# 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:** 310
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6186 "2022-12-08T19:49:47Z")
Being write-in candidates surely did not help. I’m not sure what hoops a candidate in a recognized party has to do to get on the ballot for a federal office but looking at the Arizona SoS site, the number of signatures is in the 1,500 range, easy enough to do in even an ultra-red district like Gosar’s. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6187 "2022-12-08T19:51:51Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Being write-in candidates surely did not help. They probably got a nicely worded letter about how they were now the nominee, but were not going to get any money from the party, or any other support in terms of volunteers and the like. Even a small campaign can get expensive, so there’s no way they’d want to pay for it out of their own pocket. ---
**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 8, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6188 "2022-12-08T22:42:03Z")
Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler cried on the floor of the House begging Congressmembers to vote against the Respect For Marriage Act, which would protect same sex marriage. > **[A Republican congresswoman broke down in tears begging her colleagues to vote...](https://www.businessinsider.com/a-congresswoman-cried-begging-colleagues-to-vote-against-a-same-sex-marriage-bill-2022-12)** > > "I hope and pray that my colleagues will find the courage to join me in opposing this misguided and this dangerous bill," Hartzler said through tears. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6189 "2022-12-08T22:56:24Z")
One cycle when I was living in Montana, there was a Democratic candidate (I think it was just for the state legislature, but it might have been for the state’s lone House seat) who was running on a literally zero budget. As in, he hadn’t even spent the $20 to register a domain name. I figured that if he couldn’t even take the race that seriously, that he had no business in the job, and voted for the Libertarian. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6190 "2022-12-08T23:15:49Z")
From link: " This is not Hartzler’s first time fighting against the expansion of marriage protections — as the [Kansas City Star](https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article269761882.html) first noted, prior to her time in Congress, Hartzler vehemently pushed for an amendment to be added to Missouri’s constitution that would define marriage as between a man and a woman. Hartzler, who’s been in Congress since 2011, will not be returning in 2023 after losing her campaign for an open Senate seat." Oh, that’s too bad. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6191 "2022-12-08T23:36:27Z")
What an overly dramatic asshole. True meaning of marriage to who? Evangelicals need to shut up. Glad she lost her Senate bid. ---
**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 9, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6192 "2022-12-09T01:55:56Z")
The Florida legislator who sponsored the “Don’t Say Gay” bill has been indicted on federal fraud charges for stealing coronavirus relief funds. > **['Don't Say Gay' Florida lawmaker indicted on fraud charges](https://news.yahoo.com/florida-lawmaker-indicted-accused-fraud-222029217.html)** > > The Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don't Say Gay” has been indicted on charges of defrauding a federal coronavirus loan program for small businesses, officials said Wednesday. Federal prosecutors said Rep. Joe... ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6193 "2022-12-09T01:56:43Z")
He resigned 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:** [December 9, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6194 "2022-12-09T01:59:01Z")
Eric Swalwell asked Jim Jordan, the head of the House Republican Judiciary Committee, if he repudiated the Tweet made under their account, which praised Kanye. He didn’t repudiate it, he only said, “that’s not on our account, that’s been deleted.” > **[Rep. Jim Jordan Flip-Flops After Being Called Out Over Kanye Tweet](https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-rep-jim-jordan-fires-back-after-being-called-out-over-house-committee-deleting-kanye-west-tweet)** > > “That tweet was removed!” the MAGA congressman eventually declared. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6195 "2022-12-09T07:51:48Z")
It’s been [vaporized](https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-mean-vaporized-mean-book-1099590), and Eric Swalwell has a faulty memory. ---
**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 9, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6196 "2022-12-09T08:16:26Z")
One of Nick Fuentes’ flunkies crashed the stage at the Game Wards to call Bill Clinton a Jew on a live mic. > **[The Game Awards Stage Crasher Arrested After Invading Elden Ring's GOTY Speech...](https://www.ign.com/articles/the-game-awards-stage-crasher-arrested-after-invading-elden-rings-goty-speech)** > > The Game Awards ended with a rather odd final dedication. ---
**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 9, 2022, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6197 "2022-12-09T10:32:00Z")
I haven’t read any connection to Fuentes. I thought it was just a dare or a kid looking for internet immortality. ---
**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 9, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6198 "2022-12-09T10:37:57Z")
Some internet sleuths found what appears to be his Twitter and it’s full of groyper memes, and he’s apparently been a guest on Infowars. ---
**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 9, 2022, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6199 "2022-12-09T10:38:26Z")
Ah! Thank you. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6200 "2022-12-09T12:15:45Z")
Tim Scott fundraises by posing as the power company. > **[Tim Scott Is Fundraising By Emailing People That Their Heat Will Be Cut Off](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tim-scott-fundraising-heat-cut-off_n_63924d5be4b019c696206042?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2022-12-09&utm_term=us-morning-email)** > > "Emergency Notice," reads an incredibly misleading December message sent out by the South Carolina Republican's campaign. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6201 "2022-12-09T14:10:28Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > He resigned today. Sound more like a “Smart Republican Idea” to me! ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6202 "2022-12-09T15:28:52Z")
She is getting awfully emotional about a bill that she thinks will have no effect. > Hartzler further called the bill “unnecessary,” and said that “Obergefell is not in danger,” ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6203 "2022-12-09T15:32:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Some internet sleuths found what appears to be his Twitter and it’s full of groyper memes, and he’s apparently been a guest on Infowars. Huh, without this information I would have guessed that this guy was parodying Kanye, with a combination of a reenactment of his Taylor swift fiasco along with an extra dig at his idiotic antisemitism. Poe’s law strikes again! ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6204 "2022-12-09T16:08:21Z")
It’s not a particular SRIOTD, but I really like this paragraph from [a Slate article](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/12/kevin-mccarthy-house-republicans-freedom-caucus-mtg.html) on the problems (some self-imposed) McCarthy will have assuming he gets the speaker’s gavel: > There’s a reason that Social Security is talked about as the “third rail” of American politics, an evocative phrase Kirk O’Donnell, an aide to Reagan-era Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill. Republicans, though, seem to have misunderstood the underlying metaphor all along. For them, cutting the flagship New Deal program is more like a third rail of cocaine, and they want to hit it again and again. ---
**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 10, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6205 "2022-12-10T03:15:14Z")
Kari Lake lawsuit demands the election be thrown out and she be declared the winner. > **[Failed Candidate for Governor Kari Lake Demands She Be Declared Winner](https://www.thedailybeast.com/failed-governor-candidate-kari-lake-files-lawsuit-against-arizona-election-officials)** > > In a lawsuit, she calls for “an order setting aside the certified result of the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election and declaring that Kari Lake is the winner.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=309) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=311)