# 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:** 405
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8087 "2023-02-22T08:40:26Z")
It’s a two-fer: guns and voting, with a side of “what about the children?”. [Texas Election Source on Twitter: “Citing a stabbing incident at UT-Austin and the Uvalde elementary school mass shooting, Rep. Carrie Isaac (R) files the Texas Campus Protection Act (HB 2390) to protect school children by prohibiting people from voting on school property.” / Twitter](https://twitter.com/TXElects/status/1628159796653457408?t=OuWMENtbmYkC2uD0jrlQYw&s=19) ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8088 "2023-02-22T08:51:16Z")
A businessman and “anti-woke” author named Vivek Ramaswamy, who happens to be of the Hindu faith and practices vegetarianism and whose parents were born in India, actually believes he has a snowball’s chance in Hell at becoming the presidential nominee of the party of white supremacists, Christian nationalists, and mentally ill conspiracy theorists. > **[Vivek Ramaswamy announces GOP bid for president in 2024 | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-gop-2024-campaign/index.html)** > > Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy announced on Tuesday that he's running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8089 "2023-02-22T10:27:25Z")
Does she think kids are there while people vote? ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8090 "2023-02-22T10:35:10Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A businessman and “anti-woke” author named Vivek Ramaswamy, who happens to be of the Hindu faith and practices vegetarianism and whose parents were born in India, actually believes he has a snowball’s chance in Hell at becoming the presidential nominee of the party of white supremacists, Christian nationalists, and mentally ill conspiracy theorists. > > [https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-gop-2024-campaign/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-gop-2024-campaign/index.html) This item could just as well have gone in the Omnibus Stupid MFs in the News thread. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8091 "2023-02-22T12:13:43Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Does she think kids are there while people vote? Do you think that kids get Election Day off? We used to vote at our local elementary school, it was moved after one or another of the school shootings (or maybe just a shooting in general, it’s been a while and of course so common that the precipitating event is no longer memorable). I opposed moving it then and still do - I think there is a certain free civics lesson in grade school kids seeing adults lining up to select their representatives. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8092 "2023-02-22T12:34:22Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Do you think that kids get Election Day off? We used to vote at our local elementary school, it was moved after one or another of the school shootings (or maybe just a shooting in general, it’s been a while and of course so common that the precipitating event is no longer memorable). That’s true, I was being foolish. I’m used to going when school is over. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8093 "2023-02-22T13:16:53Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > This item could just as well have gone in the Omnibus Stupid MFs in the News thread. It’s notable how many people think their own particular marginalized (by the GOP anyway) group are the exception. I still shake my head at the Log Cabin Republicans - and they STILL exist. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8094 "2023-02-22T13:27:55Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I still shake my head at the Log Cabin Republicans - and they STILL exist. Not just “marginalized” - there are republicans that actually want them dead! ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8095 "2023-02-22T22:49:14Z")
Alaska state rep says that society benefits when abused children die because we don’t have to spend money on taking care of them. > **[Alaska Republican stuns observers by asking about economic benefits of abused...](https://www.rawstory.com/david-eastman-alaska/)** > > Republican Alaska state Rep. David Eastman this week stunned observers when he asked about the potential economic benefits of abused children dying.The Anchorage Daily News reports that Eastman spoke up during a House Judiciary Committee hearing that... ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8096 "2023-02-22T23:01:10Z")
Clearly, Republicans consider voting to be more dangerous than shooting people. > [@Folacin](#): > > Do you think that kids get Election Day off? Yes, of course. Is that not the case everywhere in the country? ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8097 "2023-02-22T23:04:21Z")
It is not. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8098 "2023-02-22T23:24:19Z")
There’s a bill before the Florida state legislature making freedom of the press a thing of the past. > **[SILENCED: Florida bill would severely limit criticism of government](https://washingtonpress.com/2023/02/22/silenced-florida-bill-would-severely-limit-criticism-of-government)** > > Chilling developments down in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8099 "2023-02-23T00:40:46Z")
He’s been censured. He’s a charmer. > **[Once again, Rep. Eastman censured by House for comment made in committee -...](https://mustreadalaska.com/once-again-rep-eastman-censured-by-house-for-comment-made-in-committee/)** > > The Alaska House of Representatives voted 35-1 to censure Rep. David Eastman of Wasilla for a remark he made during a Judiciary Committee meeting about the economic savings that could come from the deaths of abused children. His comment had been... ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8100 "2023-02-23T00:44:46Z")
Is there something in the water in Wasila? ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8101 "2023-02-23T00:51:11Z")
How is this not a complete violation of the First Amendment? Hasn’t the right to criticism and parody been upheld over and over by the Supreme Court? I have to believe this would get challenged in a heartbeat and be struck down by the first court to hear it. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8102 "2023-02-23T00:56:54Z")
Doesn’t matter about the first court to hear it, it’s up to the Republican Supreme Court. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8103 "2023-02-23T01:59:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Is there something in the water in Wasila? Well, Wasilla is just over the ridge from the place where they used to raise the Matanuska Valley Thunderfuck strain. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8104 "2023-02-23T02:46:28Z")
Highlights from Loser Donald’s Big Boy Trip to East Palestine - plugging his brand of bottled water, bragging that he knows more about McDonald’s than anyone, and telling the beleagured townsfolk to “have fun”. > > > ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8105 "2023-02-23T03:15:58Z")
Now that I think about it, I’d vote for a 120 year-old Biden over whatever that thing is. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8106 "2023-02-23T06:27:16Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Alaska state rep says that society benefits when abused children die because we don’t have to spend money on taking care of them. Since he’s from Alaska, how about going old-school Aleut and set him out on an ice floe? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=404) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=406)