# 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:** 284
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5662 "2022-11-08T16:50:04Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > …I read your comment as trump could be his own VP… That reminds me of the guy who ran around in ever-decreasing concentric circles until he disappeared up his own asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5663 "2022-11-08T17:04:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > …ever-decreasing concentric circles… But if they’re all parallel to one another, it should be more like a gyre-like formation. 🤪 Yeah - snow cover - no work 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:** [November 8, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5664 "2022-11-08T18:48:12Z")
DeSanctimonious is telling the Feds they can’t send observers to Florida polling places. > **[Florida, Missouri tell Justice Department voting monitors to stay outside...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/08/justice-department-monitors-florida-desantis/)** > > Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's administration said the federal government’s involvement would be “counterproductive” and violate state law. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5665 "2022-11-08T18:58:15Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > It’s not what you said, but I read your comment as trump could be his own VP. Who else could be as good in the job as him? And if the president dies, trump can take over. > > It’s brilliant! Plus, if you wanted to get rid of him, you’d have to impeach him _twice!_ Wait…That didn’t work the last time 'round, did it? ☹ ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5666 "2022-11-08T19:04:35Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Plus, if you wanted to get rid of him, you’d have to impeach him _twice!_ - You offer him immunity to testify against himself. Let’s see if he can throw _himself_ under the bus. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5667 "2022-11-08T19:16:09Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You offer him immunity to testify against himself. Let’s see if he can throw _himself_ under the bus. Trump somehow develops a second personality, Don Trump II, just to blame it. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5668 "2022-11-08T19:29:55Z")
“Somehow”? He’s already got [pretending to be someone else](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/05/13/donald-trump-people-magazine-washington/84333614/) down cold. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5669 "2022-11-08T20:05:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > DeSanctimonious is telling the Feds they can’t send observers to Florida polling places. Paywalled for me. What’s his excuse? They would “interfere” with what the poll monitors are interfering with? ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5670 "2022-11-08T20:07:04Z")
Paywalled. Can you quote the relevant bit(s)? Never mind. I found it here: [Florida warns DOJ that federal election monitors are not allowed inside polling places | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/politics/florida-justice-department/index.html) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5671 "2022-11-08T20:21:57Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You offer him immunity to testify against himself. Let’s see if he can throw _himself_ under the bus. Grant immunity to Donald Trump and get all the grimy testimony. Then, switch in the gold-fringed flag and prosecute the sovereign citizen DONALD TRUMP to the full extent of admiralty law. As commander-in-chief, he is fully accountable there. /satire ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5672 "2022-11-08T20:45:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > DeSanctimonious is telling the Feds they can’t send observers to Florida polling places. So did the feds tell him to pound sand? “How many divisions does DeSantis have?” ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5673 "2022-11-08T20:49:55Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Paywalled for me. What’s his excuse? They would “interfere” with what the poll monitors are interfering with? Pretty much I assume. They don’t want anyone to document their illegal activities. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5674 "2022-11-09T00:22:38Z")
Individual 1 says he has dirt on DeSanctimonious. I wonder if it has anything to do with the time DeS was a 23 year old high school teacher and attended alcohol parties with his students. > **[Donald Trump Threatens to Expose Dirt on Ron DeSantis](https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-threatens-to-expose-dirt-on-ron-desantis)** > > The Trump jab follows The Daily Beast’s reporting about how the governor’s re-election campaign is being led by DeSantis’ wife, Casey. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5675 "2022-11-09T00:39:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I wonder if it has anything to do with the time DeS was a 23 year old high school teacher and attended alcohol parties with his students. If it is, it’s probably because he was there too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5676 "2022-11-09T01:54:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 says he has dirt on DeSanctimonious. I wonder if it has anything to do with the time DeS was a 23 year old high school teacher and attended alcohol parties with his students. I wonder if, sometimes, Trump just says stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5677 "2022-11-09T02:31:59Z")
Trump confirms that he is an idiot. > ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5678 "2022-11-09T18:47:47Z")
Aubrey Huff, the former Major League Baseball player turned right wing troll, is losing his election for School Board by 19% to 81%. I don’t know what he expected, since he was running in Solana Beach, California, which is heavily Democratic. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5679 "2022-11-09T18:50:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > losing his election for School Board by 19% to 81%. I don’t know what he expected, since he was running in Solana Beach, California, which is heavily Democratic. These days, that and a stubborn refusal to ignore reality puts you on the “Stolen election! Voter Fraud!” grift gravy train for life. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5680 "2022-11-09T23:26:59Z")
Loser Donald is blaming Melania for his endorsement of Mehmet “Trust me baby, I’m a doctor” Oz. > **['Furious' Trump is pinning the blame on Melania for his decision to back Dr....](https://www.rawstory.com/maggie-haberman-trump-2658622778/)** > > Still more reports are coming in about former President Donald Trump's angry reactions to seeing some of his hand-picked candidates face defeat during Tuesday's midterm elections.The New York Times' Maggie Haberman chimed in on Twitter with her own... ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5681 "2022-11-10T00:03:37Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I see you have an individual 1 there. His ubiquity is one of his more useful superpowers. > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@DesertDog](#): > > > > Paywalled for me. What’s his excuse? They would “interfere” with what the poll monitors are interfering with? > > Pretty much I assume. They don’t want anyone to document their illegal activities. And very sadly, Florida doesn’t have a lot of investigative journalists of good reputation–so we may never know what Ron’s “Election Police” were getting up to. Fascism! We got it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=283) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=285)