# 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:** 37
**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 9, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/722 "2022-03-09T16:34:18Z")
Idaho’s anti-trans law has a similar “don’t leave the state” provision. Look at item 4 (not highlighted in the picture, but important): > Text reads: _**(4)** Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, whoever knowingly removes or causes, permits or facilitates the removal of a child from this state for the purpose of facilitating any act prohibited by subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a felony._ Maximum possible sentence allowed: **life in prison.** Not stupid. Just phenomenally evil. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/723 "2022-03-09T18:09:24Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > > Missouri Republicans back law making it illegal for women to leave the state to get an abortion. - > > > > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/08/missouri-abortion-ban-texas-supreme-court/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/08/missouri-abortion-ban-texas-supreme-court/) > > How does this not restrict the right to travel? It is like that law in Texas, where the state itself does not enforce the law but empowers citizens with standing to sue the woman. Which obviously demands many layers of evidence, except, civil cases brought before a jury usually require a majority vote rather than full consensus. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/724 "2022-03-09T19:13:31Z")
Doesn’t that come under the heading of unlawful restraint? Or violation of the right to privacy? Or, hey, it might be an _actual_ HIPAA violation, as opposed to the HIPPO ones people keep screaming about in reference to being told to put on a mask. ---
**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 9, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/725 "2022-03-09T19:15:51Z")
Lauren Boebert compares Joe Biden to Prince John, but can’t explain who Prince John is. > **[Lauren Boebert Cryptically Compared Joe Biden To ’Prince John’](https://uproxx.com/viral/lauren-boebert-biden-prince-john-twitter-reactions/)** > > No one had any idea what the controversial Colorado representative is talking about. ---
**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 9, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/726 "2022-03-09T19:25:33Z")
Stephen Miller is suing the House 1/6 committee because he said their subpoena of his phone plan would mean they would also be subpoenaing his parents’ phone records because they supply him with his phone. So he’s a grown man and he’s still on his parents’ phone plan? ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/727 "2022-03-09T19:33:47Z")
This cannot come as a surprise to you. It just can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/728 "2022-03-09T19:34:43Z")
To be fair, with family plans it makes sense for relatives to share a plan. That said, it remains an absurd defense, given that the phone provider can trivially separate calls to/from each number and provide only the ones for the suspect’s line. ---
**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 9, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/729 "2022-03-09T19:36:30Z")
Mesa County, Colorado’s clerk Tina Peters has been indicted under 10 charges of leaking voting information to election conspiracists. > **[Colorado clerk is indicted for election tampering and misconduct](https://www.npr.org/2022/03/09/1085452644/colorado-clerk-indicted-on-13-counts-of-election-tampering-and-misconduct)** > > The indictment of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and her deputy on a laundry list of felony and misdemeanor charges is related to an election security breach in her office last year. ---
**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/730 "2022-03-09T20:30:15Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/08/missouri-abortion-ban-texas-supreme-court/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/08/missouri-abortion-ban-texas-supreme-court/) The Caravan is forming up in the predawn hours, in a Walmart parking lot in Branson. One by one, women of childbearing age arrive in cars driven by their mothers and grandmothers, and tearful goodbyes abound. Fleeing the violence and human rights abuses in their homeland, these women have no option but to seek freedom and safety in the first world. The journey ahead is long, and fraught with danger, but these women see it as necessary to preserve their lives. “Conditions here are just too dangerous,” said one woman, daughter in tow. “Between our failed health care system, 18th century economy, and the violence of our legislature against us, emigration is our only choice!” “Women in my state should be considered ‘persons’ with rights, just like a fetus or blastocyst!”, said another. In New York, California, and other states with “personhood” amendments for American women, preparations are being made to receive and acclimate refugees, while, in the fetus fetishizing states, the livestock are nervous. