# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/41 "2022-02-07T19:08:33Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Just want to make sure I’ve got this right: This thread is actually SRIOTD Part 3, isn’t it? > [@Leaper](#): > > Well, this is part two of the “NEW” SRIOTD thread. It’s only part 3 if you count the “OLD” pre-Discourse thread as part one. > [@Senegoid](#): > > Well, yeah. Stupid Republican Ideas of the Day have _always_ been Stupid Republican Ideas of the Day and always will be! It occurs to me we should just have a new thread every year, e.g., _Stupid Republican Ideas of the Day, 2022_. There can’t be more than 27 stupid Republican ideas per day, on average, can there? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/42 "2022-02-07T19:12:35Z")
Oh you sweet summer child… ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/43 "2022-02-07T19:13:36Z")
All of that makes sense. But, as with all his other offenses, who is going to enforce it? * * * * * * > [@Akaj](#): > > There can’t be more than 27 stupid Republican ideas per day, on average, can there? 🤣 \<_Wipes away tears of laughter_\> Good one! At the rate the Pubs are going… one has to ask, _“How many minutes are there in a day?”_ ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/44 "2022-02-07T19:14:55Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > All of that makes sense. But, as with all his other offenses, who is going to enforce it? > > * * * > > * * * > > > [@Akaj](#): > > > > There can’t be more than 27 stupid Republican ideas per day, on average, can there? > > 🤣 > > \<_Wipes away tears of laughter_\> > > Good one! At the rate the Pubs are going… one has to ask, _“How many minutes are there in a day?”_ - Not enough. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/45 "2022-02-07T19:16:49Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@Akaj](#): > > > > There can’t be more than 27 stupid Republican ideas per day, on average, can there? > > 🤣 > > \< _Wipes away tears of laughter_ \> > > Good one! At the rate the Pubs are going… one has to ask, _“How many minutes are there in a day?”_ Come on – most stupid Republican ideas are just copies of existing stupid Republican ideas, only promoted by different people. There aren’t 27 _original_ stupid Republican ideas every day! #truescotsman ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/46 "2022-02-07T19:20:00Z")
Wow. That’s very deep. Must ponder. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/47 "2022-02-07T19:25:26Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Q: Is this the right thread to comment on the 18-wheeler terrorist attack going on in Ottawa right now? Because it seems like a lot of the same 01/06 Insurrectionists are behind both attacks. > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I was under the possibly mistaken impression that most of the members of the trucker convoy were right-wing Canadians inspired by 1/6? Or are a large proportion of them Americans? Well, there are certainly a lot of GOPers going out of their way to say stupid things about the events in Ottawa. Here’s a couple of highlights: [https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/politics/fact-check-chip-roy-trudeau-hiding-us/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/politics/fact-check-chip-roy-trudeau-hiding-us/index.html) > **[Ted Cruz Throws In With Anti-Vaccine Ottawa Trucker Mob As City Declares...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-ottawa-vaccine-truckers-protest_n_6200985be4b0725faacbd834)** > > "They're defending Canada, America and standing up for freedom," Cruz crowed as Canadians complained protesting truckers were assaulting and harassing them. > **[U.S. Republicans vow to probe GoFundMe decision halting Ottawa trucker donations](https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/florida-governor-to-investigate-gofundme-over-ottawa-trucker-donations-1.5769403)** > > Some U.S. Republicans have vowed to investigate GoFundMe's decision to take down a page accepting donations in support of protesting truck drivers in Ottawa. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/48 "2022-02-07T19:26:16Z")
I’ve been hearing that large numbers of Americans have mixed in with the Canadians and that there are big questions as to where the US dollars paying for it all are coming from. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/49 "2022-02-07T19:31:40Z")
It’s unclear how many Americans are actually involved, but people have been reporting at least some US plates on vehicles, and a lot of them are flying US flags like the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, and Trump 2024 flags. I’m sure at least some of those are just stupid Canadians who don’t understand that we’re actually a separate country and all, but it wouldn’t be at all surprising if some of them are also stupid Americans who also don’t understand that. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/50 "2022-02-07T21:28:35Z")
