# 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:** 347
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6926 "2023-01-12T10:41:37Z")
Republicans now oppose women’s right to bare arms: > **[Missouri Republicans Have Found Their Post-Roe Enemy: Cardigans](https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/missouri-republicans-have-found-their-post-roe-enemy-cardigans-39259210)** > > Missouri Republicans aren't done telling women what to do with their bodies > ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6927 "2023-01-12T13:39:01Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > And they just keep going: > > [House Republicans to vote on bill abolishing IRS, eliminating income tax](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-vote-bill-abolishing-irs-eliminating-income-tax) I wonder if this will be the new repeal-and-replace, like they’ve been trying to do with Obamacare. The effort to repeal starts now; the plans for what to replace it with are promised for later, but never actually arrive. ---
**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 12, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6928 "2023-01-12T14:06:46Z")
Don’t worry, it’s racist for them to notice the racism! Problem solved. ---
**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 12, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6929 "2023-01-12T14:08:41Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Akaj](#): > > > > which conflicts with their iron-clad belief that America is the Greatest Country the World Has Ever Seen > > I strongly suspect there are preachers who do not really believe the shit they spew, but it brings in the dough, so they put on the act. Republiopathic belief in the unassailable greatness of America (which we need to restore to her) is at least in large part a marketing tool. True enough, but it wouldn’t work (in church or the GOP) if some people didn’t already believe it to the core. (Funny thing is, I actually believe that the US is, if not the Greatest Country the World Has Ever Seen, at least in the top 20. But that doesn’t make me turn a blind eye to its current flaws and past horrors; it makes me want to do everything I can to address them.) ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6930 "2023-01-12T14:22:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The effort to repeal starts now; the plans for what to replace it with are promised for later, but never actually arrive. No, no-- the replacement will be here in two weeks! Cross our hearts and hope to die, stick a needle in our eye! ---
**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 12, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6931 "2023-01-12T14:47:38Z")
Sorry, pre-existing eye injuries aren’t covered. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6932 "2023-01-12T14:49:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ronna Romney is attacking her opponent for Chair of the Republican Party over her religion. > [Whisper campaign about RNC chair candidate’s Sikh faith roils campaign - POLITICO](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/11/harmeet-dhillon-rnc-00077583) This is just a counter-attack in the ongoing war against Christmas! ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6933 "2023-01-12T15:23:24Z")
Remember - it’s the Democrats who want Big GovernmentTM and to track everyone. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6934 "2023-01-12T16:32:47Z")
ERAIAC Every Republican Accusation Is A Confession ---
**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 12, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6935 "2023-01-12T16:39:45Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > stick a needle in our eye! Challenge accepted. The clock starts… now. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6936 "2023-01-12T16:44:32Z")
And DARVO, which is term usually used relative to domestic abuse Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6937 "2023-01-12T20:07:44Z")
Why keep it on the state level when you can go big? > **[Republicans push anti-abortion measures with new House majority](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/republicans-push-anti-abortion-measures-with-new-house-majority-01673479837)** > > House Republicans are taking early action on abortion with their new majority, approving two measures Wednesday that make clear they want further restraints... ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6938 "2023-01-12T20:33:57Z")
One of the big reasons they didn’t get their red wave was from the Supreme Court striking down Roe. Now they’re doubling down on the abortion thing? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6939 "2023-01-12T20:38:54Z")
I am just guessing but I suspect they are just playing to their base. They know there is almost no chance what they propose will become law so they won’t piss off the people who care and they can tell their base they tried but the evil libs keep thwarting them. Send a check to them (random republican) to own the libs! ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6940 "2023-01-12T20:40:57Z")
They are in a bad catch-22. They have to do things to energize their base, but everything that energizes the base repulses the rest of the population. If they try to reach out to the rest of the population, their base will viciously turn on them. They are stuck pandering to the extreme MAGAs even though it’s electoral poison for everyone else. They made their own bed though, so no sympathy at all here. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6941 "2023-01-12T20:43:57Z")
The Supreme Court succeeded. They’re supposed to try and fail, which will rile up their base, but not actually piss off the moderates who think “well they won’t ACTUALLY ban abortion.” ---
**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 12, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6942 "2023-01-12T20:44:36Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > They know there is almost no chance what they propose will become law so they won’t piss off the people who care …except the people who care about access to abortion now know for certain that, if the GOP wins the Senate and Presidency in 2024, and retains the House, anti-abortion is definitely on their agenda. ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6943 "2023-01-12T21:44:06Z")
Saying the quiet part out loud again: > **[A Republican elections commissioner said he was proud of lower turnout in...](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/12/gop-elections-commissioner-draws-fire-for-memo-about-milwaukee-voting/69800124007/)** > > Commissioner Bob Spindell told Republicans the party was proud of lower turnout in Milwaukee resulting from "thought out" strategy. The TLDR version is basically him bragging about getting Black People not to vote. ---
**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 12, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6944 "2023-01-12T22:17:03Z")
Last few would also fit great in the Party of Evil 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 12, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6945 "2023-01-12T22:35:37Z")
Another George Santos lie - he claimed to be one of the first Americans to test positive for covid. > **[George Santos may have lied about COVID-19 diagnosis: Daily Beast](https://www.businessinsider.com/george-santos-lied-bogus-covid-19-diagnosis-timeline-daily-beast-2023-1?amp)** > > Rep. George Santos claimed to be one of the first people in the US with COVID-19, but there are discrepancies in his retellings of the story. I think we need to begin considering the possibility that he might in fact be three children in a trenchcoat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=346) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=348)