# 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:** 313
**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 12, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6246 "2022-12-12T22:04:24Z")
Didn’t stop Walker from running for Senate in Georgia… ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6247 "2022-12-12T22:10:23Z")
Speaking of which, just how were the Republicans planning on getting around the little fact that Walker wasn’t/isn’t an inhabitant of Georgia? _No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen._ I never heard anything about what they had planned. ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6248 "2022-12-12T22:13:21Z")
Not sure, but I think the plan was for him to declare that he was indeed an inhabitant of the State of Georgia, and then to pay the income tax fines to Texas for improperly stating he was a Texas resident for tax purposes. Alternatively, they would have argued the difference between “inhabitant” and “resident for tax purposes” ETA: Or, they just would have ignored it, and went "We know that he is supposed to be an inhabitant of Georgia. _But what if he wasn’t?"_ ---
**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 12, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6249 "2022-12-12T23:10:10Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > and then to pay the income tax fines to Texas for improperly stating he was a Texas resident for tax purposes After collecting it from the ~~rubes~~ donors first, of course. **The Biden White House is blocking a patriot from the Senate** _Donate now to tell him to go to hell!!_ ---
**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 12, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6250 "2022-12-12T23:14:37Z")
Here’s the thing, though - AIUI the Senate makes its own rules about such things. Since even with Walker winning the Dems would still control things, they could just refuse to seat him. Of course, this would get appealed to the Supremes, and who knows what those luminaries would have decided. Seems like a mighty long shot to me. ---
**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 12, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6251 "2022-12-12T23:34:26Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > 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. In a sane world, her being part of that mob is the _only_ thing that would have gotten her into that building. ---
**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 12, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6252 "2022-12-12T23:34:54Z")
Well, he did own a rental property somewhere in Georgia (the state, I think, not the country), so there is that vague connection. ---
**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 12, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6253 "2022-12-12T23:55:32Z")
Auto the rest of it: > [@Railer13](#): > > 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 | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-won-organized-jan-6-attack_n_6396734de4b0804966adb0b7) > > > “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,” “WE” _did_ win, you utter bucket of hagfish mucus! That is to say, _We, the citizens of the United States of America_, won. Unless you want us to count you as one of the insurrectionists. Just say the word, and I’m sure the DOJ will be right over with some nice bracelets (probably not the kind they sell at Target next to the sex toys, though). ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6254 "2022-12-13T00:59:40Z")
This should get her expelled from congress. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6255 "2022-12-13T13:11:03Z")
You would think, right? But no, nothing changes… What is the non-MAGA right saying? ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6256 "2022-12-13T13:26:24Z")
Target sells all kinds of dildoes and butt plugs, if you have a sense of adventure. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6257 "2022-12-13T14:28:17Z")
Seriously. And push her down the steps, bouncer style. ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6258 "2022-12-13T15:40:27Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > What is the non-MAGA right saying? \< crickets \> ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6259 "2022-12-13T15:41:11Z")
He’s on vacation. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6260 "2022-12-13T17:54:34Z")
\ I love you guys! ---
**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 13, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6261 "2022-12-13T19:13:38Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > Target sells all kinds of dildoes and butt plugs, if you have a sense of adventure. Paige, no. ---
**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 14, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6262 "2022-12-14T15:50:38Z")
South Carolina Congressman urged Mark Meadows to have Trump declare Marshall Law before Biden’s inauguration. > **[GOP Congressman Wanted Trump to Invoke 'Marshall Law' to Stay in Office:...](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ralph-norman-mark-meadows-trump-martial-law-1234646268/)** > > Mark Meadows texted with 34 lawmakers about overturning the 2020 election, including a confused Rep. Ralph Norman But it’s okay, because he sent the text message out of frustration. > **[Republican who urged Trump to declare ‘Marshall’ law only regrets misspelling](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/14/republican-ralph-norman-marshall-law-misspelling-trump)** > > Text from Ralph Norman to Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s final chief of staff, urged president to declare martial law ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6263 "2022-12-14T16:34:22Z")
> He added: “I was very frustrated then, I’m frustrated now. I was frustrated then by what was going on in the Capitol. President Biden was in his basement the whole year. Dominion was raising all kinda questions.” Time for Dominion to add him to the lawsuits. He just defamed them. ---
**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 14, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6264 "2022-12-14T18:09:48Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > President Biden was in his basement the whole year. …and let’s not let him off the hook for relying on the delusional notion that Biden was “in his basement the whole year” as a basis for justifying his stupidity. Members of Congress really shouldn’t be basing policy on stupid conspiracy-based memes. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6265 "2022-12-14T19:01:52Z")
Do they even have basements in Delaware? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=312) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=314)