# 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:** 177
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3522 "2022-07-29T18:17:33Z")
Wow. Here are the crack shock-troops Trump told to Stand Back and Stand By. If any RWNJs continue the spiel of **Why Wasn’t The Government Overthrown If January 6th Were a Real Insurrection** , you can show them this. These bozos couldn’t overthrow a Toys R Us. Thank Og. ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3523 "2022-07-30T01:32:12Z")
Has Mitch McConnell made any comments about the people who have died in the floods in Kentucky? ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3524 "2022-07-30T01:44:59Z")
Were there any fetuses involved? ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3525 "2022-07-30T01:47:30Z")
Good point. ---
**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 30, 2022, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3526 "2022-07-30T10:36:01Z")
More water is good for turtles, right? Or is he a tortoise? ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3527 "2022-07-30T13:10:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Has Mitch McConnell made any comments about the people who have died in the floods in Kentucky? He’s prayin’ for them – does that count? > Minority Leader of the United States Senate, Mitch McConnell released the following statement on Twitter Thursday: > > > “My prayers are with the families in Eastern Kentucky facing heavy floods, mudslides, and power outages this week. My team is in close contact with local officials and I’m ready to provide any help I can. Thank you to the first responders who are helping Kentuckians stay safe.” > > — Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) [July 28, 2022](https://twitter.com/LeaderMcConnell/status/1552657430693048324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) He also thanked Joe (!) for disaster declaration. (I’ll bet that stuck in his throat.) > Thank you [@POTUS](https://twitter.com/POTUS) for rapidly declaring a Major Disaster in response to Eastern Kentucky’s ongoing flooding. I joined all members of our congressional delegation to support [@GovAndyBeshear](https://twitter.com/GovAndyBeshear)’s request and speed federal resources to assist search and rescue operations. > (July 29, 2022) ---
**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 30, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3528 "2022-07-30T22:00:55Z")
Steve Bannon went all “MAGA is diverse and inclusive” and Lara Loomer criticized him because diversity is bad. [![](https://i.redd.it/7bfw3q994me91.png) ](https://i.redd.it/7bfw3q994me91.png) ---
**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 30, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3529 "2022-07-30T22:04:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Steve Bannon went all “MAGA is diverse and inclusive” and Lara Loomer criticized him because diversity is bad. - Then she should go back in the kitchen like a good, little girl. /s ---
**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 31, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3530 "2022-07-31T01:39:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Steve Bannon went all “MAGA is diverse and inclusive” and Lara Loomer criticized him because diversity is bad. I assume Lara doesn’t consider her Jewishness to be “diverse”. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3531 "2022-07-31T02:07:17Z")
And she did not miss the opportunity to declare she is a nationalist and that she and her ilk “are striving for nationalism”. There is no longer “the quiet part”. By the way, she is completely wrong when she says "you cannot use diversity and nationalism in the same sentence. Watch me. Diversity is the strength of our nation, while nationalism, and specifically Christian nationalism, is the ideal of the Ku Klux Klan. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3532 "2022-07-31T04:24:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Has Mitch McConnell made any comments about the people who have died in the floods in Kentucky? I’d be genuinely shocked if Mitch could locate Whitesburg on a map. But I’m sure he’ll swoop down here and stand around making sad turtle faces soon enough. ---
**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 31, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3533 "2022-07-31T12:35:28Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > I’d be genuinely shocked if Mitch could locate Whitesburg on a map. He’s evil, and an ass, and a dick (are there other body parts I can use as derogatives and not get modded 😇), but it is the county seat and he is a competent politician, so I bet he’s been there at least once. ---
**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 31, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3534 "2022-07-31T13:17:02Z")
I’m torn between two reactions. 1. Blues Brothers. “We’re so diverse, we listen to _both_ Country _and_ Western!” 2. She says “Diversity come from the mind”, like using you mind is supposed to be a bad thing. ---
**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 31, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3535 "2022-07-31T13:39:08Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > She says “Diversity come from the mind”, like using you mind is supposed to be a bad thing. - Scammers think so. 'Why are you using your mind/brain!?" ---
**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 31, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3536 "2022-07-31T21:49:31Z")
The QOP’s nominee for AG in Maryland is a 9/11 truther and former Constitution Party presidential candidate. > **[Republican nominee for Maryland attorney general hosted 9/11 conspiracy radio...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/31/politics/kfile-maryland-attorney-general-9-11-conspiracies/index.html)** > > The Republican Party's nominee for Maryland attorney general hosted a series of five radio shows in 2006 devoted to arguing in support of 9/11 conspiracy theories questioning if the terror attack was the work of an "elite bureaucrat" who had... ---
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3537 "2022-07-31T21:57:19Z")
He thinks that there may be demolition charges hidden in _every building in New York City,_ waiting the pleasure of some “elite bureaucrat” to push a button somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3538 "2022-07-31T22:03:33Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > waiting the pleasure of some “elite bureaucrat” to push a button somewhere. I believe the correct truther term/phrase is “pull it” for planned demo. ---
**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 31, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3539 "2022-07-31T23:01:57Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > He thinks that there may be demolition charges hidden in _every building in New York City,_ waiting the pleasure of some “elite bureaucrat” to push a button somewhere. So he’s completely delusional, and mentally unbalanced. Seems about right. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3540 "2022-08-01T02:53:59Z")
Gym Jordan says it’s wrong for Republicans to work on bills endorsed by Biden. > **[GOP Rep. Jim Jordan says it's 'wrong' for Senate Republicans to work with...](https://www.businessinsider.com/jim-jordan-kevin-mccarthy-senate-republicans-biden-endorsed-legislation-2022-7)** > > Jordan praised Kevin McCarthy for rejecting Biden-backed bipartisan bills and stated that the GOP leader was "on the side of the American people." ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3541 "2022-08-01T03:28:33Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Has Mitch McConnell made any comments about the people who have died in the floods in Kentucky? > > I’d be genuinely shocked if Mitch could locate Whitesburg on a map. > > But I’m sure he’ll swoop down here and stand around making sad turtle faces soon enough. I’m sure he’d have no problem finding Whitesburg. He’d have trouble locating Blacksburg. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=176) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=178)