# 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:** 122
**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:** [June 2, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2422 "2022-06-02T20:29:48Z")
Four Republican candidates for Governor of Michigan have been removed from the ballot for filing forged petition signatures. > **[Two GOP candidates for Michigan governor lose key ballot ruling](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/gop-candidate-michigan-governor-loses-key-ballot-ruling-rcna31482)** > > Perry Johnson and Michael Markey didn’t meet the 15,000-signature threshold because of fraudulent signatures, state election officials said. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2423 "2022-06-02T21:09:21Z")
Ted Cruz is whining about how “liberal elites” who support gun control hire bodyguards. Cruz pays the most for bodyguards in the whole Senate. > **[Ted Cruz Complains of ‘Elites’ Using Bodyguards. He’s One of Them.](https://www.thedailybeast.com/ted-cruz-complains-of-elites-using-bodyguards-hes-one-of-them)** > > Ted Cruz keeps accusing other people of the things he’s guilty of. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2424 "2022-06-02T21:18:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > “liberal elites” who support gun control hire bodyguards. I still don’t understand that accusation of hypocrisy. “You don’t want guns in the hands of the criminal and irresponsible, so how is it that you hire people who are professionally trained to carry them?” Not that it needs to make sense to feed the red meat to his hateful base. In fact, the less relation to reality and reason it is, the better. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2425 "2022-06-02T21:26:06Z")
Herschel Walker’s son just announced that he likes men, but he isn’t gay. > ---
**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:** [June 2, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2426 "2022-06-02T21:41:07Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > “liberal elites” who support gun control hire bodyguards. > > I still don’t understand that accusation of hypocrisy. > > “You don’t want guns in the hands of the criminal and irresponsible, so how is it that you hire people who are professionally trained to carry them?” > > Not that it needs to make sense to feed the red meat to his hateful base. In fact, the less relation to reality and reason it is, the better. I think the idea is something like: _Liberal elites have armed bodyguards to protect them, but normal hard-working Americans can only depend on themselves for protection_. _IOW, liberal elites have their protection, but want to take away yours_. So it isn’t hypocrisy for Cruz to also have armed bodyguards, because he’s not not trying to take guns away from hard-working Americans. Of course, the whole thing is ridiculous because liberals, elite or not, aren’t trying to take away anyone’s guns. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2427 "2022-06-02T22:01:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Herschel Walker’s son just announced that he likes men, but he isn’t gay. > **[Why Do All These Homosexuals Keep Sucking My Cock?](https://www.theonion.com/why-do-all-these-homosexuals-keep-sucking-my-cock-1819583529)** > > Look, I’m not a hateful person or anything–I believe we should all live and let live. But lately, I’ve been having a real problem with these homosexuals. You see, just about wherever I go these days, one of them approaches me and starts sucking my... ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2428 "2022-06-03T00:20:38Z")
I’m ok with however he identifies himself. I don’t like the hate, but he can be a straight man who likes men. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2429 "2022-06-03T00:25:34Z")
It is not so much how he identifies himself so much as how he misidentifies gays. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2430 "2022-06-03T00:50:49Z")
Exactly. He thinks that being sexually attracted to other men does not mean he’s gay. He defines gay as “going to gay bars” and “indoctrinating children”. Dude is a bit confused. I have gone to a gay bar. I have taught children (“indoctrinated” them"). However, I am very much attracted to women. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2431 "2022-06-03T01:15:23Z")
IMO, it’s more that they think that being “anti gun,” as they would put it, means being against them in every context and circumstance, like a pacifist. It’s the same reason they always assume that they’d be the only ones armed in their revolutionary fantasies and why they think “I have a black friend” inherently means they’re not racist. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2432 "2022-06-03T01:42:13Z")
