# 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:** 29
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/562 "2022-03-01T00:02:24Z")
All the evidence was destroyed in the bombings, sadly. Probably the next claim. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/563 "2022-03-01T00:53:35Z")
[Boebert thinks Canada and the United States need to be liberated “like Ukraine”](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rep-lauren-boebert-says-the-us-and-canada-are-in-need-of-liberation-like-ukraine/ar-AAUoQ5X?li=BBnbcA1). So what we have here in the US is a sitting president committed treason way back in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (not to mention on the way into office) and now a sitting member of Congress is committing treason. And the dumbasses, numbered in the millions, will still vote for those traitors. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/564 "2022-03-01T01:05:15Z")
Pat Robertson came out of retirement to say that God told Russia to invade Ukraine so they could join forces with Turkey and invade Israel, thereby triggering the Rapture. > **[Pat Robertson: Putin's invasion of Ukraine 'is being compelled by God' to...](https://www.rawstory.com/pat-robertson/)** > > As Russia's invasion of Ukraine has blown up into a conflict of horrific atrocities against civilians, nations around the world have lined up to condemn it — even historically neutral countries such as Switzerland.But former televangelist Pat... ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/565 "2022-03-01T01:12:01Z")
And I forgot one year said sitting prez committed treason: 2021. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/566 "2022-03-01T01:12:50Z")
Aren’t most Russian Christians Orthodox and thus not “real Christians” according to Pat? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/567 "2022-03-01T01:17:01Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Leading to this response: > > > [@](#): > > > > [connectpoliticditto.@cpoliticditto](https://twitter.com/cpoliticditto) > > > > > [7h](https://twitter.com/cpoliticditto/status/1498031454831398919) > > > > > > Bill Barr’s book is unique because the hardcover edition will be released without a spine, but will grow one several years later when it’s profitable to do so. That is beautiful. What a slimy little self-dealer Bill Barr is. Here’s hoping his book sells not one copy outside of the GOP bulk-buys (and that the bulk-buys are well-publicized as slimy transactions typical of the cynical political establishment). > > [@Smapti](#): > > Pat Robertson came out of retirement to say that God told Russia to invade Ukraine so they could join forces with Turkey and invade Israel, thereby triggering the Rapture. - I suppose that at his advanced age, Pat Robertson is starting to worry that he won’t live to be Raptured. So perhaps it’s understandable that he’d do his best to instigate massively-widespread death and destruction, to guarantee that he’s not done out of his ‘fly up to see Jesus’ dream. Or perhaps it’s _not_ so understandable. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/568 "2022-03-01T02:31:34Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I suppose that at his advanced age, Pat Robertson is starting to worry that he won’t live to be Raptured - Too bad he can’t be Raptored. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/569 "2022-03-01T02:52:05Z")
Under the circumstances, the obvious _Dr. Strangelove_ jokes don’t seem as funny as they normally would… > ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/570 "2022-03-01T03:59:21Z")
MTG says trans people should be beaten into the ground. > **[QAnon Rep. Advocates For Trans People To Be Beaten 'Into The Ground' In...](https://www.comicsands.com/greene-inciting-violence-transgender-people-2656803017.html)** > > GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene advocated for transgender people to be beaten "into the ground" in an appearance on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' ​Infowars​. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/571 "2022-03-01T05:38:22Z")
Okay, so is there any issue on which the modern GOP is actually on the right side? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/572 "2022-03-01T05:49:58Z")
I was going to put this in the joke thread but it fits better here. WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell spoke out on Monday against two Republican members of Congress who appeared at a white nationalist conference last week, making him the latest prominent Republican to rule out any role for racist politics in the party. “There’s no place in the Republican Party for white supremacists or anti-Semitism,” McConnell said in a statement, after being asked by a reporter about appearances by Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar at a meeting of the America First Political Action Conference." > **[Top Senate Republican: No place in Republican Party for white supremacists](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/sen-mcconnell-no-place-republican-party-white-supremacists-2022-02-28/)** > > U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell spoke out on Monday against two Republican members of Congress who appeared at a white nationalist conference last week, making him the latest prominent Republican to rule out any role for racist politics... ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/573 "2022-03-01T05:56:25Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > “There’s no place in the Republican Party for white supremacists or anti-Semitism,” McConnell said in a statement, after being asked by a reporter about appearances by Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar at a meeting of the America First Political Action Conference." So they’ve been kicked out of the Republican Party then? What’s that? Oh. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/574 "2022-03-01T07:48:41Z")
And Tan the Conman is still their Dear Leader. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/575 "2022-03-01T11:56:25Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Okay, so is there any issue on which the modern GOP is actually on the right side? The modern GOP is actually on the RIGHT side of ALL issues. It’s kinda by definition. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/576 "2022-03-01T12:09:59Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Aren’t most Russian Christians Orthodox and thus not “real Christians” according to Pat? I wonder if American evangelical’s have any real awareness of the various Orthodox churches? The Orthodox each have a hierarchy, but so do Lutheran’s and Methodist’s and those churches generally make the grade. And the Orthodox definitely don’t kowtow to the Whore of Babylon that is the Church of Rome, so they’re probably in the “OK but keep a close watch” category. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/577 "2022-03-01T12:12:29Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I wonder if American evangelical’s have any real awareness of the various Orthodox churches? - If they had any real awareness, they wouldn’t be Evangelicals. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/578 "2022-03-01T12:18:48Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > And the Orthodox definitely don’t kowtow to the Whore of Babylon that is the Church of Rome, so they’re probably in the “OK but keep a close watch” category. Just wait until they find out that the Orthodox celebrate Christmas on a different day and (horror of horrors) don’t even use the King James Version! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/579 "2022-03-01T13:11:57Z")
Wait until they find out that one of the Orthodox churches has 84 books in their Bible! ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/580 "2022-03-01T17:03:34Z")
Coming from the guy who said God told him to run for POTUS? Dear Og, the comedy just writes itself these days. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/581 "2022-03-01T18:04:29Z")
[Pat Robertson has lost his mind.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/01/pat-robertson-putin-god-russia-ukraine/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national) OK, I 'm presuming facts not in evidence. Did he ever have a mind to lose? Pat says that Putin was compelled by god to invade Ukraine so that Armageddon can happen. What the ever loving hell is wrong with these people? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=30)