# 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:** 327
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6526 "2022-12-27T19:04:42Z")
seriously! i heard a clip of an interview where he said it. he thinks he is sooooo clever when he says it. he gives a break between the first word and the second, and stresses the second. ---
**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 27, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6527 "2022-12-27T19:10:26Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > “C’mon guys, I didn’t say I was Jewish, I said I was Jewish.” > > Un-fucking-believable. It sounds like the punchline to a tasteless joke. Come to think of it, Santos is a punchline to a tasteless joke. ---
**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 27, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6528 "2022-12-27T19:15:33Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > That’s one group which dropped the ball. Another is his Republican primary challenger. Another is traditional media. The traditional media are still saying he “embellished” his resume. ---
**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 27, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6529 "2022-12-27T19:22:17Z")
Trump declares that he has superpowers AND that Biden is “mentally disabled” all in one post. > **[Trump Declares Himself 'Clairvoyant'; Critics Wonder How He Got Election So...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-declares-himself-clairvoyant-critics-031427940.html)** > > He also missed the FBI searching Mar-a-Lago for the documents he had stashed there. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fkx4PVaXEAAupm8?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fkx4PVaXEAAupm8?format=jpg&name=small) ---
**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 27, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6530 "2022-12-27T19:45:32Z")
Long sentence there. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6531 "2022-12-27T19:47:21Z")
If you read it with an Irish accent, it’s positively Joycean. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6532 "2022-12-27T20:17:17Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Trump declares that he has superpowers AND that Biden is “mentally disabled” all in one post. > > [Trump Declares Himself 'Clairvoyant'; Critics Wonder How He Got Election So Wrong](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-declares-himself-clairvoyant-critics-031427940.html) > > [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fkx4PVaXEAAupm8?format=jpg&name=small](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fkx4PVaXEAAupm8?format=jpg&name=small) He’s just taking the piss now. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6533 "2022-12-27T20:18:13Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Another is his Republican primary challenger. I am under the impression there was no R primary for that seat ---
**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 27, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6534 "2022-12-27T20:19:39Z")
“Trump”? ---
**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 27, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6535 "2022-12-27T20:24:18Z")
Ben Shapiro [is mad that the movie _Glass Onion_, which is a mystery, is mean to Musk and deceptive](https://fortune.com/2022/12/27/ben-shapiro-glass-onion-elon-musk-backlash/amp/). The article does have some plot spoilers. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6536 "2022-12-27T21:43:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The traditional media are still saying he [Santos] “embellished” his resume. And they’re still calling them “falsehoods.” LIES-LIES-LIES-- why can’t that word appear in a headline, FFS? > **[G.O.P. Leadership Remains Silent Over George Santos’s Falsehoods](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/us/politics/george-santos-mccarthy-republicans.html?unlocked_article_code=PVlhi_hDieKYB6HkcjxMiplhajHSJxu-zAf2F3ocuQmLqicHoq9jfUOJqqL_cIck8htjcD7B1FWLs4WU_dycbILWPzvrn_J9Z8jMqwvEjpj_pTFwOwDjADJHUf2ZcemxiyZJJDbEzbO1nFxfFMtskPbPF98hv-BEumS2oRMks7c4QaEhpRcbQ3XN2nTX6IWpcELtWzdA2FlI5P6hPqZTsyWADo1mpzuS4fUjM92ruRUC_OXOY7f2DyjGudTkO-l76ZWxW1kkWx7DeoxkJIFEHjSh4JzyYiUraUlqaHXjnpIott5amlGd0nlsxD2AjvTo5rSQLhCosQmqny99k46mrDP8c3Zth1jympMceyUVAhY&smid=share-url)** > > The muted response from party leaders suggested that so far they were prepared to mete out little, if any, punishment to the congressman-elect. ---
**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 27, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6537 "2022-12-27T22:00:11Z")
Remember when Elizabeth Warren claimed to have some measure of Native American blood and Republicans never said a thing about it, and certainly never gave her a racist nickname over it? Ha ha. Fuck you, Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6538 "2022-12-27T22:01:36Z")
Could be true. I guess I was thinking of 2020, when he was also a contender? In any case, the Republican Party folks also bear some responsibility for failing to vet this guy even a little. Some suggest the Democrats were afraid to dig too deep, lest it look like they were being rough on a gay man and an immigrant. I’m not sure about that. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6539 "2022-12-27T22:32:18Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Ben Shapiro [is mad that the movie _Glass Onion_, which is a mystery, is mean to Musk and deceptive](https://fortune.com/2022/12/27/ben-shapiro-glass-onion-elon-musk-backlash/amp/). The article does have some plot spoilers. He is so weird. I do not want to read his review of The Sixth Sense. ---
**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 27, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6540 "2022-12-27T22:58:46Z")
If only she’d have said, “I’m Indian-_ish_”. ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6541 "2022-12-27T23:06:35Z")
And no, Mr. Whatever-your-name-is, not everyone embellishes their resume a little. Like you, for instance: You did not embellish your resume a little. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6542 "2022-12-27T23:55:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > And they’re still calling them “falsehoods.” LIES-LIES-LIES-- why can’t that word appear in a headline, FFS? TBF, the NY _Post_ **has** headlined him as “Liar Rep-elect”. ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6543 "2022-12-28T00:10:11Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > TBF, the NY _Post_ **has** headlined him as “Liar Rep-elect”. The Post? the Republican talking point publisher? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6544 "2022-12-28T00:37:29Z")
Like so: > **[Liar Rep.-elect George Santos admits fabricating key details of his bio](https://nypost.com/2022/12/26/rep-elect-george-santos-admits-fabricating-key-details-of-his-bio/)** > > Long Island Rep.-elect George Santos came clean to The Post on Monday, admitting that he lied on the campaign trail about his education and work experience. ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6545 "2022-12-28T00:57:58Z")
Georgia Congressman voted in a different district three times, instead of the one he represents. > **[Records Show Republican Georgia Congressman Voted Illegally Three Times In 2022](https://secondnexus.com/republican-georgia-congressman-voted-illegally)** > > It's always the Republicans. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=326) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=328)