# 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:** 196
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3902 "2022-08-15T01:50:08Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > We’re not going to start making Lindsay Graham jokes now are we Isn’t he enough of one already? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3903 "2022-08-15T02:07:06Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It would almost worth it to get rid of Rafael Cruz. Would have kept Mark Meadows out of congress too. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3904 "2022-08-15T02:13:01Z")
I’ll be fair. His father was serving in the Army at the time. He gets a pass. ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3905 "2022-08-15T02:55:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Laura Loomer says when she’s elected to Congress, she’s going to make it illegal to serve in political office unless you were born in the United States. She can think all she wants that she can do that, but wouldn’t that require a consitutional amendment? > [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Why does this sound like one of those Sovereign Citizen “magic spells”? Because it’s stupid? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3906 "2022-08-15T03:28:30Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Why does this sound like one of those Sovereign Citizen “magic spells”? I’m now imagining that “By copy of this TRUTH!” is the alt-right/SovCit/QAnon version of “By the power of Greyskull!” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3907 "2022-08-15T03:32:39Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Because it’s stupid? _Everything_ he says is fucking imbecilic, so it’s not _just_ that. It’s the weird phrasing and use of capital letters. “By copy of this TRUTH”… who talks like that? I’m waiting for him to say that **Donald of the Clan Trump** did not commit these crimes, it was the **Corporate Body DONALD JEHOVAH TRUMP** that did so. ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3908 "2022-08-15T03:32:47Z")
The anti-abortion proposition in Kansas lost by 165,000 votes, but the Republicans demanded a recount. Since the gap was so large, they have to pay for it themselves. It’s being paid for by a credit card that belongs to the Kansas Republican Assembly, a hard-right group. > **[Republican group’s credit card was offered to pay for Kansas abortion...](https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article264488441.html)** > > Mark Gietzen, a long-time anti-abortion activist and leader of the Kansas Republican Assembly, said the group’s credit card was provided. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3909 "2022-08-15T03:46:34Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > > > Why does this sound like one of those Sovereign Citizen “magic spells”? > > I’m now imagining that “By copy of this TRUTH!” is the alt-right/SovCit/QAnon version of “By the power of Greyskull!” "“By Grabthar’s Hammer, I command you!” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3910 "2022-08-15T03:48:15Z")
“By copy of this TRUTH, what a savings!” ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3911 "2022-08-15T05:48:56Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Ted Cruz says Elizabeth Warren might have a penis. And **I** think Ted Cruz might have an alien controlling him like the little dude inside the big dude’s head in _Men in Black._ Let’s cut him open and find out. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3912 "2022-08-15T07:05:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > to make it illegal to serve in political office unless you were born in the United States Well, technically, she says “AMERICA” – Mayra Flores was born in Mexico (literally The **United States** of Mexico), which is in (North) America. So much for an easy out on Rafael. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3913 "2022-08-15T10:10:48Z")
It’s right there on top of his neck. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3914 "2022-08-15T12:54:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > It’s being paid for by a credit card that belongs to the Kansas Republican Assembly, a hard-right group. WHOA! Somebody’s getting a boatload of rewards points! ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3915 "2022-08-15T13:43:02Z")
Credit card. I can see a “dispute” from a mile away. Cash money in an escrow account or nothing. ---
**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3916 "2022-08-15T14:14:24Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Q-wisatz Haderach Give a dog a bone! ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3917 "2022-08-15T14:17:21Z")
I was gonna say, “How do we know Ted Cruz has a brain?” But your suggestion is better. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3918 "2022-08-15T14:31:54Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > And **I** think Ted Cruz might have an alien controlling him like the little dude inside the big dude’s head in _Men in Black._ Let’s cut him open and find out. I’m pretty sure there’s nothing inside Ted Cruz’s head. ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3919 "2022-08-15T14:46:19Z")
Except soup. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3920 "2022-08-15T15:13:28Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > > Ted Cruz says Elizabeth Warren might have a penis. > > And **I** think Ted Cruz might have an alien controlling him like the little dude inside the big dude’s head in _Men in Black._ Let’s cut him open and find out. Someone (I think here on the boards) once described Ted Cruz as a thousand rats wearing a human skin, and each of those rats was a thousand cockroaches wearing a rat skin. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3921 "2022-08-15T15:14:46Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Except soup. _to Cruz_: No soup for you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=195) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=197)