# 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:** 137
**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 15, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2722 "2022-06-15T19:23:23Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Once you accept that huge numbers of Christians have absolutely no understanding of Christianity it all makes sense Yes, I know. My church’s youth director, a few years ago, asked my mother, the webmaster, to change her Facebook profile picture of a rainbow flag. Next month, I’m buying Sophie LaBelle’s “Someone I Love is Trans” T-shirt, in honor of my dad, wearing it to church, and _daring_ someone to step to me. With all the legions of laws passed recently against trans people, I am _completely_ out of fucks to give. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2723 "2022-06-15T19:26:43Z")
Dammit! ---
**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:** [June 15, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2724 "2022-06-15T19:38:10Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I wonder if those swords were concealed or open carry? The only person who can conceal-carry a sword is The Highlander. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2725 "2022-06-15T19:54:04Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > The pic accompanying the article is from [ExploreTalent.com](http://ExploreTalent.com), a casting site. Yeah, it’s been known she was on Explore Talent for a while. There’s a strange pipeline from that site to conservative activism. > > ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2726 "2022-06-15T22:32:58Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > Yeah, it’s been known she was on Explore Talent for a while. Wait, so that’s a real picture?!? Does this explain why she wears the glasses now? Just like Superman going incognito as Clark Kent, she figures people won’t recognize her if she’s got spectacles, and then she’ll be shielded from her tawdry modeling days! ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2727 "2022-06-15T23:10:25Z")
Texas AG Ken Paxton says all of the little kids being murdered in Uvalde was God’s plan. > **[Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general fighting gun legislation, on Uvalde...](https://www.salon.com/2022/06/14/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-on-the-uvalde-massacre-god-has-a-plan/)** > > “Life is short no matter what,” Paxton said in an interview with right-wing host. ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2728 "2022-06-15T23:13:59Z")
Individual 1 pick from the Republican primary for Governor of Nevada lost the election (not that it matters, the winning candidate is a far right crazy), who also stormed the Capitol, is refusing to concede the primary, claiming the election was stolen. An election run by the Republican Party. > **[“Absolute joke”: Republicans “disappointed” after pro-Trump Nevada GOP...](https://www.salon.com/2022/06/15/absolute-joke-disappointed-after-pro-nevada-primary-loser-cries-fraud/)** > > “I smell a lawsuit because this STINKS! I will concede nothing," ranted Capitol marcher Joey Gilbert. ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2729 "2022-06-15T23:15:19Z")
Is refusing to concede an election, even a primary, just going to be a _thing_ with Trump and Trump’s picks from now on? ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2730 "2022-06-15T23:16:42Z")
> New Mexico’s secretary of state on Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to order the Republican-led commission of rural Otero County to certify primary election results after it refused to do so over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines. > **[GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/15/gop-commission-refuses-to-certify-new-mexico-primary-vote-00039771)** > > New Mexico’s secretary of state on Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to order the Republican-led commission of rural Otero County to certify primary election results after it refused to do so over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines. ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2731 "2022-06-15T23:17:14Z")
> “20 yrs ago today our country was attacked. Our enemies turned planes into missiles & used them to strike at the heart of American Democracy. We must #neverforget the almost 3000 Americans that perished. Please spend a few moments today remembering & praying for the families. #911,” Paxton tweeted. > [Ken Paxton Deletes Widely-Criticized Tweet Marking 9/11 Anniversary With Image of Plane Flying Towards Tower](https://www.mediaite.com/news/ken-paxton-deletes-widely-criticized-tweet-marking-9-11-anniversary-with-image-of-plane-flying-towards-tower/) Curiously, no mention that this was God’s plan. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2732 "2022-06-15T23:27:57Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > New Mexico’s secretary of state on Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to order the Republican-led commission of rural Otero County to certify primary election results after it refused to do so over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines. And the Supreme Court of New Mexico so ordered! > **[New Mexico’s Supreme Court orders county commission to certify vote](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/15/new-mexicos-supreme-court-orders-county-commission-certify-vote/)** > > The order follows the commission’s refusal to approve primary vote tallies, citing discredited concerns about Dominion machines. ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2733 "2022-06-15T23:30:42Z")
When it’s Black people being killed, as in the Tops Supermarket, it’s God’s plan. When it’s Hispanic children being killed, as in the Uvalde children, it’s God’s plan. When it’s 3,000 Americans killed by Arabs, though, it’s a terrorist attack on our country and it’s awful. That’s the way white supremacists think. ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2734 "2022-06-15T23:41:39Z")
Elon Musk said he’s going to vote for DeSantis for President. And DeSantis said that he appreciates African American support, ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2735 "2022-06-16T01:15:26Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Is refusing to concede an election, even a primary, just going to be a _thing_ with Trump and Trump’s picks from now on? Yes… ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2736 "2022-06-16T01:29:55Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > When it’s Black people being killed, as in the Tops Supermarket, it’s God’s plan. > > When it’s Hispanic children being killed, as in the Uvalde children, it’s God’s plan. And if everything that happens is God’s plan, there’s no reason to _ever_ try to make anything better. Not gun control, not climate change. That’s the way conservatives think. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2737 "2022-06-16T01:38:12Z")
I hope so. The more rifts they cause and the more bridges they burn amongst Republicans, the better. Plus the more claims there are, the less impact they have. ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2738 "2022-06-16T02:11:26Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > And the Supreme Court of New Mexico so ordered! I think maybe they should start re-writing the election rules. Maybe they could say all counties/districts must certify elections “X” number of days after the voting. Certification may be extended under recount requirements or in cases of fraud shown with compelling and public evidence of said fraud. All non-certified elections will NOT be included in the state-wide tallies and the votes will be considered void due to non-certification. Make it part of the rules like Republican states are trying to do with voter Id and making it a crime to give people in line water. ---
**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 16, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2739 "2022-06-16T10:54:48Z")
Well, it’s America(an shooters) first, right? We don’t need furriners doing what we can do ourselves! And the Twin Towers were the heart of democracy? ---
**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 16, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2740 "2022-06-16T12:14:26Z")
The problem with that is that many board of elections are not necessarily representative of the districts that they oversee. A right leaning board of elections would be more than happy to void the votes of left leaning districts. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2741 "2022-06-16T14:07:49Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > > [@ekedolphin](#): > > > > When it’s Black people being killed, as in the Tops Supermarket, it’s God’s plan. > > > > When it’s Hispanic children being killed, as in the Uvalde children, it’s God’s plan. > > And if everything that happens is God’s plan, there’s no reason to _ever_ try to make anything better. Not gun control, not climate change. That’s the way conservatives think. Since they seem to have the inside skinny, I’d like to ask them “So what exactly _is_ God’s plan? Can you spell it out for me in detail? 'Cuz I’d sure like to know…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=136) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=138)