# 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:** 176
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3502 "2022-07-28T11:59:45Z")
Sorry for the snark. I was pretty sure you weren’t actually saying something new to you, but that we were both parodying folks out there who really were/are that clueless. Mea culpa. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3503 "2022-07-28T12:28:54Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Trump, for all his pretentions, clearly has No Class. Or, as his Queens neighbor and near-contemporary Paul Simon put it, “The man ain’t got no _culchah_!” 🙂 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QOvs3rCFI2A/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLADOpuJAFTxXFr5r5tx4Wqt_d51Sw "Simon & Garfunkel - A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOvs3rCFI2A&t=85) ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3504 "2022-07-28T12:50:08Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > in the Midwest (so not a lot of Trump news back in the day). There is debate over it, but I consider Ohio to be the Midwest, and I’ve lived there all my life. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > NYers have a bias that they are the center of the universe, and we all should know everything that happens there, and it shows up in threads like this. We out in what is known as “the rest of the world” can’t tell and don’t care to tell one rich NY real estate millionaire from another. I’ve spent maybe a total of 12 hours of my life in New York. There’s a whole lot that I don’t know about the place. But the Trump stench manages to waft its way across the country. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3505 "2022-07-28T15:56:42Z")
Louie Gohmert steps up his game to hang on to the “Stupidest Person in Congress” crown: > > Gohmert: The gentleman impugned our integrity… He is not allowed under the rules to impugn false statements by this side ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3506 "2022-07-28T16:06:09Z")
What is the context? ---
**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:** [July 28, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3507 "2022-07-28T16:40:02Z")
Wait - is he actually saying that under House Rules, one is not allowed to point out false statements, or only false statements made by his side of the isle? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3508 "2022-07-28T16:40:51Z")
It sounded like he was caught in an outrageous lie and started playing the victim. ---
**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 28, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3509 "2022-07-28T16:41:42Z")
Y’all are assuming that Louie actually knows what “impugn” means. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3510 "2022-07-28T16:46:06Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > What is the context? That’s pretty much it. One guy said “read these documents, and stop making false claims”, and then this came out. There’s really not a lot of wiggle room there. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3511 "2022-07-28T17:34:55Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > That’s pretty much it. One guy said “read these documents, and stop making false claims”, and then this came out. There’s a bit more context at the [full hearing video](https://www.c-span.org/video/?521921-1/justice-dept-official-testifies-national-security-threats) (“Watch From Beginning” and play from about 40:30) – Rep. Cicillene introduces a fact check on GOP claims that the DOJ is accusing parents of being “terrorists” and tells his GOP colleages to try reading some documentation he placed on the record, leading to Gohmert’s objection that there’s some sort of rule against complaining when Republicans lie. ---
**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 28, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3512 "2022-07-28T19:09:47Z")
Once again proving that, to Republicans, _Freedom of Speech_ means freedom from consequences of what _they_ speak. ---
**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3513 "2022-07-28T19:45:29Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > leading to Gohmert’s objection that there’s some sort of rule against complaining when Republicans lie. In fairness, got to leave time for doing literally anything 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:** [July 29, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3514 "2022-07-29T00:28:01Z")
Cops were called when two groups of rival truck caravans got into a brawl. > **[Police Called as Rival Right-Wing Convoy Groups Duke It Out in D.C.](https://www.thedailybeast.com/police-called-as-rival-right-wing-convoy-groups-duke-it-out-in-dc)** > > By 2 a.m. on Thursday, cops were forced to respond after a member of the 1776 Restoration Movement pepper-sprayed a rival in the face. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3515 "2022-07-29T00:50:10Z")
Was the other one part of the Truckers’ Front of Judea? ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3516 "2022-07-29T00:54:48Z")
Splitters! ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3517 "2022-07-29T01:24:59Z")
Not an individual article, but [more a collection of Ted Cruz’s amassed evil and calculated idiocy.](https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ted-cruz-watch/) I suppose it can go in either thread. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3518 "2022-07-29T02:25:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Cops were called when two groups of rival truck caravans got into a brawl. Queued up to the relevant quote: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PQRSyhLKue8/maxresdefault.jpg "The Hanson Brothers invade the stands") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQRSyhLKue8&t=84s) ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3519 "2022-07-29T10:32:44Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Gohmert: The gentleman impugned our integrity… He is not allowed under the rules to impugn false statements by this side This would falsely imply that Gohmert has any integrity to impugn. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3520 "2022-07-29T10:37:56Z")
“If both survive the _lirpa_…” ---
**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 29, 2022, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3521 "2022-07-29T10:38:44Z")
How dare you? Louie grows the integrity in the bed next to the asparagus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=175) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=177)