# 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:** 250
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4982 "2022-10-04T13:48:27Z")
> **[Poll: Near Majority of Florida Voters Support DeSantis' Migrant Flights](https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/poll-florida-ron-desantis/2022/10/03/id/1090289/)** > > A near majority of Florida voters back Gov. Ron DeSantis in his decision to transport migrants to places such as Martha's Vineyard, a new Spectrum News-Sienna College poll shows. “Near majority”. So a minority? ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4983 "2022-10-04T13:52:30Z")
It’s Newsmax, don’t expect much in depth analysis. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4984 "2022-10-04T13:58:51Z")
“autographing the **hate** ” ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4985 "2022-10-04T14:32:33Z")
Still not seeing the typo. (note previous winky face) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4986 "2022-10-04T14:50:25Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I just can’t take these people. Caitlyn Jenner has been oddly anti-trans since day 1. I think a big part of why “I Am Cait” was cancelled was because she was/is a Trump supporter. Some of the other people on the show with her even told her to knock it off with all the pro-trump rhetoric since it was hurting her own cause (and more so, it’s hurting the cause of all the people she’s representing due to her trans status and fame). If [the generic] you remember, Trump even said that Caitlyn (not the trans community, he singled out ‘Caitlyn’) could use any bathroom she wants at a Trump property to which the rest of the trans community said ‘uh, what about us?’ Hell, she was at CPAC. > **[Caitlyn Jenner Deserves Dignity, But Not Power](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/caitlyn-jenner-transphobic-harassment-cpac-dignity-power-op-ed)** > > She represents the dangers of transgender conservatism. I only skimmed that article, but I want to note that I liked the line “She Deserves Dignity, But Not Power”. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4987 "2022-10-04T16:54:27Z")
This woman is another example of the genius found within the GOP. > ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4988 "2022-10-04T17:06:54Z")
> [@](#): > > AZ State Sen Wendy Rogers says Democrats are going to try and steal the election from Kari Lake and Blake Masters: “We need to vote on the last day so they don’t know how much to cheat by.” [https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1577100428982243329/video/1](https://t.co/rX092u2rUk) What, does she think Election Day is spread out for a week, like on supermarket flyers? _”But the first day is BOGO day at Food Lion!”_ ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4989 "2022-10-04T18:16:43Z")
I’m still confused. To me it looks like she’s saying the girls shouldn’t be scolded for having a transgirl in the locker room who hasn’t transitioned yet. Or is she saying that the girls shouldn’t be scolded if they _don’t want_ a pre-transition transgirl in the same locker room? In the first case, no one should be scolded. I’m honestly not sure what to do about the second, unless it’s to give the transgirl some privacy. Learning to listen and not bully for differences should be in there somewhere. But scolding is not usually a good way to convince a kid of anything. Aside: Why is no one ever worried when it’s a transman/transboy using the men’s locker room?? ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4990 "2022-10-04T18:24:48Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Aside: Why is no one ever worried when it’s a transman/transboy using the men’s locker room??.. Because it’s really a girl getting free peeks at real boys’ junk. Peeks are okay, but not _free_ peeks. I could be making that up. Who knows? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4991 "2022-10-04T18:30:48Z")
Someone’s got to look up _what_ was Caitlyn responding to. But people blew the “dignity but not power” thing when they poured accolades on her as Ms Trans Standardbearer a few years back. Now she thinks she knows better than them. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4992 "2022-10-04T18:41:06Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What, does she think Election Day is spread out for a week, like on supermarket flyers? A good bit longer than a week in states that have early voting, such as [Arizona](https://azsos.gov/votebymail). > [@AZ Sec'y of State](#): > > Each county has different in-person early voting options starting 27-days before Election Day up through 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before Election Day. Visit your County Recorder’s website or contact your County Recorder directly to learn more about in-person early voting options in your county. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4993 "2022-10-04T18:56:52Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Someone’s got to look up _what_ was Caitlyn responding to. Probably the fact that she hasn’t gotten any attention in a while. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4994 "2022-10-04T18:57:59Z")
The story is out that allegedly anti-choice Herschel Walker paid for a girlfriend’s abortion (which is surprising in and of itself considering how many kids he has by how many women). He denied it, and threatened a lawsuit. But his equally crazy not-gay son was having none of it and went equally viral calling his father out as a liar. > **[Republican Herschel Walker pledges to sue over report he paid for abortion –...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2022/oct/04/herschel-walker-abortion-senate-biden-roe-wade-trump-latest-updates)** > > Anti-abortion Senate candidate in Georgia reportedly paid for the procedure for a former girlfriend in 2009 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4995 "2022-10-04T20:21:09Z")
> **[Student Loan Forgiveness: WI lawsuit seeking to block relief program](https://www.cbs58.com/news/wisconsin-law-firm-sues-to-block-student-loan-forgiveness)** > > MADISON Wis. (CBS 58) -- A conservative law firm in Wisconsin is suing to block President Joe Biden's plan to wipe out thousands of dollars in student loan debt.The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Lib > It also says that Biden’s plan is discriminatory because it’s designed in part to help Black borrowers. “But we’re totally not racist” - Republicans. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4996 "2022-10-04T22:30:20Z")
How do they have standing? ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4997 "2022-10-04T23:23:02Z")
John Fetterman has a new campaign ad out likening Mehmet Oz to another famous “doctor”, and it is glorious. > ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4998 "2022-10-04T23:42:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > John Fetterman has a new campaign ad out likening Mehmet Oz to another famous “doctor”, and it is glorious. Very, _very_ nice. (At a guess, Matt Groening and others with ownership interest in “The Simpsons” were happy to cooperate with this.) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4999 "2022-10-05T00:05:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The story is out that allegedly anti-choice Herschel Walker paid for a girlfriend’s abortion (which is surprising in and of itself considering how many kids he has by how many women). He denied it, and threatened a lawsuit. But his equally crazy not-gay son was having none of it and went equally viral calling his father out as a liar. The plot sickens: > **[Walker’s team knew of an abortion allegation months before it surfaced](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/04/walker-campaign-abortion-midterm-election-00060312)** > > His team was aware and had time to prepare. They just hoped it wouldn’t come out before the election. > Months before news broke alleging that Herschel Walker paid for an abortion, top Republicans in the state — including those advising his team — warned him that the story could torpedo his campaign. > Four people with knowledge of those preliminary discussions said that the abortion issue was well known within the state, even before reporters began inquiring about it… ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5000 "2022-10-05T00:11:24Z")
Gratiot County, Republican Party ad for Tudor Dixon, running for Governor of Michigan. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0-c7D7W99ls/maxresdefault.jpg "Michigan county GOP releases low-budget homemade ad for Tudor Dixon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-c7D7W99ls) ---
**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:** [October 5, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5001 "2022-10-05T00:16:04Z")
Female athletes in Florida are asked to report their menstrual cycles to a private app that does not require HIPAA privacy, and can be ordered to report the results to anybody who sues for it. > **[Florida female student athletes are asked about their menstrual history....](https://fortune.com/2022/10/04/florida-female-student-athletes-menstrual-history-concerns-abortion/)** > > "I don’t see why \[school districts\] need that access to that type of information," says one doctor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=249) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=251)