# 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:** 415
**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 2, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8287 "2023-03-02T04:01:42Z")
Matt Gaetz tried to put Chinese propaganda into the Congressional record as a gotcha against the administration. > **[Video: Pentagon official calls out Gaetz at hearing. See the moment | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/02/28/matt-gaetz-chinese-propaganda-military-support-ukraine-vpx.pool)** > > During a House Armed Services Committee about US military support to Ukraine, witness Colin H. Kahl, Under Secretary of Defense for policy, pushed back on Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for citing a Chinese propaganda outlet. ---
**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 2, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8288 "2023-03-02T04:32:25Z")
A Missouri county Republican committee is considering censuring a gay Republican legislator who is a MAGAt and a pastor, for daring to propose a state constitutional amendment changing the wording of the definition of marriage from “one man and one woman: to “two individuals”. > **[Missouri GOP may punish gay MAGA congressman for acknowledging same-sex...](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/missouri-gop-may-punish-gay-maga-congressman-for-acknowledging-same-sex-marriages-exist/)** > > State Rep. Chris Sander introduced a bill to abolish the state's same-sex marriage ban... ---
**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 2, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8289 "2023-03-02T05:47:23Z")
See post 8260. ---
**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 2, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8290 "2023-03-02T05:48:09Z")
We’re only on 8208. ---
**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 2, 2023, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8291 "2023-03-02T06:09:32Z")
I see the last post (this one) as 8285. ---
**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 2, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8292 "2023-03-02T06:11:01Z")
Maybe the count has to do with whom you or I have blocked. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8293 "2023-03-02T14:39:27Z")
> **[Marjorie Taylor Greene Changes Her Mind About Jan. 6 Footage](https://www.yahoo.com/news/now-tucker-carlson-jan-6-202611241.html)** > > The far-right congresswoman now says releasing certain footage would be "foolish" after Republicans shared video with Tucker Carlson. 7/9/21 > The DOJ should just release the over 14,000 hours of surveillance video that the tax payers already payed for instead of creating a controlled view of Jan 6 that cost $6.1 million taxpayer dollars. > Then everyone can see what happened. > What is there to hide? 6/9/22 > Release all the tapes, let the American people know the truth! 10/14/22 > And if they can release this video, then release ALL of the videos. 1/1/23 > This is why we have to release the tapes. But now that the tapes have been released, it’s suddenly a problem. Now she’s all “We can’t give away our national security” and “We don’t want Russia or China or any of these other countries being able to study all the entries and exits of our Capitol. That’s foolish”. Also, since when has she cared about Russia spying? Come to think of it, we need to keep pointing out that things like entries, exits, doors that are locked/unlocked, where to find specific offices and other security concerns are only even known to the insurrectionists, and therefore on these tapes, because of her own side pointing them out to the rioters ahead of time. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8294 "2023-03-02T17:55:30Z")
I’ll grant her this: she has perfected the art of talking out of all her orifices, both simultaneously and sequentially. 👏🏽 ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8295 "2023-03-02T18:06:09Z")
“People assume that truth is a strict progression from observation to conclusion, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, truthy-woofy stuff.” ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8296 "2023-03-02T18:10:45Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’ll grant her this: she has perfected the art of talking out of all her orifices, both simultaneously and sequentially. 👏🏽 The future heir to [Le Petomane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane)? A legend in the making? A star is born? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8297 "2023-03-02T19:11:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’ll grant her this: she has perfected the art of talking out of all her orifices, both simultaneously and sequentially. 👏🏽 Marjorie’s only a woman. But she break wind at both ends simultaneous - which is more, I reckon, than any god can do. ---
**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 2, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8298 "2023-03-02T19:23:09Z")
Now, now, don’t mock the poor sensitive snowflake… > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Conservatives Need Their Own ‘Safe Space’](https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-conservatives-deserve-their-own-safe-space)** > > Turns out the anti-woke crowd don’t really hate the idea of safe spaces after all. ---
**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 2, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8299 "2023-03-02T22:26:44Z")
Perhaps she suddenly remembered that she’s in those videos too. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8300 "2023-03-02T23:05:04Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Perhaps she suddenly remembered that she’s in those videos too Wouldn’t it be great if she was, but not just hunched under a desk somewhere, rather actively involved. > [@DesertDog](#): > > “People assume that truth is a strict progression from observation to conclusion, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, truthy-woofy stuff.” Perhaps the comparison of these two timelines could double as a visual guide for what people assume the truth is (top) vs what it actually is (lower)? [![](https://image-cdn.neatoshop.com/styleimg/98678/none/white/default/444732-20;1580212165y.jpg) ](https://image-cdn.neatoshop.com/styleimg/98678/none/white/default/444732-20;1580212165y.jpg) For those not familiar with Jeremy Bearimy, here’s a series destroying spoiler for The Good Place that explains it. For reals though, if think you might ever watch the show, [don’t watch this clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFm9ClqlGuo). PS, if you don’t click on the link, the picture is meaningless nonsense, it won’t have any impact on your enjoyment of the show (one of the best sitcoms ever produced, IMHO) ---
**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 2, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8301 "2023-03-02T23:25:01Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Wouldn’t it be great if she was, but not just hunched under a desk somewhere, rather actively involved. > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene says if she ran Jan. 6 Capitol attack, 'We would have...](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-jan-6-capitol-attack-wouldve/story?id=95065444)** > > Marjorie Taylor Greene said at a Republican event in New York over the weekend that if she had organized the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol "we would have won" ---
**Author:** ![ahduval](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahduval/32/11513_2.png) [@ahduval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ahduval)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8302 "2023-03-03T00:19:43Z")
[latest Florida Man story](https://www.rawstory.com/florida-blogger-registration-law/) Latest Stupidity/Evil of that governor in Florida. He wants bloggers who writes “an article, a story, or a series of stories,” about “the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a Cabinet officer, or any member of the Legislature to register and submit reports, if the blogger gets paid. Who else would like to chip in for some articles about Florida government? Do you think that if they do enact this it would be struck down for 1A issues, even in Florida? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8303 "2023-03-03T00:21:41Z")
Another page out of the Trump playbook. -“Mr Trump, did you do this illegal thing?” -“Of course not, the people that did those illegal things are losers because\* they got caught, I would have done the illegal thing much betterer” \*The word ‘because’ was chosen on purpose. In a situation like that, Trump wouldn’t consider them losers for committing a crime, he would have called them losers for getting caught. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8304 "2023-03-03T00:41:39Z")
It’s exactly what some of us ask of gun owners. That’s the argument to use. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8305 "2023-03-03T00:58:33Z")
Yes. Smart. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8306 "2023-03-03T02:18:50Z")
That’s different; AR-15s are a Constitutional right. But it doesn’t say anything about bloggers, just manual printing presses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=414) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=416)