# 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:** 132
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2622 "2022-06-11T21:54:11Z")
_“{…} Carlson said. “So a few days ago Del Rio pointed out that nobody seems to talk about the BLM riots anymore. Instead they’re pretending to care about January 6. {…}”_ Umm Tucker? We’re not pretending. _“{…} Carlson continued. “But it turns out, no. Just hours ago, the coach of the Washington Commanders, a fascist moron called Ron Rivera, announced that Jack Del Rio has no right to talk, and he’s being fined $100,000 for doing it. Rivera began by claiming that, quote, ‘Lives were lost on January 6,’ which is a lie. {…}”_ So the whole Ashley Babbitt thing was what again Tucker? False flag? CGI? Jew space laser time travel? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2623 "2022-06-11T22:25:59Z")
In 1950’s science fiction novel “The Space Merchants” (by Pohl and Kornbluth) they had Senators addressing each other as “the Senator from Du Pont,” etc. ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2624 "2022-06-11T22:35:30Z")
Justin Bieber has a condition which has caused one side of his face to be paralyzed. The crazies are blaming it on the vaccination. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2625 "2022-06-11T22:45:02Z")
Bell’s Palsy? Or is that something else? ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2626 "2022-06-11T22:48:47Z")
Ramsay Hunt syndrome. ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2627 "2022-06-11T22:58:39Z")
I’m not suggesting or advocating violence, but if Mr. Raskin chose to punch Matt Gaetz in the throat, I’d certainly understand. ---
**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 11, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2628 "2022-06-11T23:33:19Z")
> [@Mikkel](#): > > So she should, I am not even middle class, as a taxi driver in Copenhagen I make less, but I can afford a car anyway. Well, I would hope so. I wouldn’t imagine there would be much demand for piggyback rides in your town, especially if someone’s in a hurry. ---
**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 11, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2629 "2022-06-11T23:39:51Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Republican logical thought I understand the words separately, but put together this way, they do not compute. ---
**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 11, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2630 "2022-06-11T23:42:25Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Umm Tucker? We’re not pretending. Perhaps, but he’s made a career out of pretending to care, and those who lack empathy assume that everyone else does too. ---
**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 12, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2631 "2022-06-12T00:12:47Z")
De Santis wants to make it illegal to take kids to drag shows. > **[DeSantis weighs ordering child protective services to investigate parents who...](https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/desantis-weighs-ordering-child-protective-services-parents-take-kids-d-rcna32757)** > > The Florida governor's comments were prompted by viral videos of children attending a drag show at a Dallas gay bar Saturday. ---
**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 12, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2632 "2022-06-12T00:14:23Z")
West Virginia state legislator compares gay people to the KKK. > **[A West Virginia lawmaker is facing calls to resign after comparing LGBT...](https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/12/us/eric-porterfield-west-virginia-lgbt-kkk-comments-trnd/index.html)** > > A member of the West Virginia House of Delegates is facing bipartisan criticism for a string of anti-LGBT statements, but the Republican lawmaker doesn't appear to be backing down. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2633 "2022-06-12T00:37:07Z")
“{…} _During an interview with local TV station WVVA, Porterfield, wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, gave an odd answer when asked what he would do if he had a son or daughter who was gay._ _“Well, I will address my daughter first. I would take her for a pedicure, I’d take her to get her nails done, and see if she could swim,” Porterfield said while smiling. “If it was my son, I would probably take him hunting, I would take him fishing, then I’d see if he could swim.”_ _“I just want to make sure they could swim,” he said when asked to clarify his comments._ {…}” Yes, no one can hear that ‘I’d murder my child if they were gay’ dogwhistle, no one. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2634 "2022-06-12T01:08:09Z")
I take it after “see if they could swim” the “if they were tied inside a burlap sack with a couple of concrete blocks” was implied. ---
**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 12, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2635 "2022-06-12T01:18:08Z")
Uncle Fester? ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2636 "2022-06-12T05:24:59Z")
A group of armed masked Patriot Front goofs showed up in a U Haul at a Pride event in Idaho and got their asses busted. There were 31 of them in a single U Haul. > **[31 people in masks, riot gear pulled over in U-Haul near Coeur d'Alene Pride...](https://www.khq.com/news/idaho_news/police-detain-u-haul-filled-with-men-in-masks-coeur-dalenes-pride-in-the-park/article_a0e57826-e9d0-11ec-aa98-673214dd9272.html)** > > COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - A U-Haul van filled with men in white masks and similar attire was detained by police on Garden Ave. off of Northwest Blvd., just a block ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2637 "2022-06-12T05:27:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There were 31 of them in a single U Haul. We finally found those “antifa buses” from 2020! ---
**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:** [June 12, 2022, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2638 "2022-06-12T05:38:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There were 31 of them in a single U Haul. I never realized that U-Haul rents VW Beetles. [![](https://img.thedailybeast.com/image/upload/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_803,w_1428,x_0,y_0/dpr_1.5/c_limit,w_1044/fl_lossy,q_auto/v1654985866/Screen_Shot_2022-06-11_at_6.15.05_PM_ivgaw3) ](https://img.thedailybeast.com/image/upload/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_803,w_1428,x_0,y_0/dpr_1.5/c_limit,w_1044/fl_lossy,q_auto/v1654985866/Screen_Shot_2022-06-11_at_6.15.05_PM_ivgaw3) ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2639 "2022-06-12T06:36:22Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Well, I would hope so. I wouldn’t imagine there would be much demand for piggyback rides in your town, especially if someone’s in a hurry. I should of course have said I can afford a _private_ car. My boss finance the taxi, just like the embassy bought the embassy car and employed the driver. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2640 "2022-06-12T12:03:40Z")
Alert Kramer that we found Pig man. ---
**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 12, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2641 "2022-06-12T21:25:30Z")
Lauren Boebert was cheered at a Christian center when she quoted Psalm 109:8, ‘May his days be few and another take his office.’ Hallelujah! Glory to God," referring to Biden. > **[Lauren Boebert receives cheers at a Christian center after saying she prays...](https://www.businessinsider.com/lauren-boebert-she-prays-psalm-1098-bidens-days-be-few-2022-6)** > > "I do want you to know that I pray for our president. Psalm 109:8 says, 'May his days be few and another take his office,'" Boebert said with a laugh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=131) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=133)