# 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:** 311
**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 10, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6206 "2022-12-10T05:16:12Z")
Can’t wait to read the judges reply. I hope she is hit with costs. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6207 "2022-12-10T06:00:04Z")
Never mind, saving myself from being ninja’d… ---
**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:** [December 10, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6208 "2022-12-10T07:16:27Z")
I hope her lawyers get sanctioned for advancing a nonsensical case wasting the court’s time. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6209 "2022-12-10T16:26:39Z")
SPeaking of Stupid Pet (Legal) Tricks: [‘Nothing off the table’: Jim Jordan eyes subpoenas in connection to FBI stripping gun rights](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nothing-off-the-table-jim-jordan-eyes-subpoenas-in-connection-to-fbi-stripping-gun-rights/ar-AA157vOM?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=49fe3301263d4fdfb1e693738a253463) > The FBI has used internal forms [to waive away the gun rights of at least 23 people](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/fbi-used-secret-powers-to-strip-more-americans-of-their-gun-rights-documents-reveal) without congressional approval, the _Washington Examiner_ reported. I clicked on the secondary link I quoted, and found this in the other story: > It is also unclear what sort of background the people who signed the eight forms had. The forms reported on prior included records showing that signatories were those who allegedly made violent threats in person, in online chat rooms, and on social media. So, either Proud Boys or Jan6ers, or both. Gym wants to give coverage to tRump’s “revolutionaries.” ---
**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, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6210 "2022-12-10T18:14:13Z")
Herschel Walker was surprised he didn’t win 100% of the vote in the county he grew up in. He wants the sheriff to tell him the names of those who didn’t vote for him. > **[Defeated Georgia GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker was 'absolutely...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/defeated-georgia-gop-senate-candidate-152450579.html)** > > Last month, Walker easily defeated Warnock in Johnson County 74%-26%, but the Republican was still taken aback by the result, per The Daily Beast. ---
**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 10, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6211 "2022-12-10T18:23:12Z")
Nothing fascist about that. Nothing at all. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6212 "2022-12-10T18:51:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > He wants the sheriff to tell him the names of those who didn’t vote for him. What’s his address? I’ll send him a personal note how I didn’t vote for him. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6213 "2022-12-10T21:01:59Z")
So, it’s moving day at the Capitol, and offices are being shuffled from one place to another. A stupid lying piece of shit Republican (but I repeat myself) takes the opportunity to try to take down one of his colleagues. > > > Rep. Brian Mast @RepBrianMast On the one hand, I’d say he was called out on his lies fairly effectively. OTOH, his constituents and republicans in general will just see his lies, and never bother to find out the truth of what a sack of shit he is for it. (Since it doesn’t autopreview, he has a video of him showing a flag in a “trash can”, and is implying that she threw it out. The video also clearly shows a sign saying that this is a bin used to transport things from one office to another.) ---
**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 10, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6214 "2022-12-10T22:25:28Z")
Dammit Dems!!! He did not “mislead”; **he deliberately LIED**. He is a disgrace to his military service. He learned nothing in basic training. He is a racist. He failed in his oath to country. Every media outlet in his district should have the LIE exposed on it. Make him retract and apologize publicly. ---
**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 10, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6215 "2022-12-10T22:34:06Z")
So that means that when he said he “rescued” the flag, he was actually just plain stealing it? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6216 "2022-12-10T22:34:44Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > He is a disgrace to his military service. He learned nothing in basic training. He is a racist. He failed in his oath to country. And that’s just for being a Republican. Then there’s the whole lying about his collegue throwing out the flag thing. 😉 > [@smithsb](#): > > Every media outlet in his district should have the LIE exposed on it. Make him retract and apologize publicly. Unfortunately, it will not air on any media that his supporters watch. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6217 "2022-12-10T23:48:09Z")
I don’t recall flag etiquette being covered in boot camp at all. \<_shrug_\> Maybe it’s just something the Army does differently than the Navy. ---
**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 11, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6218 "2022-12-11T00:38:21Z")
I was never in the Navy, but I did Navy JROTC in high school and one of our assignments was to complete the actual “seaman correspondence” workbook junior enlisted were required to do to reach E-3. I recall there being an entire chapter on flag etiquette, seeing how flags are a big deal at sea. ---
**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 11, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6219 "2022-12-11T00:40:28Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Dammit Dems!!! He did not “mislead”; **he deliberately LIED**. He is a disgrace to his military service. He learned nothing in basic training. He is a racist. He failed in his oath to country. > > Every media outlet in his district should have the LIE exposed on it. Make him retract and apologize publicly. Yes, this should happen. What will actually happen: Mast will fundraise off his blatant, ugly lie. ---
**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 11, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6220 "2022-12-11T01:33:12Z")
No, see, according to his lexicon, the “garbage can” that he was rescuing the flag from was some filthy, disgusting Democrat who does not deserve to so much as even look at it. In other words, his statement was a veiled epithet. ---
**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 11, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6221 "2022-12-11T01:37:05Z")
And I’m sure that he’s similarly concerned whenever he sees a flag being flown at night, or in the rain, or made into an article of clothing, or used as the basis for some other flag. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6222 "2022-12-11T04:51:24Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > No, see, according to his lexicon, the “garbage can” that he was rescuing the flag from was some filthy, disgusting Democrat who does not deserve to so much as even look at it. In other words, his statement was a veiled epithet. Why did this bring _This Is Spinal Tap_ to mind? [discussing Nigel’s Guitar collection] Nigel Tufnel: Look… still has the old tag on, never even played it. Marty DiBergi: [points his finger] You’ve never played…? Nigel Tufnel: Don’t touch it! Marty DiBergi: We’ll I wasn’t going to touch it, I was just pointing at it. Nigel Tufnel: Well… don’t point! It can’t be played. Marty DiBergi: Don’t point, okay. Can I look at it? Nigel Tufnel: No. no. That’s it, you’ve seen enough of that one. ---
**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 12, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6223 "2022-12-12T11:51:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kari Lake lawsuit demands the election be thrown out and she be declared the winner. And yet again: [![](https://i.imgflip.com/4mlzhm.jpg) ](https://i.imgflip.com/4mlzhm.jpg) ---
**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 12, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6224 "2022-12-12T12:04:06Z")
MTG says that if she (and Bannon) would have been in charge, they would have won on 1/6. > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene Says 'We Would've Won' If She Organized The Jan. 6 Attack](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-won-organized-jan-6-attack_n_6396734de4b0804966adb0b7)** > > The GOP lawmaker suggested she would have done a better job leading the armed insurrection. > “I want to tell you something. If Steve Bannon and I had organized that, we would have won. Not to mention, we would’ve been armed,” ---
**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 12, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6225 "2022-12-12T12:17:26Z")
In a sane world, announcing that the problem with a violent insurrection was that she wasn’t in charge of it would get her shunned by everyone. Sadly, this isn’t a sane world. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=310) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=312)