvania...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/18/politics/trump-dr-oz-pa-senate-primary/index.html)** > > Former President Donald Trump, in a series of posts on his Truth Social platform Wednesday morning, encouraged Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to "declare victory" in the Republican primary despite being deadlocked in a two-way contest with... ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2107 "2022-05-18T18:45:55Z")
> It decries the “rabid partisanship the Democrats displayed in exercising one of the most grave and consequential powers with which the House is charged.” Totally unlike Clinton’s BJ which constituted a clear and present danger to the republic. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2108 "2022-05-18T20:37:46Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Totally unlike Clinton’s BJ which constituted a clear and present danger to the republic. Oh, so that’s what he calls it. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2109 "2022-05-18T20:45:47Z")
Manchin is probably the best we can do, in West Virginia. So keep him. But with the way Arizona has been getting bluer lately, we almost certainly can do better than Sinema. And meanwhile, let’s find candidates who can win in other states, too. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2110 "2022-05-19T02:02:42Z")
Here’s a blast from the past - Dubya’s back with an all-new foot-in-mouth-disease moment! > ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2111 "2022-05-19T03:00:23Z")
You would have thought he had learned by now that using those mouth noise things never works out to his advantage. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2112 "2022-05-19T03:34:07Z")
The only reason George W. Bush isn’t the worst president in history is the fact that his party elected someone even worse later in the century. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2113 "2022-05-19T07:40:10Z")
Republicans: “Democrats aren’t doing anything about the baby formula shortage!” Democrats: “Let’s do something about the baby formula shortage” Republicans: “LOL no” [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTFgLYBXEAENwOo?format=jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTFgLYBXEAENwOo?format=jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2114 "2022-05-19T09:30:24Z")
Worse than Reagan? Oh, I genuinely forgot the war. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2115 "2022-05-19T10:33:50Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > The only reason George W. Bush isn’t the worst president in history is the fact that his party elected someone even worse later in the century. Despite Bush’s myriad faults I’d still rank him higher than Buchanan or Harding. Trump, OTOH…we’ll see. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2116 "2022-05-19T13:09:02Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Republicans: “Democrats aren’t doing anything about the baby formula shortage!” > Democrats: “Let’s do something about the baby formula shortage” > Republicans: “LOL no” > > [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTFgLYBXEAENwOo?format=jpg](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTFgLYBXEAENwOo?format=jpg) If democrats don’t use this vote in November, I’ll lose my fucking mind. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2117 "2022-05-19T13:18:35Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > If democrats don’t use this vote in November, I’ll lose my fucking mind. Are babies a strong voting bloc? From what I’ve seen they’re pretty lazy. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2118 "2022-05-19T13:26:41Z")
No but young parents and grandparents are. “If millions of parents need help to feed their children, why did Rep. X vote against the Baby Formula Bill? Babies are going to the Emergency Room for lack of baby formula. Candidate Y would never vote to purposely send your child to the Emergency Room.” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2119 "2022-05-19T13:29:31Z")
I fully agree. This vote is practically a gift to the Democratic adwriters. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2120 "2022-05-19T13:31:54Z")
Which won’t move a hair on a Repuublican’s head, when they are told by their noisebox blathering Hannity and Carlson that this baby formula was only to be made available to illegal terrorist infants who are here to replace _you_. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2121 "2022-05-19T13:46:14Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Which won’t move a hair on a Repuublican’s head You don’t advertise to the hardcore MAGA’s, you advertise to give the low information voter (which is most of them) facts that will sway them to your side. Trump got a lot of votes, but the most of the persuadables came to light side. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=105) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=107)