# 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:** 351
**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 16, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7006 "2023-01-16T18:03:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Uniparty [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/17/steve-bannon-populist-ralph-nader-215839](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/17/steve-bannon-populist-ralph-nader-215839) > “The Uniparty” is the latest populist buzzword to seize the imagination of the drain-the-swamp crowd, those who see grand conspiracies in the machinations of the “deep state” and globalist-corporate forces. It has a crisp clarity, instantly conveying the idea of an establishment cabal, Democrat and Republican alike, arrayed against their outsider hero, Donald Trump. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7007 "2023-01-16T18:04:15Z")
Liberals and RINOs. Same-same to the Nutball Caucus. ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7008 "2023-01-16T18:12:27Z")
I guess I kinda thought it was something like that… 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7009 "2023-01-16T18:28:18Z")
A party where everyone wears onesie jammies? ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7010 "2023-01-16T18:29:15Z")
Or ride unicycles. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7011 "2023-01-16T18:39:40Z")
Or only has one eyebrow ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7012 "2023-01-16T18:50:24Z")
![](https://media.giphy.com/media/EsczdpwQszNHG/giphy.gif) ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7013 "2023-01-16T18:58:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Marjorie Taylor Greene: Does she think she’s the Lord? Speaking of MTG, did she speak out against the MO House requiring women to cover their arms/shoulders? I’d love to see a female, or any, republican in Georgia request the same rule just to see if she’d push back against someone from her own party. ---
**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 16, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7014 "2023-01-16T19:40:51Z")
Young Republican woman state legislator is shocked that she is mistreated by the other Republicans in the legislature because she didn’t toe the party line. > **[Billings Rep. Mallerie Stromswold resigns](https://montanafreepress.org/2023/01/14/billings-representative-mallerie-stromswold-resigns/)** > > The second-term Republican cited “significant backlash” from members of her caucus. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7015 "2023-01-16T19:49:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Young Republican woman state legislator is shocked that she is mistreated by the other Republicans in the legislature because she didn’t toe the party line. > [Billings Rep. Mallerie Stromswold resigns from Montana Legislature](https://montanafreepress.org/2023/01/14/billings-representative-mallerie-stromswold-resigns/) I feel bad for her, I do. But the combination of “now that it MY ox being gored, maybe this is bad”, and the allowing the dickbags to win by resigning is frustrating. I hope she learns something, gets healthier, and fights for what is right. ---
**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 16, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7016 "2023-01-16T20:23:59Z")
[![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/870/771/f1e.png) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/870/771/f1e.png) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7017 "2023-01-16T21:06:10Z")
According to that story, she faced a backlash after she voted against two anti-trans bills. > [@](#): > > “My whole political ideology lays with the fact that I don’t think we should control people’s lives,” she said at the time. “I really just don’t understand why people are so threatened by other people’s decisions that they feel the need to control them. This decision isn’t hurting us in any way.” ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7018 "2023-01-16T21:15:30Z")
If people earned royalties for their tweets, that guy would be a multimillionaire by now. ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7019 "2023-01-16T21:47:33Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > “My whole political ideology lays with the fact that I don’t think we should control people’s lives,” Sounds like she’s just discovered that she does not belong in today’s Republican party. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7020 "2023-01-16T21:52:15Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@squeegee](#): > > > > “My whole political ideology lays with the fact that I don’t think we should control people’s lives,” > > Sounds like she’s just discovered that she does not belong in today’s Republican party.   Yep. No matter what the party says its motives are, it’s actually only hate and fear. ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7021 "2023-01-16T22:01:30Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Yep. No matter what the party says its motives are, it’s actually only hate and fear. Hate, Fear and a fanatical devotion to the Trump. THREE motives! ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7022 "2023-01-16T22:03:51Z")
FOUR motives, and I think you’ve left out the most important one: POWER! Hate, Fear, devotion to Trump – all in the name of wresting Power for themselves. ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7023 "2023-01-16T22:07:41Z")
Why am I not surprised? ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7024 "2023-01-16T22:11:28Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > FOUR motives, and I think you’ve left out the most important one: POWER! Hate, Fear, devotion to Trump – all in the name of wresting Power for themselves. That’s scarily close to surprise, fear, ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope. We should probably start expecting the Spanish Inquisition. ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7025 "2023-01-16T22:12:04Z")
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