# 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:** 271
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5402 "2022-10-21T17:29:24Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > What worried me most about that article was this “Statewide prosecutors argued that the alleged crimes were committed in Leon County in addition to Miami-Dade County, because the defendants’ applications and votes were later transmitted to the Department of State in Tallahassee.” As a general principle, I don’t think the state can move evidence of the crime around in order to create more jurisdictions. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5403 "2022-10-21T19:35:46Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > As a general principle, I don’t think the state can move evidence of the crime around in order to create more jurisdictions. Sure, but… what if they did? I mean, this is not a party of reasonableness, or what is right, or even of laws… ---
**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 21, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5404 "2022-10-21T19:41:47Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > As a general principle, I don’t think the state can move evidence of the crime around in order to create more jurisdictions. But that’s exactly what happened. Granted they didn’t move it TO create more jurisdictions, but that was still the end result. And, I know the judged tossed it, but that doesn’t mean every judge will. In any case, my concern wasn’t about the state moving evidence, but rather the state stepping in to prosecute what would otherwise be a county/local case, because of something like this. ---
**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 22, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5405 "2022-10-22T01:38:47Z")
> At this rate, Fucker will just be shouting the N-word at the camera by Halloween. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5406 "2022-10-22T01:42:50Z")
I think he’s simply Putin’s mouthpiece now. Carlson has been given marching orders to try to divide and destroy America. The question is: How much is Fox News itself owned and controlled by Putin? ---
**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:** [October 22, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5407 "2022-10-22T21:15:28Z")
Who says Putin is necessary? “When we come to hang the capitalists they’ll sell us the rope,” and all that. So long as there’s profit in the short term (I’m lookin’ at _you_, Murdock) Carlson will say anything his boss wants. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5408 "2022-10-22T21:28:45Z")
Sure, it’s racist, but let’s not lose sight of how sexist it also is. ---
**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 22, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5409 "2022-10-22T23:41:53Z")
Wisconsin man admits to cutting his neighors’ cable line with a pair of scissors because he thought (incorrectly) that they were illegal immigrants and therefore “didn’t deserve cable”. > **[Wisconsin man charged with hate crime for allegedly cutting internet cable of...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wisconsin-man-charged-hate-crime-allegedly-cutting-internet-cable-neig-rcna53491?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma)** > > “I just don’t feel that they deserve cable," said Shannon Pearson, 48, according to a criminal complaint. "They’re illegal aliens.” ---
**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 22, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5410 "2022-10-22T23:52:18Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Who says Putin is necessary? “When we come to hang the capitalists they’ll sell us the rope,” and all that. So long as there’s profit in the short term (I’m lookin’ at _you_, Murdock) Carlson will say anything his boss wants. All that’s true–but I suspect that Vlad still finds at least a _bit_ of room in his budget for supporting anti-American activists such as Mr. Carlson. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5411 "2022-10-23T01:45:30Z")
And I bet those illegal aliens use pronouns, too! ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5412 "2022-10-23T02:06:01Z")
The RNC is suing Google because people keep flagging their begging-for-cash emails as spam. > **[Republican National Committee sues Google over spam filters](https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/rnc-sues-over-google-spam-filters/507-d1d1fab6-d6d3-4f28-afe7-679d2201101e)** > > The lawsuit accuses Gmail of “discriminating” against the RNC by sending the group's emails to spam folders. Google said Gmail's spam filters reflect users' actions. ---
**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 23, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5413 "2022-10-23T06:11:55Z")
Virginia sent the wrong voting location information to over 60,000 voters and lost the applications for over 100,000 people. > **[Virginia directs 60,000 voters to wrong polling place for midterms](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/21/youngkin-virginia-midterms-election/)** > > Mailers from Virginia elections officials directed more than 60,000 people to the wrong polling place, including 30,000 in Northern Virginia. ---
**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 23, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5414 "2022-10-23T12:22:09Z")
Clever! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5415 "2022-10-24T01:14:09Z")
Republican slappy fight! An irate Tucker Carlson phoned Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), chairman of the House Republican campaign committee, with an ultimatum on Friday: Either reveal which staff member took a swipe at Carlson’s son, a Capitol Hill aide, in an article about internal House GOP politicking — or the Fox host would assume Emmer himself was to blame for the quote. … Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) — who employs Carlson’s son, Buckley Carlson, 25, as communications director — is expected to face off against Emmer for House Republican whip, which would be the majority party’s No. 3 leadership position. The Daily Beast quoted an anonymous “GOP strategist” as saying of Banks: “Deep down, he dies to be liked by the Establishment. He hires Tucker Carlson’s son, a 24-year-old kid, to be his communications director.” > **[Tucker Carlson lashes out at GOP campaign chief in irate private call](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/24/tucker-carlson-fox-news-tom-emmer-buckley)** > > Carlson’s son Buckley was mentioned in a recent Daily Beast story. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5416 "2022-10-24T01:50:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Virginia sent the wrong voting location information to over 60,000 voters and lost the applications for over 100,000 people. How is this still not a felony? ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5417 "2022-10-24T02:26:56Z")
Individual 1 backed Congressional candidate claims that he earned $122,110.36 last year from a company which apparently doesn’t exist. His former work for the CIA means that even the rightest of right wingers think he’s a deep state operative working for the CIA. > **[Mystery Surrounds Company Paying MAGA Candidate’s Salary](https://www.thedailybeast.com/mystery-surrounds-company-paying-maga-republican-candidate-joe-kents-salary-as-he-runs-in-washington)** > > Joe Kent, a Trump-backed House contender in Washington state, reported making $122,110.36 from a company that does not appear to exist. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5418 "2022-10-24T02:35:58Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > How is this still not a felony? It depends on whether or not it was an accident. Given that some the places that were sent misdirected notices were in the South East part of the state and went for Trump 2 to 1, I’m not willing to declare it to be malfeasance rather than incompetence. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5419 "2022-10-24T02:44:46Z")
There needs to be such a thing as malicious incompetence. ---
**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 24, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5420 "2022-10-24T03:05:21Z")
> **[‘Weaponized Incompetence’ Screws Women Over At Work And In Relationships](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/weaponized-incompetence-women_l_61e71983e4b0d8b665717814)** > > "Weaponized incompetence" — or "strategic incompetence" — is wearing women out, especially during the pandemic. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5421 "2022-10-24T04:31:38Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > who employs Carlson’s son, Buckley Carlson That’s on-brand in every possible way. I think my eyes rolled into the next county. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=270) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=272)