# 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:** 332
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6626 "2022-12-31T17:19:00Z")
It’s been known in Kansas (and probably nationally) for at least 10 years what an asshole Kobach is. And yet they elected him AG anyway. Publishing something like this before the election wouldn’t have made any difference. ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6627 "2022-12-31T17:21:44Z")
Is the $199 loophole common knowledge? How did he learn about 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 31, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6628 "2022-12-31T17:37:24Z")
He would be aware that he has to keep receipts for any expenditure $200 or over. Those are the rules as written. ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6629 "2022-12-31T17:38:52Z")
> **[Ginni Thomas: ‘I regret all of these texts’ about 2020 election](https://www.yahoo.com/news/ginni-thomas-i-regret-all-of-these-texts-about-2020-election-235756198.html)** > > Virginia Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told the House Jan. 6 committee that she regretted text messages and emails that she sent in the aftermath of the 2020 election to Mark Meadows, former... > Thomas said she regretted the fact that the messages “became public.” I haven’t looked for the actual quote, but here’s the transcript (PDF). It’s 136 pages and doesn’t appear to be Ctrl-F searchable, at least not in Firefox. [https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220929\_Virginia%20L.%20Thomas.pdf](https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220929_Virginia%20L.%20Thomas.pdf) Also, I’m not sure if I was even aware there’s a 1/6 website, but here it is. [https://january6th.house.gov/](https://january6th.house.gov/) ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6630 "2022-12-31T17:42:15Z")
Sounds like _somebody_ is trying to cover her ass before indictments come down. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6631 "2022-12-31T17:47:59Z")
Was there as shortage of… something that made it impossible for that headline to accurately state what she said? ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6632 "2022-12-31T18:11:41Z")
Is journalistic integrity the term you are looking for? Yeah, probably. Click bait will always win over comprehension or accuracy in headlines. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6633 "2022-12-31T18:15:27Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Click bait will always win over comprehension or accuracy in headlines. True… but, _I regret what I did_ is less ‘click baity’ than _I regret I got caught_. ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6634 "2022-12-31T18:27:44Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Thomas said she regretted the fact that the messages “became public.” Nice. She regrets the fact that people found out that she was a piece of shit who was conspiring to destroy the country based on her lies. Oh, how very sorry she is (that she was caught) ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6635 "2022-12-31T19:04:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Sounds like _somebody_ is trying to cover her ass before indictments come down. I’m interested to see if Trump gives her the Hannity treatment. Whether he’s ever reelected or not, he probably shouldn’t be pissing off a supreme court justice ('s wife) any more than he already has. He’s likely to need as many of them on his side as he can get in the coming months/years. ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6636 "2022-12-31T19:06:19Z")
The ~~spectacle~~ possibility of the wife of a Supreme being indicted-- especially C. Thomas’s-- is pretty delicious, I gotta admit. But she _regrets_ something-or-other about the business, so I guess she’s in the clear. ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6637 "2022-12-31T19:19:33Z")
The spectacle of getting convicted is the only thing that causes her to regret it. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6638 "2023-01-01T14:07:11Z")
I agree that she’s a piece of shit, as is Trump and many others. But what laws did she break? Was she ever under oath when she lied? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6639 "2023-01-01T16:19:42Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > But she _regrets_ something-or-other about the business, so I guess she’s in the clear. Well, it’s a step up from Susan Collins’ _concern_. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6640 "2023-01-01T16:47:29Z")
The charge would be that she was involved along with Eastman in the conspiracy to commit fraud against the US government by promoting the Pence fake elector scenario (and maybe trying to influence her husband). I don’t know that there is any solid evidence of this, (I haven’t read either Ginny’s testimony or the Committee final report) but that is what they were looking into. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6641 "2023-01-01T17:09:10Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > But what laws did she break? Back in July, Devin (LegalEagle) outlined most of the crimes those being investigated by the committee could be charged with. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e5SUhbegZtc/maxresdefault.jpg "All The Possible January 6th Crimes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5SUhbegZtc) ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6642 "2023-01-01T17:29:23Z")
Are there laws that prohibit sedition? Being the wife of a high government official should make a person especially vulnerable to suchlike restrictions, if they exist. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6643 "2023-01-01T17:54:15Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Are there laws that prohibit sedition? Of course there are. > **[EXPLAINER: Rare sedition charge at center of Jan. 6 trial](https://apnews.com/article/what-does-sedition-charge-mean-3aa820dda5f501dd874c4dd6d60ca1ce)** > > Here's a look at the charge of seditious conspiracy and its history as the Oath Keepers trial begins. > [@eschereal](#): > > Being the wife of a high government official should make a person especially vulnerable to suchlike restrictions, if they exist. I’m not sure why this should be the case, but it certainly is the case that if Clarence Thomas had even a gram of integrity, he would recuse himself from any case remotely related to Trump or Jan. 6, or simply resign from the shame of being married to someone who was working to overthrow the government of the United States. The notion that he had no idea what she was up to defies credibility. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6644 "2023-01-01T18:01:47Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > The charge would be that she was involved along with Eastman in the conspiracy to commit fraud against the US government by promoting the Pence fake elector scenario (and maybe trying to influence her husband). Oh right, she was in contact with Eastman. Clarence should be impeached. He is not to be trusted. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6645 "2023-01-01T21:01:47Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Clarence should be impeached. He is not to be trusted. Well, the Dems didn’t do it when they had a House majority, so it’ll never happen now. And of course the Senate would never have convicted. Besides which, it would have been a pointless, self-defeating exercise and would have distracted from the Jan. 6 investigation. Clarence _should_ (if there’s any justice in the world) drop dead sometime in the next two years, but other than that he’s not going anywhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=331) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=333)