Senate candidate Billy Long (Q-MO) says that, if elected, he’ll force Kamala Harris to resign, get Biden to appoint Loser Donald as his new VP, then force Biden to reaign. > **[Missouri Senate candidate says he'll force Biden to replace Kamala Harris...](https://www.rawstory.com/billy-long-2657448722/)** > > On Thursday, Rep. Billy Long (R-MO), a candidate for Senate in Missouri and an avid promoter of election conspiracy theories, put forward a bizarre new plan on Twitter for how he will get former President Donald Trump reinstated to... ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2433 "2022-06-03T02:12:50Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > [Gov. Ron DeSantis begins recruiting for his own Florida army](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/6/1/2101693/-Gov-Ron-DeSantis-begins-recruiting-for-his-own-Florida-army?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=main) > > > Gov. Ron DeSantis is trying his damnedest to win the award for the most fascist leader in the U.S., this time calling on fellow Floridians to join the state’s long-disbanded version of a second-string National Guard—a move critics (reasonably) fear could be used to enforce right-wing extremist goals without any real oversight. > > > > DeSantis’ office announced Tuesday the search for 400 people and one part-time director to join the newly revived [Florida State Guard](https://flsg.myflorida.com/) (FLSG), [a](https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2022/05/31/florida-state-guard-accepting-applications-volunteer-force/7459049001/)[ccording to the _Tallahassee Democrat_](https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2022/05/31/florida-state-guard-accepting-applications-volunteer-force/7459049001/)[.](https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2022/05/31/florida-state-guard-accepting-applications-volunteer-force/7459049001/) > > … > > > > This state-funded organization was authorized in 1941 as a paramilitary group originally called the Florida Defense Force. The guards served under the command of the governor and were there to fill in for the state’s National Guard, who were fighting the Nazis overseas. The group was disbanded in 1947 after the end of World War II, the [_South Florida Sun-Sentinel_ reports](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-florida-state-defense-force-revival-20211203-zy54dheuuvcobd3rf22riyfp4e-story.html). > > … DeSantis is uber-creepy (as well as dangerous). Look at the photo accompanying that story—how many hours do you suppose he spends staring in the mirror and trying to duplicate Donald’s expressions??? Among my daily meditations is the hope that Donald will become mightily threatened by DeSantis’s success, and will exert himself to expunge him (the way the GOP establishment exerted itself to punish and exile Madison Cawthorn). I’d almost be grateful to Donald, revolting as that thought is, should he succeed in bringing down DeSantis. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2434 "2022-06-03T02:14:05Z")
De Santis has announced that he is going to veto a new spring training facility for the Tampa Bay Rays since they came out in support of gun control. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2435 "2022-06-03T02:25:29Z")
DeSantis has announced that he wants to block transition care for transgender youth, and for Medicaid recipients of _any age_. > **[DeSantis moves to ban transition care for transgender youths, Medicaid...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/desantis-moves-to-ban-transition-care-for-transgender-youth-medicaid-recipients/ar-AAY1rBb?bk=1&ocid=msedgntp&cvid=a3e6aac557a5459a818640478fa42978)** > > The Florida governor's administration asked a state medical board to ban the therapies for minors while seeking to block Medicaid payments for all transition-related care. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2436 "2022-06-03T02:28:29Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > DeSantis is uber-creepy (as well as dangerous). Look at the photo accompanying that story—how many hours do you suppose he spends staring in the mirror and trying to duplicate Donald’s expressions??? > > Among my daily meditations is the hope that Donald will become mightily threatened by DeSantis’s success, and will exert himself to expunge him (the way the GOP establishment exerted itself to punish and exile Madison Cawthorn). I wonder if DeSantis has ever read about Ernst Röhm and what happened to him when he started aspiring to outshine his master. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2437 "2022-06-03T02:37:57Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I wonder if DeSantis has ever read about Ernst Röhm and what happened to him when he started aspiring to outshine his master. - Good point. Supposedly DeSantis is well-educated. But on the other hand, any chance that someone could snap a candid shot of him reading could hurt his electoral chances. Them voters don’t hold with no book larnin’! Also, DeSantis’ ego probably protects him from any idea that he’s not fated to rule. He’s probably confident that Trump can’t do much to him (and that actually could be correct, more’s the pity). ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2438 "2022-06-03T09:14:21Z")
Serious question regarding both the liar Boebert and her tan liar hero TFG: Has either one ever told a joke? The only time I hear from either of them that they were joking is when the nonsense they spew hits the news. What gets me about that, though, is why they try to cover it up as joking; their base believes it, so why not go for it whole hog? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2439 "2022-06-03T09:24:22Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > marry-jew-wannans Dollars to donuts that’s EXACTLY how Ingraham (not to mention MTG) pronounces that word! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2440 "2022-06-03T09:32:44Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Oh man, do NOT mess with the BTS fanbase. Actually, you don’t want to mess with Korean netizens/online vigilantes. Check out the [Dog poop girl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_poop_girl) incident. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2441 "2022-06-03T09:48:39Z")
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