# 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:** 337
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6726 "2023-01-04T21:37:18Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Of course not, but I’m just asking about the Speaker. I think it’s realistic that they’ll eventually choose one from their own ranks. From the standpoint of wanting our Democracy to survive at least two more years, who should we be rooting for? I think it hinges on what happens with Scalise. If the Never-Kevins will support Scalise, then it’s done. I don’t think this will be a great outcome for Dems, but Scalise will not be an effective speaker, so it’s not ghastly. If the Never-Kevins don’t support Scalise, then I think it’s realistic to hope that “moderate” Republicans will begin to consider working with Dems. Hard to say how that would play out. That’s when we might see invitations to outside conservatives to act as Speaker for this miserable next 2 years. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6727 "2023-01-04T21:40:49Z")
Boebert just stood up to Individual 1, and called him out for telling them to vote for McCarthy. She said that he should be telling McCarthy to drop out. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6728 "2023-01-04T21:50:47Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > OK, the least worst _realistic_ outcome. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Boebert just stood up to Individual 1, and called him out for telling them to vote for McCarthy. Well, a fracturing of the Trumpublican wing seems pretty least worst to me. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6729 "2023-01-04T22:29:33Z")
A newly elected Florida Republican is suing a former primary rival for claiming she casts witch curses on people and has slept with Matt Gaetz. > **[MAGA also-rans hurl 'witchcraft' rumors at newly elected Florida Republican:...](https://www.rawstory.com/anna-paulina-luna-rumors/)** > > A newly elected Republican congresswoman is engaged in a legal battle back home with political enemies who claim she's a witch.A letter obtained by The Daily Beast shows Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has hired the law firm Holland & Knight to go... ---
**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:** [January 4, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6730 "2023-01-04T22:36:42Z")
That made me smile. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6731 "2023-01-04T22:49:15Z")
Oh good heavens! Seriously!?! ---
**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:** [January 4, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6732 "2023-01-04T22:50:47Z")
If that was in response to my comment, I found it so goofy it was funny. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6733 "2023-01-04T22:52:52Z")
It was in response to the story. It is to laugh, because what else can you do? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6734 "2023-01-04T22:55:13Z")
Laughing is better than sleeping with Matt Gaetz ---
**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:** [January 4, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6735 "2023-01-04T22:58:17Z")
I’m still eye rolling at “bubba the love sponge”. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6736 "2023-01-04T22:58:54Z")
“Another failed GOP congressional candidate, Omar Navarro of California, suggested the rumors might be accurate because so many people were talking about them.” By that logic, Don Jr. really is a coke addict. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6737 "2023-01-04T23:01:49Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > I’m still eye rolling at “bubba the love sponge”. You may remember him from the time he filmed his wife having sex with Hulk Hogan, which briefly got the Hulkster fired from WWE when he started dropping n-bombs during their pillow talk. Not the classiest fellow out there, you could say. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6738 "2023-01-05T00:09:02Z")
It’s small, but [George Santos also apparently lied about the high school he attended](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11582495/George-Santos-lied-attending-prestigious-prep-school.html). ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6739 "2023-01-05T00:12:14Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Laughing is better than sleeping with Matt Gaetz The suggestion is almost enough to make me heterosexual. Blech. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6740 "2023-01-05T00:29:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A fourth substation near Tacoma has been attacked. > > [4th Washington state electrical substation vandalized | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/vandalism-washington-7e5082cdfd6cf711c399abe6ee865b06) Two Puyallup men arrested and charged with attacking all four substations. Expressed motive: cover for a burglary. [https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article270620242.html](https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article270620242.html) > According to the criminal complaint filed with the court late Saturday and unsealed Tuesday, the two men were identified as possible suspects through the analysis of cell phone records. At one of the substations, Tacoma Power captured images of one suspect and the image of a pickup that appeared to be connected with the attack. A similar truck was connected to the defendants. When law enforcement served a search warrant on the home of the suspects, they recovered distinctive clothing pictured in the surveillance photos. Agents also seized two short-barreled firearms that had not been registered as required by law. One of the firearms was equipped with a make-shift silencer. > > According to charging papers, Greenwood told law enforcement officers that he and Crahan planned the power disruptions to aid a burglary. After the attacks on substations in Graham and South Hill, they broke into a local business affected by the power outage and robbed the cash register. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6741 "2023-01-05T00:47:02Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Expressed motive: cover for a burglary. They cut the power in order to turn off surveillance cameras, but then brought their phones with them. Not too bright. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6742 "2023-01-05T00:50:20Z")
So, these specific ones become part of the general “Stupid MFers” thread? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6743 "2023-01-05T00:52:51Z")
Reuters mentioned that the FBI had been watching these guys since 2021, so I’m not sure there isn’t still a domestic terrorism angle here. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6744 "2023-01-05T01:58:45Z")
He put out a press release saying he had been sworn in as a member of Congress. Nobody has been sworn in. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6745 "2023-01-05T02:27:33Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > It’s small, but [George Santos also apparently lied about the high school he attended](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11582495/George-Santos-lied-attending-prestigious-prep-school.html) How long ago was the first time he was caught lying about college, and why did it take this long for someone to call his high school? A quick check and the first article I see about it is from December 19th. Is two weeks a reasonable turn around for them to respond if someone requested that information that day? Or is this something that can be answered with a 5 minute phone call to the school? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=336) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=338)