No race, creed or sexual orientation is immune to greed. Republicans say it’s OK to be greedy. Money talks, BS walks. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/51 "2022-02-07T22:02:13Z")
Possibly even fewer than that. According to my controversial research (they all called me mad! MAD!) it should be possible to derive a Republican stupidity field theory that unifies all Republican stupidity combining the individual fields of ignorance, tribalism, greed, and spite into a single theoretical framework. There are still problems as regards to incorporating quantum Trumpism into stupidity structure, since an ego so large by necessity results in a level of density such that notions of objective truth in reality breaks down and collapses into quantum singularity of idiocity. But with proper funding from interested donors (in large stacks of unmarked 100 dollar bills) should be able to fully integrate them into a grand unified theory of stupidity. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/52 "2022-02-07T22:48:57Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > it should be possible to derive a Republican stupidity field theory that unifies all Republican stupidity We have, for starters at least, that the Republican Stupidity Field is complete, continuous, and infinitely dense. The Trumpian Quantum Singularity, however, remains a yet-incomprehensible paradox. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/53 "2022-02-07T23:07:27Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Possibly even fewer than that. According to my controversial research (they all called me mad! MAD!) it should be possible to derive a Republican stupidity field theory that unifies all Republican stupidity combining the individual fields of ignorance, tribalism, greed, and spite into a single theoretical framework. > [@Senegoid](#): > > We have, for starters at least, that the Republican Stupidity Field is complete, continuous, and infinitely dense. The Trumpian Quantum Singularity, however, remains a yet-incomprehensible paradox. This shit’s too dense for me. Let me know when the cat and the box show up. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/54 "2022-02-07T23:09:52Z")
I believe The Great Orange Blob was averaging more than 30 lies a day leading up to the election. Yes, a lot of repetition but that’s what it takes to convert and feed the cult. A comprehensive review of all lies/distortions/perversions by GQP office holders and wannabes would be cost prohibitive and possibly cruel and unusual punishment for even volunteers. TLDR: We’re only scratching the surface here in this thread. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/55 "2022-02-07T23:15:51Z")
With global warming, the expression “tip of the iceberg” may one day be meaningless. [![](https://i.makeagif.com/media/4-17-2016/JsGviD.gif) ](https://i.makeagif.com/media/4-17-2016/JsGviD.gif) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/56 "2022-02-07T23:30:23Z")
De Santis and Cruz are both big “trucker” convoy supporters. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/57 "2022-02-07T23:38:36Z")
Madison Cawthorn apparently thinks that the two Americans competing for China in the Olympics should have their citizenship revoked. He also thinks that they didn’t decide to compete for China until they got to Beijing, which isn’t true. > ---
**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:** [February 8, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/58 "2022-02-08T00:15:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > He also thinks that they didn’t decide to compete for China until they got to Beijing, which isn’t true. I can’t figure out _how_ he can be this stupid. I mean, this is upper deck level stupidity. This is not just random “dude in a bar” stupid. This kind of stupidity takes an incredible amount of effort. He must be puzzled about how turds keeps appearing in his pants daily. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/59 "2022-02-08T00:26:17Z")
The funniest thing about him whining to strip one of the athletes of her United States citizenship is that she already renounced it some time ago so she could represent Chcina in the Olympics. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/60 "2022-02-08T00:57:27Z")
Qon Johnson says he won’t fight to bring a USPS plant to his state because Wisconsin already has enough jobs. > **['Time for him to Go': Ron Johnson says he won't fight for Wisconsin jobs](https://www.rawstory.com/senator-ron-johnson-2656589551/)** > > Republican Sen. Ron Johnson faced a torrent of backlash over the weekend for publicly admitting that he won't pressure a Wisconsin manufacturer to locate around 1,000 new jobs in his home state rather than in South Carolina, which has some of the... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=4)