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/731 "2022-03-09T20:41:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mesa County, Colorado’s clerk Tina Peters has been indicted under 10 charges of leaking voting information to election conspiracists. Here’s some video of a separate but recent arrest of Tina Peters. She’s lucky she’s a well off white woman. Cops generally respond more aggressively when the person they are cuffing tries to kick them. [https://twitter.com/ResusCGMedia/status/1492532126318678019](https://twitter.com/ResusCGMedia/status/1492532126318678019) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/732 "2022-03-09T20:55:43Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > Here’s some video of a separate but recent arrest of Tina Peters. They should have slammed her head into the squad car. trump says that’s ok. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/733 "2022-03-09T21:06:11Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > it remains an absurd defense It’s beyond absurd, it actually suggests that people with shared phone plans can’t have those records subpoenaed because other people are involved. If the phone company can’t separate the calls, then his parents shouldn’t have chosen to share their phone plan with a fucking criminal. Of course, they inflicted his existence on all of us, so maybe they deserve it. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/734 "2022-03-09T21:07:06Z")
Near the end of that tweet video a woman is talking to Peters while holding her phone up to her. I can only hope she had some good lulz questions for the fucking criminal. At the very last second of the video, was Peters trying to kick at her? ---
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/735 "2022-03-09T21:13:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Stephen Miller is suing the House 1/6 committee because he said their subpoena of his phone plan would mean they would also be subpoenaing his parents’ phone records because they supply him with his phone. So he’s a grown man and he’s still on his parents’ phone plan? Using this logic, if I move back in with my mother, I can hide all sorts of evidence in her house, and even with a warrant, the cops can’t search the place, because it would require them to search all her stuff, too. Great Plan! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/736 "2022-03-09T21:43:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lauren Boebert compares Joe Biden to Prince John, but can’t explain who Prince John is. John Osbourne, Prince of Darkness? [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQPAYd214pp-uaJEVxtGxjOh1X6PJPHbESjoQ&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQPAYd214pp-uaJEVxtGxjOh1X6PJPHbESjoQ&usqp=CAU) ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/737 "2022-03-09T21:52:33Z")
Might need a Reproductive Sanctuary Act… where women are allowed reproductive healthcare free of harassment… along with a codicil for the arrest w/o extradition for any phony-LEO ( from any phony-state ) that attempts to cross the state line to attempt to kidnap them. An act that strips them of all rights/protections as LEOs in any such attempt on that state’s land … as well as puts them on par with armed kidnappers or armed home invaders should they attempt to kidnap or invade homes of any citizen. ---
**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 9, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/738 "2022-03-09T22:04:08Z")
“Qarun”. My new favorite word. Thanks! ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/739 "2022-03-09T23:08:52Z")
Madison Cawthorn charged for driving on a revoked license. In three separate counties. > **[Madison Cawthorn charged with driving with revoked license for 2nd time;...](https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2022/03/09/nc-rep-madison-cawthorn-charged-driving-revoked-license-court/9439056002/)** > > Henderson County Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn has been charged with driving with revoked license and is set to appear in court in three counties. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/740 "2022-03-09T23:22:14Z")
I’m pretty sure that driving on a revoked will get you AT LEAST a night in County in my neck of the woods. Like, handcuffed, arrested and booked, with your car towed away. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/741 "2022-03-09T23:35:00Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It is like that law in Texas, where the state itself does not enforce the law but empowers citizens with standing to sue the woman. Which obviously demands many layers of evidence, except, civil cases brought before a jury usually require a majority vote rather than full consensus. The law in Texas defines ALL citizens, nationwide, to have standing. And not only does it take only a majority (not unanimous) vote of the jury, but their decision need be made on only a preponderance of evidence, not proof beyond a reasonable doubt. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mesa County, Colorado’s clerk Tina Peters has been indicted under 10 charges of leaking voting information to election conspiracists. This belongs in the Schadenfreude thread. (Or even more so when she’s convicted.) > [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Of course, they inflicted his existence on all of us, so maybe they deserve it. Abortion is illegal! They had no choice! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=38)