# 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:** 449
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8967 "2023-04-05T21:47:55Z")
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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8968 "2023-04-05T21:55:08Z")
Don’t any of these elected officials have anyone to guide them through there day? How do they find their offices? Tie there shoes? To say nothing of commemorating traitors. I’m rather surprised there is no ‘YE-HAW’ in that declaration. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8969 "2023-04-05T22:14:54Z")
Maybe it’s an April Fools joke? Probably not. Just a fool. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8970 "2023-04-06T00:02:00Z")
If April 31st, 2023, did exist, it wouldn’t have happened yet. I suspect he signed it on March 31st, and didn’t notice that the text said “April”. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8971 "2023-04-06T06:25:58Z")
Ron DeFascist has ordered the kidnapping of a 13-year-old whose mother is suing the state for wrongful termination. > ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8972 "2023-04-06T13:44:16Z")
I read that yesterday. IMO, _this_ is the correct time to say “If they can come for me, they can come for you”. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8973 "2023-04-06T16:18:17Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Ron DeFascist has ordered the kidnapping of a 13-year-old whose mother is suing the state for wrongful termination. I’d like to see a real news article. A one-sided twitter post smells funny. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8974 "2023-04-06T16:34:26Z")
> **[Rebekah Jones' son arrested in Florida after allegedly threatening to shoot...](https://www.pnj.com/story/news/crime/2023/04/06/rebekah-jones-son-arrested-in-florida-what-we-know-about-digital-threat-allegations/70088634007/)** > > Rebekah Jones announced on Twitter Wednesday night that her 13-year-old son had been arrested in Santa Rosa County for “digital threats of terrorism.” While the article starts off with quoting Ms. Jones tweet, it finally gets into some factual reporting: > A spokesperson for the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Thursday morning that Jones’ son had been arrested. > > SRSO spokeswoman Jillian Durkin said the Sheriff’s Office had received reports of a threat from multiple students and that a felony warrant was issued following an investigation of the reports. > > Durkin said Jones turned her son in to the Sheriff’s Office. Obviously there isn’t much information here, certainly not enough for me to form any opinion. But the funny smell @Just_Asking_Questions noticed is beginning to dissipate a little. And if you don’t remember the name: > Jones came to national prominence during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic after she was fired from her position with the Florida Department of Health. Jones said she was fired for speaking out about what she said was the state’s manipulation of COVID-19 data, while state officials said she was fired for insubordination. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8975 "2023-04-06T16:50:25Z")
Thanks! ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8976 "2023-04-06T17:22:20Z")
OK, let’s see just what those “digital threats of terrorism” said. Betcha that none of them comes even close to the things Trump tweets every day with no consequence. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8977 "2023-04-06T17:30:19Z")
But then you’d have to compare the maturity level and well then you could get really confused. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8978 "2023-04-06T17:55:14Z")
This is the only example provided. > ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8979 "2023-04-06T19:46:49Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > This is the only example provided. Can’t be a threat if it is true. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8980 "2023-04-06T21:12:44Z")
Republicans in Tennessee’s House of Representatives are voting to expel three Democrats for engaging in anti-gun protests, only a few days after the shooting at the Christian school. > **[Tennessee’s House expels first of 3 Democrats for protest](https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-lawmakers-expulsion-d3f40559c56a051eec49e416a7b5dade)** > > Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House has expelled the first of three Democratic members who were at risk of being thrown out of the Legislature for their role in a demonstration calling for gun control following the Nashville school shooting. The vote... ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8981 "2023-04-06T21:31:35Z")
I heard this on NPR. Paradoxically, these people are being accused of being insurrectionists. For being **anti** -gun. I guess if they were demonstrating FOR guns, they wouldn’t be insurrectionists? 🤪 ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8982 "2023-04-06T23:52:25Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Republicans in Tennessee’s House of Representatives are voting to expel three Democrats for engaging in anti-gun protests, So government officials are only allowed to attend pro-trump protests? > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I heard this on NPR Elon/Twitter has decided that NPR is “State-Affiliated Media”. > **[Elon Musk labels NPR as state media, ignores actual state media](https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-labels-npr-state-media-ignores-actual-state-media-1792771)** > > To label NPR as "state-influenced, state-controlled or state-affiliated," one researcher told Newsweek, is "quite misleading and dishonest." ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8983 "2023-04-07T04:38:17Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I heard this on NPR. Paradoxically, these people are being accused of being insurrectionists. For being **anti** -gun. I guess if they were demonstrating FOR guns, they wouldn’t be insurrectionists? 🤪 They only expelled two of them, the two African Americans. The white one didn’t get expelled. It’s like they aren’t even trying to hide their racism anymore. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8984 "2023-04-07T12:51:42Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > The white one didn’t get expelled. It’s like they aren’t even trying to hide their racism anymore. anymore? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8985 "2023-04-07T13:26:13Z")
Nor are they trying to hide it any less. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8986 "2023-04-07T13:27:39Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > I heard this on NPR. Paradoxically, these people are being accused of being insurrectionists. For being **anti** -gun. I guess if they were demonstrating FOR guns, they wouldn’t be insurrectionists? 🤪 > > They only expelled two of them, the two African Americans. The white one didn’t get expelled. It’s like they aren’t even trying to hide their racism anymore. I watched Pearson on the stand (or whatever it’s called) last night. The dude is an orator. He argued circles around the GOP, pointing out several times that yes, he broke the house rules, but the punishment _as set out in those same rules_ was censur, not expulsion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=448) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=450)