# 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:** 221
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4402 "2022-09-05T13:44:04Z")
There was a similar issue in Missouri awhile back, where voters overwhelmingly approved Medicaid expansion, but state GOP said nope. Will of the people indeed. 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4403 "2022-09-05T14:48:49Z")
What’s going on with his teeth? They look like they don’t fit in his head. > [@enipla](#): > > Was that rally on Sept 3rd ??? Or was that years ago? That was Sept. 3rd. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4404 "2022-09-05T15:01:53Z")
I love how 1/3 of the screen is taken up with direct grifting of the rubes. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4405 "2022-09-05T15:34:23Z")
And when they are penniless, they will blame it on who? Never mind. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4406 "2022-09-05T17:31:47Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I love how 1/3 of the screen is taken up with direct grifting of the rubes. It’s Newsmax. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4407 "2022-09-05T18:32:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > It’s Newsmax. “Forget it Jake. It’s Newsmaxtown” ---
**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:** [September 5, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4408 "2022-09-05T23:40:04Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > if Republicans start losing because of these issues, things could get interesting. > > Some are already scrubbing their websites of their anti-choice statements I think many of those are “I need to be as far right as possible to win the primary. Oh, I won? Gotta move towards the middle for the general election.” ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4409 "2022-09-06T14:52:10Z")
They are scratching for anything now. Dumpsterfire (the albatross) and the SC abortion ruling hung around their necks and this is what they come up with??? > **[Republican Leader Shrugs Off Dire Abortion Polls, Says Voters Care Most About...](https://jezebel.com/republican-leader-shrugs-off-dire-abortion-polls-says-1849495523)** > > Rep. Tom Emmer, chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, is trying his best to spin his party's tanking popularity post-Roe. Republican Leader Shrugs Off Dire Abortion Polls, Says Voters Care Most About Hunter Biden. The pro-rape party. Neo-Nazis party. White replacement party. Anti-science party. Anti-climate party. Pro gun violence party. Conspiracy party. You folks (the GQP) have a few image problems and you are calling out “Hunter Biden”??? ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4410 "2022-09-06T15:14:11Z")
The Republican base care most about Hunter Biden because that is what their media has been telling them to care about most. But the base alone isn’t enough to carry every election. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4411 "2022-09-06T17:17:35Z")
A New Mexico judge has ruled that Couy Griffin, the founder of Cowboys For Trump, should be removed from office as a county commissioner of Otero County, New Mexico for his participation in 1/6. The judge followed the requirements of the 14th Amendment for engaging " in insurrection or rebellion" against the United States. > **['Cowboys for Trump' Couy Griffin Removed From Office for Capitol Riot](https://www.newsweek.com/cowboys-trump-couy-griffin-removed-office-capitol-riot-1740326)** > > Griffin, a county commissioner in New Mexico, was convicted of a misdemeanor for entering Capitol grounds. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4412 "2022-09-06T18:42:32Z")
I bring you Dr. Oz, shitheel ass kissing celebrity running for US Senate from New Jersey Pennsylvania. Here he manages to leave out a few essential facts trying to attack his opponent for having two wrongly convicted persons on John Fetterman’s staff. This is the “SCARY BLACK MAN” tactic from the GQP playbook. I also notice that Oz doesn’t have the required MAGA mascot in the background. > **[Dr. Oz Tries To Come For Two ‘Wrongfully Convicted Black Men.’ Then Gets...](https://www.theroot.com/dr-oz-tries-to-come-for-two-wrongfully-convicted-blac-1849490843)** > > Dr. Oz , who is running for senate, keeps putting his foot in his mouth. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4413 "2022-09-06T23:01:42Z")
Georgia, Fake Elector, GQP illegal access to voting machines - Yessir, the party of law and order. > **[Surveillance video shows Georgia 'fake elector' escorting operatives into...](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/surveillance-video-shows-georgia-fake-elector-escorting-operatives-ele-rcna46530)** > > Cathy Latham, then the GOP chairwoman for Coffee County, is seen escorting members of the tech firm SullivanStrickler into an elections office the same day as an alleged breach that is under investigation by state authorities. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4414 "2022-09-06T23:47:51Z")
