# 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:** 354
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7066 "2023-01-17T22:24:32Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I’d bet money on “shooting everyone around them”. Even trained shooters miss a lot of the time, and it wouldn’t surprise me at all to find out these two aren’t quite as gung-ho super gun people as they like to pretend to be. Well they certainly aren’t accurate in anything they say. I can’t imagine they are any better with a side arm so the best bet is RUN. The toilet swirly works too of course. ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7067 "2023-01-17T22:40:41Z")
Windmills do not work that way! Good night! ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7068 "2023-01-17T23:03:33Z")
Gina Carano got fired from The Mandalorian for her right wing political posts. This attracted the attention of Ben Shapiro, who hired her to make a movie for his new movie company. The movie aired for three days and made $918. The movie was criticized by the right wing for being too politically woke by having a strong woman in the lead. > **[Gina Carano fans call her new film "more woke nonsense"](https://www.nme.com/news/film/gina-carano-fans-call-new-film-more-woke-nonsense-3381531)** > > 'Terror On The Prairie' bombed at the box office ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7069 "2023-01-17T23:29:07Z")
The Federal Election Commission has ruled against the Republican National Committee, which claimed that Gmail’s email filter was biased against Republicans. > **[RNC loses complaint claiming Gmail spam filter is biased against Republicans](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/rnc-loses-complaint-claiming-gmail-spam-filter-is-biased-against-republicans/)** > > FEC found "no reason to believe" that Google used spam filter to help Democrats. ---
**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 17, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7070 "2023-01-17T23:37:54Z")
I have to nitpick here: _Terror on the Prairie_ was a subscription-only release for _Daily Wire_ subscribers, so it didn’t have a domestic box office. It did, however, have an international box office of around $13,000, which hilariously all came from two places: [United Arab Emirates and Russia](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt14043966/?ref_=bo_se_r_1). ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7071 "2023-01-18T00:41:53Z")
Uh yeah this thread is going to start moving faster now. ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7072 "2023-01-18T01:27:33Z")
Looking at new books in the library. Oh, a new one by Jared Kushner! Looks to be about 400 pages.🤢 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7073 "2023-01-18T03:26:12Z")
The Republican Party seems to be trying to get as clusterfucky as it’s possibly trying to get [https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/politics/george-santos-committee-assignments/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/politics/george-santos-committee-assignments/index.html) > [@](#): > > Several GOP sources told CNN that the House Republican Steering Committee, controlled by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his top allies, tapped Santos to serve on two House panels: the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Santos had privately lobbied GOP leaders to serve on two more high-profile committees, one overseeing the financial sector and another on foreign policy, but top Republicans rejected that pitch as some chairmen balked at adding him to their panels. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7074 "2023-01-18T08:14:31Z")
_Mods: I honestly don’t know which of the deviant 'publican threads this should go in, but I decided to go with this one. Feel free to move the post to one of the others if you decide it should be there._ [Walker’s former aide is suing Sclapp for sexual assault](https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/01/17/former-walker-campaign-staffer-sues-gop-operative-matt-schlapp-for-alleged-sexual-assault/). > A former staffer on Republican Herschel Walker’s failed campaign for the Georgia Senate filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Republican political operative Matt Schlapp, alleging Schlapp sexually assaulted him in October when he was visiting Georgia to campaign for Walker–an allegation Schlapp has denied. Actually, the “key facts” listed in the article are an interesting read. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7075 "2023-01-18T11:45:53Z")
Good old Morbo ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7076 "2023-01-18T14:25:33Z")
> [@CNN via Guest-starring\_Id's post](#): > > Several GOP sources told CNN that the House Republican Steering Committee, controlled by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his top allies, tapped Santos to serve on two House panels: the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is perfect for him. Not only did he invent both the telescope and the microscope, but Santos’ General Theory of Relativity has revolutionized how we look at the universe. ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7077 "2023-01-18T14:29:28Z")
And he won a Nobel Prize in Physics. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7078 "2023-01-18T14:37:02Z")
You mean the _Santos_ Prize. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7079 "2023-01-18T15:35:39Z")
So is “Santos\*” actually listed by name for the committees or the designation, “TBD”? \*A mostly fictional character. ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7080 "2023-01-18T15:44:59Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I have to nitpick here: _Terror on the Prairie_ was a subscription-only release for _Daily Wire_ subscribers, so it didn’t have a domestic box office. It did, however, have an international box office of around $13,000, which hilariously all came from two places: [United Arab Emirates and Russia](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt14043966/?ref_=bo_se_r_1). Yeah, the real joke here is how her beloved target audience of MAGAts immediately turned on her for being a woman, and therefore “woke”. A pure “leopards eating faces” moment. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7081 "2023-01-18T15:51:16Z")
From what I recall, there was that reaction when she was originally cast on _The Mandalorian_ in the first place–a lot of “ooh, another ‘strong woman who fights as good as a man,’ how woke of them” nonsense. It was only when she started saying transphobic stuff, and making the ugly Holocaust comparisons, that she briefly became a MAGA hero. ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7082 "2023-01-18T15:53:38Z")
I’m not saying it wasn’t predictable, I’m saying it’s still funny. You see a pie in a slapstick act, you know it’s going in someone’s face, but you still laugh when it finally happens. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7083 "2023-01-18T15:54:29Z")
> [@Running\_with\_Scissors](#): > > Windmills do not work that way! Good night! - A flour mill produces flour therefore… ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7084 "2023-01-18T16:13:31Z")
…Girl Scout Cookies baby oil Baby powder (once you squeeze out the oil, what’s left gets dried out to become powder) ---
**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 18, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7085 "2023-01-18T16:54:20Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > From what I recall, there was that reaction when she was originally cast on _The Mandalorian_ in the first place–a lot of “ooh, another ‘strong woman who fights as good as a man,’ how woke of them” nonsense. It was only when she started saying transphobic stuff, and making the ugly Holocaust comparisons, that she briefly became a MAGA hero. Eventually, more people are going to realize “woke” means “golden rule”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=353) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=355)