# 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:** 273
**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 27, 2022, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5442 "2022-10-27T09:54:38Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > so that was a poor choice on his part. Alternately, he (or whatever alt-right whackjob has become the Grima to his Theoden) is planning to spin this as “See? I TOLD you the Jews were out to get me!” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5443 "2022-10-27T09:58:54Z")
If I knew more singers I’d do a whole cast. Maybe Bowie as an elf of some kind? ---
**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 27, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5444 "2022-10-27T10:15:00Z")
I try very hard not to keep abreast of what Kanye is up to but damn, the man _really_ needs a mental health intervention. ---
**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 27, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5445 "2022-10-27T10:35:35Z")
It’s a matter of public record that he’s bipolar and refuses to take his meds because he thinks they hamper his creativity. That’s probably not the only thing wrong with him either, but at this point it seems like he’s driven away anyone who was ever capable of caring about him or helping him, and he’s surrounded himself entirely with yes-men, clout-chasers, and grifters who are all too eager to tell him what he wants to hear and use him for whatever profit they think they can squeeze out of his brand. It says something about the dysfunctional and sexist state of our mental healthcare system that Britney Spears was forced into a conservatorship for fifteen years and she was never at her worst anywhere near where Kanye is at his best. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5446 "2022-10-27T11:00:16Z")
And I hope his children are cared-for properly since he’s said that he thinks they might be “imposters” which has frightening implications. ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5447 "2022-10-27T11:01:24Z")
South Carolina congressman asserts that a cabal of elitists, including Barak Obama, are running the country, not Joe Biden, > **[GOP Congressman Claims Obama Part of ‘Cabal of Unelected Elitists Who Are...](https://www.mediaite.com/politics/gop-congressman-claims-obama-part-of-cabal-of-unelected-elitists-who-are-running-this-country/)** > > A Republican congressman claimed on Wednesday that former President Barack Obama is part of “a cabal of unelected elitists who are running this country.” ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5448 "2022-10-27T11:47:39Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > the man _really_ needs a mental health intervention. Pete Davidson: Make Kanye 2006 Again [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ASqnnZpsX1M/maxresdefault.jpg "Weekend Update: Pete Davidson on Kanye West - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASqnnZpsX1M) ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5449 "2022-10-27T11:55:47Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Make Kanye 2006 Again Ah, yes. He was so much more sensible and well-balanced back then. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UJUNTcOGeSw/hqdefault.jpg "Kanye West: George Bush doesn't care about Black people") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJUNTcOGeSw) Of course, the above sketch was long before Pete Davidson started dating Kim, after which Kanye responded by inciting death threats against him. ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5450 "2022-10-27T13:08:47Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > South Carolina congressman asserts that a cabal of elitists, including Barak Obama, are running the country, not Joe Biden, Then why haven’t they instituted _Forced Universal Health Care_, _Godless Socialism_, a _70% Income Tax on Rich People and Corporations_, and _Guaranteed Income for Slackers and Other Lazy Bastards_? Because that would **surely** be their first order of business. I know: don’t call you Shirley. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5451 "2022-10-27T13:12:26Z")
> [@](#): > > # [Mike Pence: Americans have no right to ‘freedom from religion’](https://www.rawstory.com/mike-pence-americans-have-no-right-to-freedom-from-religion/) > > Former Vice President Mike Pence claimed during a Wednesday appearance on Fox Business that the [First Amendment to the United States Constitution](https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/) does not protect Americans from having other people’s faiths forced upon them. > > … > > “Well, the radical left believes that the freedom of religion is the freedom from religion. But it’s nothing the American founders ever thought of or generations of Americans fought to defend,” Pence said. > But Pence was not finished. He also suggested that the Supreme Court’s right-wing supermajority has a duty to side with one faith over another. Today, that means the [GOP’s embrace of Christian nationalism](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/25/republicans-christian-nationalism-midterms/). > > “You know, I said today here in Houston that the source of our nation’s greatness has always been our faith in God, our freedom, and our vast natural resources. And the good news is, that after four years of the Trump-Pence administration, I’m confident that we have a pro-religious freedom majority on the Supreme Court of the United States. And I’m confident that come Election Day, November the 8th, you’re gonna see that freedom majority around the country turn out and vote pro-freedom majorities in the House, and in the Senate, and in statehouses around the country,” Pence said. Boy, Ron Reagan and the FReedom From REligion organization are gonna be pissed. > **[Mike Pence: Americans have no right to 'freedom from religion'](https://www.rawstory.com/mike-pence-americans-have-no-right-to-freedom-from-religion/)** > > Former Vice President Mike Pence claimed during a Wednesday appearance on Fox Business that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution does not protect Americans from having other people's faiths forced upon them."Congress shall make no... ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5452 "2022-10-27T13:24:58Z")
I feel like a lot of Americans will shrug at that and say, “Yeah, but the economy…” ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5453 "2022-10-27T13:33:23Z")
I look forward to Pence’s lack of complaints when he’s forced to wear a burka . . . oh wait, I’m sure, somehow, that’s different. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5454 "2022-10-27T14:38:12Z")
Empty Greene mouths off some more: > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene says a GOP-led House will investigate companies that...](https://sports.yahoo.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-gop-103731781.html)** > > "Because the way corporations have conducted themselves, I've always called it corporate communism," Greene said on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast. > “You know what they did after January 6, Steve? They stopped donating. All the lobbyists, all the big corporations stopped donating to a whole bunch of my Republican colleagues that they used to donate to,” Greene said. > > “They said: ‘Oh no, we can’t support you because of the big lie,’ or whatever they want to call it,” she continued. > > “There is going to be investigations coming,” Greene added. “And there should be. There definitely should be, because the way corporations have conducted themselves, I’ve always called it corporate communism.” ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5455 "2022-10-27T15:04:20Z")
So, because many major corporations found the actions of Republicans on Jan 6 reprehensible and decided to quit donating to GOP campaigns, they should be investigated? Am I understanding that right? Investigated for _what_? What laws are they breaking? ETA: I know, trying to make sense of anything coming out of Marjorie Traitor Greene’s pie hole is pointless. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5456 "2022-10-27T15:06:26Z")
The law that says you have to keep giving money to grifters and Nazis, of course. It’s all right there in the Big Book O’Laws. No, you can’t look. The Book is only for Republicans. ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5457 "2022-10-27T15:25:12Z")
All the businesses on the block stopped making payments to us because they said we’re some sort of mafia crime syndicate. So we burned them to the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5458 "2022-10-27T15:31:29Z")
Don’t you know that republicans are entitled to support, to helpful news coverage, to financial support. They are ENTITLED! ---
**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:** [October 27, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5459 "2022-10-27T15:38:27Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > What laws are they breaking? The law of Supply and Demand. You know, “We Demand unlimited funding, so you better Supply it!” ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5460 "2022-10-27T16:51:35Z")
God, is she stupid. ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5461 "2022-10-27T17:40:14Z")
The Republican candidate for Governor of Michigan says the Democrats are trying to overthrow the government and re-enslave people out of revenge for losing the Civil War. > **[Michigan GOP gubernatorial nominee invoked conspiracy claiming Democrats...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/27/politics/kfile-tudor-dixon-conspiracy-democrats-topple-america/index.html)** > > The Republican gubernatorial nominee in Michigan invoked a conspiracy that the Covid-19 pandemic and protests in the summer of 2020 after the killing of George Floyd were part of a decades-long plan by the Democratic Party to "topple" the United... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=272) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=274)