# 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:** 222
**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:** [September 7, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4422 "2022-09-07T11:14:40Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > 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. And first cousin marriage is legal in apparently 19 states (include Minnesota for you south bashers (which I know because two of my cousins got married there (and had at least two (as far as I know) healthy children)). ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4423 "2022-09-07T13:30:38Z")
New headline Dr Oz Daughters Say He’s Too Stinky To Fuck! ---
**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, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4424 "2022-09-07T20:52:48Z")
Yeah, that was just TMI even if it wasn’t actually an endorsement of incest. There needs to be a protocol (we could call it the “Larry Summers Rule”?) about how you don’t try to demonstrate or illustrate general sociological/anthropological claims by recounting anecdotes about your own young children. It’s unnecessarily personal and it’s meaningless as actual evidence. ---
**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, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4425 "2022-09-07T20:55:41Z")
> [@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. I’m a liberal Democrat, and I don’t want to see it either. And I don’t think they should be advertising it on channels that families are likely to see. There’s a character with his intestines exposed, for Christ’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4426 "2022-09-08T00:07:48Z")
I had somehow forgotten about this show, and now must check it out. Thanks, Congresscritter Johnson!! ---
**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 8, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4427 "2022-09-08T00:56:55Z")
Sarah Palin is outraged that her election loss is harming the country. > ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4428 "2022-09-08T01:34:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Sarah Palin is outraged that her election loss is harming the country. One of the tweet responses to that nonsense was [this](https://twitter.com/HedleyLamarr23/status/1567605830132039680). Perfectamundo. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/BV2D21O.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/BV2D21O) ---
**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 8, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4429 "2022-09-08T01:43:25Z")
Hilarious. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 8, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4430 "2022-09-08T13:45:47Z")
Can we mention the banner there? “Real America’s Voice”? Way to hide it, buddy. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4431 "2022-09-08T15:24:13Z")
Wow, by that “logic” people should be outraged that **i** didn’t get elected to Congress, too! ---
**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 8, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4432 "2022-09-08T17:48:17Z")
I am becoming more and more convinced that Nick Adams’s twitter account is a parody. “President Trump would dominate if he played a round against Rory McIlroy!” “I speak for everyone when I say the Trump Family is the most beloved First Family since the Kennedy Family.” “The American people didn’t want another portrait of Michelle Obama, they wanted one of Melania Trump!” These are all just from today. ---
**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 8, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4433 "2022-09-08T17:50:29Z")
Michigan Republicans sue to overturn the 2020 election. They are also demanding that the election be reheld, counting only take place on one day, and all voters must cast paper ballots. and all voting must take place in person. > **[Michigan Republicans Sue To Overturn the Results of the 2020 Presidential...](https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/michigan-republicans-sue-to-overturn-the-results-of-the-2020-presidential-election/)** > > Read more here. This follows along on a report that Republican trainers were telling poll workers to violate the law. > **[Michigan GOP Chiefs Instructed Poll Workers to Break Rules During Training](https://www.thedailybeast.com/michigan-gop-chiefs-instructed-poll-workers-to-break-rules-during-training-video-shows)** > > A Zoom session recording showed how MAGA conspiracy theorists interfere with the electoral process. ---
**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 8, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4434 "2022-09-08T17:54:48Z")
Mehmet Oz owns shares in companies that produce hydroxychhloroquine, which he pushes as a cure for covid. > **[Dr. Oz owns shares of companies that supply hydroxychloroquine, a drug he has...](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/07/dr-oz-has-ties-to-hydroxychloroquine-companies-as-he-backs-covid-treatment.html)** > > Dr. Mehmet Oz has financial ties to suppliers of hydroxychloroquine as he backs the possible use of the anti-malaria drug to fight Covid-19. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4435 "2022-09-08T17:58:16Z")
In other news, water is wet. I’ve long suspected that the hydroxychloroquine push was being motivated by Republicans owning stock in companies that make it. Same for Ivermectin. Gotta keep those rubes shelling out their folding money. ---
**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 8, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4436 "2022-09-08T19:22:13Z")
Enhance! Enhance! ---
**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:** [September 8, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4437 "2022-09-08T21:10:25Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Enhance! Enhance! Can you read the license number on that violin? ---
**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 9, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4438 "2022-09-09T00:18:08Z")
The new conspiracy theory. Queen Elizabeth died 1776 days after the first QAnon post. As if that somehow matters. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4439 "2022-09-09T00:27:03Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > And first cousin marriage is legal in apparently 19 states (include Minnesota for you south bashers (which I know because two of my cousins got married there (and had at least two (as far as I know) healthy children)). ) Sorry, it was bugging me. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4440 "2022-09-09T00:28:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The new conspiracy theory. Queen Elizabeth died 1776 days after the first QAnon post. As if that somehow matters. - Which side of the International Date Line was she on? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4441 "2022-09-09T00:51:47Z")
Factual answer: Same side as the U.S. is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=221) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=223)