An old Dr. Oz comment about incest is trending. It’s… disturbing. > **[Dr. Oz on Incest: More Than First Cousin? 'Not a Big Problem.'](https://jezebel.com/dr-oz-on-incest-more-than-first-cousin-not-a-big-pro-1849501672)** > > It's incredible that this man really thought he should run for office after publicly weighing in on people "smashing" their cousins, among other things. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4415 "2022-09-07T00:06:23Z")
Much as I hate to give him any credit, he’s not wrong. In the USA, it is legal in every state for second cousins to marry, and the genetic risk for them is the same as if two unrelated people had a child. In short, genetically and legally, it isn’t incest. [https://www.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/can-you-marry-cousin](https://www.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/can-you-marry-cousin) ---
**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:** [September 7, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4416 "2022-09-07T00:31:19Z")
Read the rest of the article. He seems to imply that his daughters would be down to bone if they didn’t hate the way he smells. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4417 "2022-09-07T01:32:28Z")
I didn’t see anything particularly shocking in either Oz’s oversimplistic (if not downright scientifically false?) claims about “pheromones” somehow automatically deterring father-daughter incest, or his pointing out that sex between two people who are more distantly related than first cousins is not dangerous from a genetic point of view. Neither of those things is advocating or endorsing actual incest. What I found concerning was his cavalier attitude to the caller who was obviously distressed by the familial and sexual entanglement with his cousin (unclear whether the cousinship is first or more distant) and wanted to figure out how to stop it. The caller wasn’t saying how great the situation was and how happy they were except for the potential incest part, the caller wanted help in desexualizing what he clearly sees as a primarily familial relationship. Dude, if somebody is unhappy about their relationship and wants out, you acknowledge that! You don’t just reassure them “hey no worries, it’s not actually incest if you’re not first cousins or closer” and go on your merry way! ---
**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:** [September 7, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4418 "2022-09-07T01:37:56Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Read the rest of the article. He seems to imply that his daughters would be down to bone if they didn’t hate the way he smells. Hope he doesn’t start mixing Febreeze with his aftershave. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4419 "2022-09-07T02:16:20Z")
Congressman Mike Johnson (Q-LA) would like it to be known that Danny DeVito is evil and millions of children are being corrupted by his Satanic influence. > **[Louisiana Republican: I'm terrified of 'evil' Danny DeVito](https://www.rawstory.com/danny-devito-evil/)** > > On Tuesday, The Huffington Post reported that a Republican congressman from Louisiana is going out of his way to condemn "Little Demon," an upcoming animated sitcom on the FX Network starring Danny DeVito and Aubrey Plaza, as "evil" for portraying... ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4420 "2022-09-07T03:18:07Z")
I wasn’t sure how to read that, to be honest. At first I thought ewww, then I thought that maybe he was giving that as an example of how evolution has wired humans so that we don’t mate too closely in a family line. As in, parent and offspring too close, so they smell bad to each other. Second cousins distant enough, so no warn-off smell. The way he worded it was definitely creepy. I’m seeing quite a few folks getting all squicked about the idea of second cousins having sex (which is what he was responding to) and calling it incest. All I’m saying is that _legally and medically_, in the USA, second cousins getting married isn’t considered incest and is legal. And for a change, he didn’t offer advice in a field he has no qualifications for (counseling). ---
**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:** [September 7, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4421 "2022-09-07T09:04:28Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Congressman Mike Johnson (Q-LA) would like it to be known that Danny DeVito is evil and millions of children are being corrupted by his Satanic influence. That’s just ridiculous. If there’s an actor on that show anyone should be afraid of, it’s clearly Aubrey Plaza. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=220) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=222)