# 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:** 165
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3282 "2022-07-18T23:55:10Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Which one is the piece of minor furniture that I hang up my clothes on when I go to bed? - The floor doesn’t count as furniture. Or do you mean the stationary bicycle? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3283 "2022-07-19T00:02:55Z")
Ha. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSUrsdK4cm66cwp_RoKJ7JeNw2kDOYAqZzMeg&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSUrsdK4cm66cwp_RoKJ7JeNw2kDOYAqZzMeg&usqp=CAU) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3284 "2022-07-19T00:04:16Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Or do you mean the stationary bicycle? If it wasn’t stationary it wouldn’t be very good for hanging clothes on it would it? ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3285 "2022-07-19T00:20:24Z")
I think this thread has gone on long enough without a reminder that Ted Cruz is a horrible excuse for a human being: > **[Texas Sen. Cruz says 2015 Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage was...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/texas-sen-cruz-says-2015-supreme-court-decision-on-same-sex-marriage-was-wrong/ar-AAZIzLr)** > > Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said the Supreme Court was flawed in its 2015 ruling on same-sex marriage and that the issue should return to the states. (Yeah, I know it’s MSN, but this is the first time I’ve seen such a detailed picture of whatever is glued to his face.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3286 "2022-07-19T00:41:46Z")
Therefore, mixed-race marriages are wrong and the issue should be returned to the states. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3287 "2022-07-19T01:20:27Z")
In Seattle, the county GOP has been putting signs on ballot drop boxes warning that they were “under surveillance” and would be prosecuting people dropping off multiple ballots. Dropping off ballots for someone else is legal in Washington. Posting political signs on or near them, however, is not, and within hours of the local paper publishing the story the GOP county chairman announced he was disbanding the “election integrity committee”. > **[Republican activists organizing ‘surveillance’ of ballot drop boxes in WA](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/republican-activists-organizing-surveillance-of-ballot-drop-boxes-in-washington/)** > > The King County GOP chair repudiated the surveillance effort locally, announcing he was dissolving the King County GOP's election-integrity committee. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3288 "2022-07-19T01:26:47Z")
Yet another story about how the Republicans know laws are being broken . . . because they are the ones breaking said law. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3289 "2022-07-19T06:17:13Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Therefore, mixed-race marriages are wrong and the issue should be returned to the states. And owning human beings. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3290 "2022-07-19T09:13:08Z")
Hey, I got my eye on a couple. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3291 "2022-07-19T11:02:05Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > And owning human beings. Given a specific amendment against it, I’m 59.874% certain that this court would not allow that. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3292 "2022-07-19T11:30:19Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Given a specific amendment against it, …except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, right? ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3293 "2022-07-19T11:44:15Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > …except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted Hence, hedging my statement with a 59.874% chance. And given the definition of 'cruel and unusual in 1787, pretty much anything would fly. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3294 "2022-07-19T13:27:18Z")
> **[Lawmaker calls new sex ed curriculum 'obscene'](https://newschannel20.com/lawmaker-calls-new-sex-ed-curriculum-obscene)** > > An Illinois lawmaker is urging schools not to teach sex education. Starting in August, schools across the state will teach a new sex education curriculum. Mr. Niemerg, you’re no [Justice Potter Stewart.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it) ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3295 "2022-07-19T13:44:30Z")
That article is notably short on details. Any idea on what he objects to? Or is it the teaching of sex at all in school that is his problem (wouldn’t surprise me)? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3296 "2022-07-19T13:47:21Z")
> [@Running\_with\_Scissors](#): > > Or is it the teaching of sex at all in school that is his problem (wouldn’t surprise me)? [Mostly this](https://news.wsiu.org/2022-07-18/an-illinois-lawmaker-says-local-schools-dont-have-to-comply-with-new-national-sex-education-standards) but he also calls the new curriculum [too progressive.](https://repniemerg.com/2022/07/15/rep-niemerg-urges-schools-to-opt-out-of-extreme-national-sex-education-curriculum/) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3297 "2022-07-19T14:00:11Z")
Sex ed that is taught in grade school is almost exclusively so that the kids recognize and report sexual abuse and misconduct. It’s not so surprising why Republicans are against this. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3298 "2022-07-19T14:04:14Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Given a specific amendment against it, I’m 59.874% certain that this court would not allow that. But _that_ amendment was passed _way_ after 1789 – four score and seven years and all that – so, because it wasn’t in the original Constitution and wasn’t thought up by the Founding Fathers (PBUT) it doesn’t really count. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3299 "2022-07-19T17:20:21Z")
There is a bill before the North Carolina legislature to make it legal to murder a pregnant woman if she is contemplating having an abortion. I’m not clear how that would save the fetus. [![](https://preview.redd.it/eszao3dqehc91.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1de6971ed7bfc1e3513587c6bec26257637167d1) ](https://preview.redd.it/eszao3dqehc91.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1de6971ed7bfc1e3513587c6bec26257637167d1) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3300 "2022-07-19T17:22:38Z")
A MAGA sheriff in Kansas is suggesting that his sheriffs be allowed to carry people’s ballots, and to have them in the room where ballots are counted. > **[‘Attempting to interfere’: Johnson County sheriff suggested his staff...](https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article263574188.html)** > > At a July 5 meeting, Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden, who has promoted unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, suggested his deputies play a role in election administration. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3301 "2022-07-19T17:30:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A MAGA sheriff in Kansas is suggesting that his sheriffs be allowed to carry people’s ballots, and to have them in the room where ballots are counted. Johnson County is the most populous and wealthiest county in the state. It’s also one of the few (if not the only) county that has a majority of Democratic voters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=164) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=166)