# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018
**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
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4782 "2022-09-27T13:07:17Z")
> [@Folacin](#):
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> > So he runs off and leaves his family behind?
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> That’s what I was wondering, but the story says his wife was driving. Now I wonder if they have kids they left behind? Of course, you can also make more babies (or adopt some!). -
Wow. The big Manly Man® lets the _woman_ drive him to safety? /s
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### Author:  [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4783 "2022-09-27T13:11:10Z")
> **[Minnesota Republicans Advised to Repeat Claim That 'Abortion Is Not on the...](https://jezebel.com/minnesota-republicans-advised-to-repeat-claim-that-abor-1849581792)**
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> The GOP has been gaslighting us with this line for years, but it's a bit late for that now.
Heck, they’re trying to avoid all “issues” 'cause they’re hard.
“An email from the Minnesota Republican Party instructed candidates on how they should respond if Democrats and the media “try and bait [them] with questions about issues”—God forbid they be forced to talk about issues—especially abortion.”
"Hann’s claims are also refuted by Republican candidates’ own previous statements. Scott Jensen, the Republican nominee for governor, said in March that if the Supreme Court overturned Roe and he were governor, he would “try to ban abortion.” Jensen has since attempted to backtrack his extremism, claiming in a September ad that abortion is “a protected constitutional right and no governor can change that, and I’m not running to do that.” The Republican nominee for attorney general, Jim Schultz, said during a March candidate forum that, unlike some Republicans who go into a defensive crouch on abortion, he would “be the one going on offense.”
As the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party wrote on Twitter, “Talking about important issues is not baiting, it’s called campaigning. If Republicans cannot defend their plans to ban abortion, that’s on them.”
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### Author:  [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4784 "2022-09-27T13:12:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#):
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> Wow. The big Manly Man® lets the _woman_ drive him to safety? /s
Hard to drive when you’re crouched behind the front seats.
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### Author:  [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4785 "2022-09-27T13:26:01Z")
Has Paxton been spotted in Cancun yet?
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### Author:  [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4786 "2022-09-27T14:49:13Z")
Dang! Ya burnt!
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4787 "2022-09-27T15:30:41Z")
> [@Smapti](#):
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> Ken Paxton fled his own house in his wife’s car to avoid a process server and told Twitter it was because of stranger danger. -
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> [Ken Paxton tried to avoid being served with subpoena, court record says | The Texas Tribune](https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/26/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-subpoena-abortion-lawsuit/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1664244917&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter)
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> [x.com](https://mobile.twitter.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/1574608678854205440)
Beau is amused.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqd3go5tPc4)
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### Author:  [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4788 "2022-09-27T15:33:03Z")
Doug Mastriano put out perhaps the saddest plea for money since God threatened to call Oral Roberts home:
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### Author:  [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4789 "2022-09-27T17:23:18Z")
His rally on the Pennsylvania state capitol steps drew tens of people.
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### Author:  [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4790 "2022-09-27T17:24:06Z")
Lauren Boebert, Steve Scalise, and Marge Greene all sent congratulations to the new fascist Prime Minister of Italy.
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### Author:  [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4791 "2022-09-27T17:53:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> His rally on the Pennsylvania state capitol steps drew tens of people.
But but but, he says “We ARE the keystone state.” So that makes all the difference.
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### Author:  [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4792 "2022-09-27T17:59:10Z")
He’s got some interesting definitions of freedom and oppression.
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### Author:  [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4793 "2022-09-27T18:04:48Z")
Dozens even…
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### Author:  [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4794 "2022-09-27T18:21:31Z")
The University of Idaho has told all of its employees that they are not allowed to give abortion counseling or direct women to abortion services. Nor can they give birth control. Condoms can be given for health purposes, but not for birth control uses.
> **[University of Idaho releases memo warning employees that promoting abortion...](https://idahocapitalsun.com/2022/09/26/university-of-idaho-releases-memo-warning-employees-that-promoting-abortion-is-against-state-law/)**
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> The University of Idaho has warned its employees not to provide reproductive health counseling, including abortion, to their students.
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### Author:  [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4795 "2022-09-27T18:45:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> Condoms can be given for health purposes…
So… you have to have documented/physical proof that you have an STD (or worse) before you can get one?
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### Author:  [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4796 "2022-09-27T18:47:29Z")
Can’t you just say you’re afraid of getting an STD?
Cheesh, I’m sure _that’ll_ keep the unwanted pregnancy and STD rates down.
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### Author:  [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4797 "2022-09-27T18:53:38Z")
They don’t want abortions, they say “use birth control”.
Then they take away birth control.
They make no damn sense!
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### Author:  [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4798 "2022-09-27T19:00:58Z")
The message is don’t be a slut. Instead get married at 20, and then start popping out babies every 18 months or so so that you are too busy taking care of the kids to be uppity or make trouble for the man-folk.
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4799 "2022-09-27T19:03:44Z")
The road to hell is paved with lies about good intentions.
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### Author:  [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4800 "2022-09-27T19:24:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> Fucker Carlson criticized John Fetterman for having tattoos
Seems to be a theme:
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> Is Pennsylvania Democrat Fetterman’s tattoo “I will make you hurt” based on his ties to the crips gang as reported by the Free Beacon or a reference to the nine inch nails heroin song “Hurt”.
> **[Dr. Oz Accidentally Gives Fetterman An Awesome New Slogan As Insult Backfires](https://news.yahoo.com/dr-oz-accidentally-gives-fetterman-043241129.html)**
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> Critics of GOP Senate nominee Mehmet Oz say this attempted slam only makes his Democratic rival seem cooler.
> Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, often wears a hoodie ― something Oz seems to find unacceptable, albeit for a curious reason.
> “When he dresses like that, it’s not an accident,” Oz said on the “Ruthless” podcast last week. “He’s kicking authority in the balls. He’s saying, ‘I’m the man. I’ll show those guys who’s boss.’”
Apparently “coordinated campaign of talking points that make the opposition candidate sound like a cool badass” is the new Republican strategy for this race.
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### Author:  [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4801 "2022-09-27T19:25:52Z")
In Republican circles, freedom is the freedom to oppress others. Oppression is when you have to treat others fairly.
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