# 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:** 302
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6022 "2022-12-01T23:10:37Z")
# House Republicans Quietly Delete Infamous Pro-Kanye Tweet After He Says, ‘I Like Hitler’ ## It only took 55 days and the rapper literally saying “I love the Nazis” for the GOP to draw the line. > **[House Republicans Quietly Delete Infamous Pro-Kanye Tweet After He Says, 'I...](https://www.jezebel.com/house-republicans-quietly-delete-infamous-pro-kanye-twe-1849842877)** > > It only took 55 days and the rapper literally saying "I love the Nazis" for the GOP to draw the line. Here’s the tweet. [https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c\_fit,f\_auto,g\_center,pg\_1,q\_60,w\_965/e07a45b3edcc78497f61ddf576f36397.png](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965/e07a45b3edcc78497f61ddf576f36397.png) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6023 "2022-12-01T23:24:06Z")
> **[Another Ex of Herschel Walker Accuses Him of Domestic Abuse](https://jezebel.com/herschel-walker-third-former-girlfriend-violence-did-1849841772)** > > Cheryl Parsa, who dated Walker for five years, told the Daily Beast that Walker and his therapist blamed the violence on his dissociative identity disorder. He’s got Trump’s endorsement and Kanye’s. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6024 "2022-12-02T00:07:39Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I’m picturing a “Trump meets a Nazi” routine kind of like the Swamp Castle bit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. > > “When I first came here, this was all Alt Right. Everyone said I was daft to reach out to the Alt Right, but I reached out all the same, just to show them. I had meeting with a supporter, and he was a Nazi. So I reached out to a second one. He turned out to be a Nazi. So I met a third. That one denied the Holocaust, shouted “Seig Heil!”, then turned out to be a Nazi. But the fourth one _shut up_. And that’s what you’re going to get, Lad, the most discreet Nazi in the United States of America!” Trump’s GOP: HUGE tracts of hate. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6025 "2022-12-02T01:05:46Z")
Parler is backing out of the deal to be purchased by Kanye. [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/too-hot-for-parler](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/too-hot-for-parler) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6026 "2022-12-02T01:49:42Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Who is worse, Kanye or Trump? I dont know how to make a poll so.. # Who is the suckiest of: _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6026))_ ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6027 "2022-12-02T02:05:40Z")
IMO Trump is the worst since he currently has the most power and the most people in his thrall. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6028 "2022-12-02T11:41:12Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > House Republicans Quietly Delete Infamous Pro-Kanye Tweet After He Says, ‘I Like Hitler’ Ronna McDaniel did come out and unequivocally denounce Kanye’s pro-Nazi remarks, so apparently they do have a line. I mean, they’re still fine with Nazis but SAYING that they’re fine with Nazis is off-limits. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6029 "2022-12-02T11:54:16Z")
More fallout: > **[Elon Musk suspends Kanye West from Twitter for inciting violence](https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63826675)** > > Elon Musk confirmed the rapper had violated Twitter's rules around inciting violence. > Ye … posted a series of erratic tweets - one of which appeared to show a symbol combining a swastika and a Jewish star. > > Twitter’s new boss Elon Musk was asked by one user to “fix Kanye”. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6030 "2022-12-02T12:00:21Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I mean, they’re still fine with Nazis but SAYING that they’re fine with Nazis is off-limits. Meanwhile, in your maga uncle’s email inbox; > ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6031 "2022-12-02T13:28:08Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Ronna McDaniel did come out and unequivocally denounce Kanye’s pro-Nazi remarks, so apparently they do have a line. I mean, they’re still fine with Nazis but SAYING that they’re fine with Nazis is off-limits I understand Susan Collins is very concerned. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6032 "2022-12-02T14:30:34Z")
> **[Judge orders right-wing operatives who targeted Black people with robocalls...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-orders-right-wing-operatives-who-targeted-black-people-with-robocalls-to-register-voters-in-dc-210638840.html)** > > An Ohio judge on Tuesday ordered right-wing conspiracy theorists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, who targeted Black voters with robocalls spreading disinformation in 2020, to spend 500 hours registering voters in low-income neighborhoods in the... ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6033 "2022-12-02T15:40:47Z")
Cute - that GOP tweet was only 88 words. Reassuring, then, that it was nice and brief, and completely devoid of any dog whistles. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6034 "2022-12-02T16:30:52Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Cute - that GOP tweet was only 88 words A better writer could have said it in 14 words. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6035 "2022-12-02T16:56:34Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Cute - that GOP tweet was only 88 words. Reassuring, then, that it was nice and brief, and completely devoid of any dog whistles. Not to worry. The usual suspects here will continue to deny that they’ve ever heard of such a dog whistle, and in fact, they heard nothing at all. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6036 "2022-12-02T17:38:27Z")
I can’t decide. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6037 "2022-12-02T18:12:59Z")
Isn’t that symbol also used by some weird cult? Not that I think Kanye knows that-he likely just grabbed off the web. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6038 "2022-12-02T18:17:51Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I can’t decide. Fine, I made it a check-box poll, so you can just pick all of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6039 "2022-12-02T18:56:22Z")
Oh, duh. Ty ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6040 "2022-12-02T19:15:55Z")
Dan Crenshaw’s campaign was fined for not returning illegal campaign contributions. > **[GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw Fined by FEC for Failing to Return Illegal Cash](https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-dan-crenshaw-fined-by-fec-for-failing-to-return-illegal-campaign-donations)** > > The Texas Republican, a prolific fundraiser, got hit with a hefty fine after “knowingly accepting excessive and prohibited” contributions, federal regulators said. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6041 "2022-12-02T19:17:26Z")
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