# 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:** 35
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/682 "2022-03-07T02:54:13Z")
MyPillow guy says he’s going to sue “all machines”. He means all voting machines, but people took him literally. > **[Mike Lindell Claims He Will Sue ‘All Voting Machines’ to Prove Big Lie](https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-lindell-claims-he-will-sue-all-machines-to-prove-big-lie)** > > The MyPillow CEO and liar extraordinaire couldn’t resist painting his latest vision of how he would reverse the 2020 election. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/683 "2022-03-07T02:54:23Z")
Friend, you are seriously misunderestimating the stupidity of the stupid. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/684 "2022-03-07T03:18:00Z")
Ronny Jackson, probably the only person who has ever seen Individual 1 naked (he was his doctor and is now in Congress) blames AOC for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Putin is an EVIL, ruthless dictator! The only reason he can even afford to invade Ukraine is because climate “geniuses” like AOC have made us and the rest of Europe dependent on Russia for oil and natural gas. > ---
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/685 "2022-03-07T07:00:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > … us and the rest of Europe … The US is part of Europe now? ---
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/686 "2022-03-07T10:11:40Z")
Forget it - he’s rolling. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/687 "2022-03-07T14:12:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ronny Jackson, probably the only person who has ever seen Individual 1 naked (he was his doctor and is now in Congress) blames AOC for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. > Putin is an EVIL, ruthless dictator! > > The only reason he can even afford to invade Ukraine is because climate “geniuses” like AOC have made us and the rest of Europe dependent on Russia for oil and natural gas. This isn’t even coherent. “The people advocating for less fossil fuel use are responsible for Europe being dependent on fossil fuel!” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/688 "2022-03-07T14:17:56Z")
I don’t think it’s too terribly incoherent as far as SRIOTD go, although it is incorrect. If you assume that A) they are trying _but failing_ to reduce fossil fuel use, and B) at the same time they cut way back on developing the extraction industry, then the comment makes sense. (A) is merely false but at least not laughably incorrect. (B) is a conspiracy theory since the fall in coal production is based at least part on price, not on regulations. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/689 "2022-03-07T15:12:10Z")
Bill Barr, who earlier stated that Trump was “responsible in the broad sense of that word” for the 1/6 storming of the capitol, would nonetheless vote for Trump if he was the GOP nominee. > **[Bill Barr says he would vote for Trump again because Democrats are the...](https://www.rawstory.com/bill-barr-would-vote-for-trump-again/)** > > Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr indicated that he could vote for Donald Trump again despite resigning from the former president's administration over lies about the 2020 election.During an interview on NBC's Today Show, host Savannah Guthrie... > “Because I believe that the greatest threat to the country is the progressive agenda being pushed by the Democratic Party, it’s inconceivable to me that I wouldn’t vote for the Republican nominee,” Barr replied. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/690 "2022-03-07T15:44:18Z")
Or Bill, you could just, y’know, NOT vote. Or vote for a Libertarian or something. Nobody’s holding a gun to your head forcing you to vote R no matter how deplorable the nominee. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/691 "2022-03-07T18:08:49Z")
Showing that kind of stupid means he plans to run for office now. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/692 "2022-03-07T18:14:03Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > “Because I believe that the greatest threat to the country is the progressive agenda being pushed by the **Democratic** Party, it’s inconceivable to me that I wouldn’t vote for the Republican nominee,” Barr replied. He isn’t following the Republican Party mantra. He said Democratic instead of Democrat. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/693 "2022-03-07T18:16:23Z")
Where are all of the Republicans who condemn “cancel culture” with all of the Russians being banned from participating in international events? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/694 "2022-03-07T21:13:38Z")
Or Demoncrat. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/695 "2022-03-08T05:04:48Z")
Tennessee state legislator Robin T. Smith has resigned her seat after being federally indicted for wire fraud in association with the state’s former Speaker of the House. > **[Tennessee Rep. Robin Smith resigns from legislature after wire fraud charge](https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2022/03/07/tennessee-rep-robin-smith-resigns-after-federal-wire-fraud-charge/9411951002/)** > > The Hixson representative resigned Monday morning after she was charged with wire fraud in connection with a political consulting firm. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/696 "2022-03-08T07:55:39Z")
Republican candidate for the MI legislature says the invasion of Ukraine is a hoax perpetrated by George Soros and that he tells his daughters to “lie back and enjoy it” if they get raped. > **['Lie back and enjoy it.' Michigan candidate's rape comments slammed by GOP](https://www.fox17online.com/news/michigan-gop-nominee-says-he-tells-his-daughters-to-lay-back-and-enjoy-rape-if-its-inevitable)** > > A Republican nominee for the Michigan House of Representatives is facing backlash for a comment he made on a Facebook Live over the weekend while discussing a possible decertification of the election. [https://www.gongwer.com/blog/?postid=140201](https://www.gongwer.com/blog/?postid=140201) ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/697 "2022-03-08T08:10:40Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > “Because I believe that the greatest threat to the country is the progressive agenda being pushed by the Democratic Party, it’s inconceivable to me that I wouldn’t vote for the Republican nominee,” Barr replied. Proof that what he “believes” is diametrically opposite to reality. The empirical, non-debatable fact is that the greatest threat to the country is the continued existence of the Republican Party. It’s inconceivable (not just to me, to anyone paying attention to the universe as it exists) that there could be a non-pathetically laughable explanation for any interviewer NOT saying that out loud, on the air, to his fucking face. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/698 "2022-03-08T16:51:57Z")
> [@](#): > > # Idaho Lawmakers OK Legislation That Could Fine, Jail Librarians > > … > BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation with the potential to fine Idaho librarians $1,000 and send them to jail for a year for checking out material to a minor that could harm them cleared the House on Monday. > > The House voted 51-14 to approve the measure that backers said will protect children. But opponents said it is so undefined and subjective as to be unconstitutional. > > … > Backers of the legislation distributed material to other lawmakers they said came from public libraries and supported the legislation. The material had widely differing reactions among lawmakers. > > “I would rather my 6-year-old grandson start smoking cigarettes tomorrow than get a view of this stuff one time at the public library,” said Republican Rep. Bruce Skaug. > > … > > Specifically, the bill seeks to delete a section of Idaho code that protects schools, colleges, universities, museums, public libraries and employees of those entities from being prosecuted under another section of Idaho law involving giving harmful materials to minors. Idaho law classifies disseminating material harmful to minors a misdemeanor. > **[Idaho Lawmakers OK Legislation That Could Fine, Jail Librarians](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/idaho-bill-fine-jail-librarians_n_6227104ae4b004e4e38518fb)** > > The House voted 51-14 to approve the measure that backers said will protect children. But opponents said it is so undefined and subjective as to be unconstitutional. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/699 "2022-03-08T16:59:31Z")
Rabelais! Chaucer! Balllllllllzac! ---
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Marx, Alinsky, Zinn, Krugman (Paul) ---
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