# 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:** 187
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3722 "2022-08-09T10:44:49Z")
[GOP wants PA Education Secretary to get rid of “woke information” about gender on the state website.](https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/08/pa-gop-lawmakers-want-woke-rhetoric-about-gender-identity-off-education-department-website.html) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3723 "2022-08-09T11:01:50Z")
That article is from 2019, but it’s still pretty memorable. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3724 "2022-08-09T12:14:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Marge Greene is literally tweeting, “Defund the FBI.” Yeah, they ought to arrest the guy who put Christopher Wray in charge of the FBI… what an Idiot! > **[Trump Picks Christopher Wray to Be F.B.I. Director (Published 2017)](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/us/politics/christopher-wray-fbi-director.html)** > > The selection of Mr. Wray, a former federal prosecutor, comes a day before the former F.B.I. director, James Comey, is set to testify in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3725 "2022-08-09T16:55:48Z")
Rachel Maddow said you should save today’s newspaper for posterity since this is a Big Deal; your children won’t believe how bad things were in the previous administration. In the same breath, she noted it was also the anniversary of Nicon resigning. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3726 "2022-08-09T17:00:38Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Rachel Maddow said you should save today’s newspaper for posterity since this is a Big Deal; your children won’t believe how bad things were in the previous administration. I hope so Rachel. Things can only get better, right? ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3727 "2022-08-09T17:07:02Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Things can only get better, right? [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRfae37hiuTGCsSNFMOS98uaGii8pvUnVftQYKGvMD7wUXa8DpGXMpPo2l5_5Tf7k58woA&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRfae37hiuTGCsSNFMOS98uaGii8pvUnVftQYKGvMD7wUXa8DpGXMpPo2l5_5Tf7k58woA&usqp=CAU) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3728 "2022-08-09T17:10:50Z")
Need a sarcasm smiley. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3729 "2022-08-09T17:19:28Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Why do people who _openly_ have no knowledge or understanding of human biology and reproduction think they are capable, nay _worthy_, of determining what other people who do understand can and can’t do? Stupid people often don’t know they’re stupid. That’s part of the stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3730 "2022-08-09T17:21:21Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Stupid people often don’t know they’re stupid. That’s part of the stupidity. … and thanks to ‘media shows’ like ‘Info Wars’, stupidity is contagious. ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3731 "2022-08-09T23:19:16Z")
Representative Scott Perry says the FBI seized his cell phone. > **[Trump ally Rep. Scott Perry says FBI seized his cellphone](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/9/rep-scott-perry-says-fbi-seized-his-cellphone/)** > > One day after the raid on former President Donald Trump’s home, the FBI has seized the cellphone of a Republican member of Congress. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3732 "2022-08-09T23:24:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > nevermind, turns out it’s false. That Ron DeSantis story wasn’t false. He really did suspend an elected official for having the temerity of saying he wouldn’t enforce a law that hasn’t yet been passed. > **[DeSantis suspends Tampa prosecutor who took stance against criminalizing...](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/08/04/politics/desantis-suspends-prosecutor/index.html)** > > Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday suspended Tampa's elected prosecutor, Andrew Warren, for pledging not to use his office to go after people who seek and provide abortions or on doctors that provide gender affirming care to transgender people. ---
**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 10, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3733 "2022-08-10T01:16:56Z")
Rudy Giuliani’s lawyers told a Georgia judge that Rudy has a medical condition that prevents him from flying, so he can’t testify in the election conspiracy case. The judge told them that he could take a train, or an uber, or whatever. > **[Judge suggests Rudy Giuliani travel by train or 'Uber or whatever' after his...](https://www.businessinsider.com/judge-rudy-giuliani-travel-testify-grand-jury-fulton-county-2022-8)** > > "I'm confident \[Giuliani\] can figure out a way — short of a Greyhound — to get him to Atlanta," the judge said during a court hearing on Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3734 "2022-08-10T01:26:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rudy Giuliani’s lawyers told a Georgia judge that Rudy has a medical condition that prevents him from flying, He is allergic to jail? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3735 "2022-08-10T01:47:00Z")
He’s leaking. Could be HAZMAT. TSA won’t let you fly in that condition ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3736 "2022-08-10T01:57:57Z")
The AMTRAK Crescent goes from New York to Atlanta daily, even has bedroom accomodations, so Rudy can travel in the style he’s become accustomed too. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3737 "2022-08-10T02:04:26Z")
‘Mr. Giuliani? Do you own shoes?’ Your Friend, the person who will be finding you in contempt if you refuse to appear, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3738 "2022-08-10T02:34:20Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > That Ron DeSantis story wasn’t false. He really did suspend an elected official for having the temerity of saying he wouldn’t enforce a law that hasn’t yet been passed. Wait, what? How can a governor suspend an elected official? Appointed, maybe, but an independently elected official? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3739 "2022-08-10T02:37:45Z")
When you’re a star, they let you do it. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3740 "2022-08-10T02:42:26Z")
Technically, Atlanta is within walking distance of New York. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3741 "2022-08-10T02:44:15Z")
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