# 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:** 45
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/882 "2022-03-16T18:47:33Z")
I could write a paragraph on why Zelenskyy dresses that way; but we already know. So I’ll just say Peter Schiff is a dick. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/883 "2022-03-16T18:48:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Peter Schiff: > " I understand times are hard, but doesn’t the President of the Ukraine own a suit? I don’t have much respect for current members of the U.S. Congress either, but I still wouldn’t address them wearing a t-shirt. I wouldn’t want to disrespect the institution or the Unites States." > [https://twitter.com/PeterSchiff/status/1504082706598146058](https://twitter.com/PeterSchiff/status/1504082706598146058) - Probably didn’t size it to accommodate body armor. ---
**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 16, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/884 "2022-03-16T18:51:29Z")
The guy who claims to have discovered Hunter Biden’s laptop (which still has not been produced) is apparently now an expert on foreign affairs. He was on Fox talking about how he would hate to think that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a distraction organized by Biden. A distraction for what, wasn’t made clear. > ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/885 "2022-03-16T19:59:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > … the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a distraction organized by Biden … - Trump’s candidacy - Trump’s extortion of Ukraine over weapons - Trump’s mishandling of COVID - The Jan 6 insurrection - Trump’s support for Putin during the invasion of Ukraine? For each of these, there was an initial, instinctive revulsion by nearly everyone on both sides of the spectrum, but for each of the first four the (Russian-backed) right wing propaganda machine inexorably gave its followers a reason to come around to Trump’s POV. Each time, those of us on the left thought, no, can’t happen this time … and yet, it did. Is it really happening again? Will an April poll find that 85% of Republicans believe the war in Ukraine is not that big a deal, or some story cooked up by the lamestream media to make Biden look good, or that Russia is actually in the right? ---
**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 16, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/886 "2022-03-16T20:30:19Z")
Texas National Guard members are claiming that as part of Abbott’s callup of the Guard to “protect” the border, they were assigned to stand guard outside private ranches up to 80 miles from the border, where they were not authorized to do anything if immigrants should happen to show up. > **[National Guard troops were dispatched to famous Texas ranches with private...](https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/16/texas-national-guard-king-ranch/)** > > The dispatching of troops to the sprawling private ranches, far from the border, raises questions about the use of National Guard troops, who have widely decried the mission as aimless, political and oversized, as the cost of the effort has already... ---
**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 16, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/887 "2022-03-16T20:38:49Z")
Senator Roger Marshall gave members of the trucker convoy a private tour of the Capitol, even though it isn’t officially open to the public. Senators are allowed to give very small private tours, and Marshall claimed that he was complying with that. This as one of the organizers said “We’re not going to go in and throat-punch them just yet, even though I know we would all love to do that.” > **[GOP senator gives trucker protesters a Capitol tour](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/16/marshall-trucker-protesters-capitol-tour-00017686)** > > A senior Hill aide alerted the DOJ afterward. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/888 "2022-03-16T20:48:58Z")
- Trump’s candidacy - Trump’s extortion of Ukraine over weapons - Trump’s mishandling of COVID - The Jan 6 insurrection - Trump’s support for Putin during the invasion of Ukraine. And all of them are distractions organized by Biden. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/889 "2022-03-16T20:56:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > . This as one of the organizers said “We’re not going to go in and throat-punch them just yet, even though I know we would all love to do that.” So Marshall gave private tours to show violent extremists how to attack the Capitol building. Why exactly are Americans putting up with this? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/890 "2022-03-16T23:07:47Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > The Bible said man came from dust, did it not? If that is true, why do I need to clean my house? Think about it! > > Therefore, dusting = abortion!!! > [@Senegoid](#): > > To forestall the rise of any competition? Both highly rational conclusions, given the premise. And both therefore preclude either one of you from becoming members of the Republican Party. > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Peter Schiff: > " I understand times are hard, but doesn’t the President of the Ukraine own a suit? I don’t have much respect for current members of the U.S. Congress either, but I still wouldn’t address them wearing a t-shirt. I wouldn’t want to disrespect the institution or the Unites States." > [https://twitter.com/PeterSchiff/status/1504082706598146058](https://twitter.com/PeterSchiff/status/1504082706598146058) These guys are heartbroken that their natural tendency to praise Putin is meeting with blowback in the past few weeks. So Peter Schiff found what he thinks might be a solution to that problem: he will point something out that _will completely reverse US public opinion about Zelenskyy!_ Making it safe to point out the contrast of Zelenskyy’s choices with Putin’s—and therefore letting right-wingers return to giving Putin the tributes and devotion that they find so satisfying! ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/891 "2022-03-16T23:15:37Z")
If only Zelenskyy had had a tan suit… ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/892 "2022-03-16T23:17:34Z")
Ouch! ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/893 "2022-03-16T23:49:33Z")
Mehmet Oz says that if he is elected to the Senate, he will forego security clearances in order to keep his Turkish citizenship. > **[Oz: Would Forego Security Clearances in Order to Maintain Dual Citizenship -...](https://www.politicspa.com/oz-would-forego-security-clearances-in-order-to-maintain-dual-citizenship/100388/)** > > Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz said today that he would forego certain security clearances that are provided to all U.S. Senators to keep his dual citizenship with Turkey. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/894 "2022-03-17T00:06:32Z")
Can you just _imagine_ how Republican heads would explode if a Democrat said this? And yet they’ll be just fine with this. Republicans are fast becoming an Anti-American party. ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/895 "2022-03-17T00:06:58Z")
“Becoming”? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/896 "2022-03-17T01:10:05Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Can you just _imagine_ how Republican heads would explode if a Democrat said this? And yet they’ll be just fine with this. Apparently not: [Oz has now flipped his position on the dual-cit thing](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/dr-oz-will-relinquish-turkish-citizenship-wins-senate-seat-rcna20363). (Although the references in that today-dated article to “Thursday” are puzzling me.) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/897 "2022-03-17T01:18:11Z")
Well, he _says_ he’ll renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected. However, Republicans are known to be liars, so one can assume that he will not, and will still have allegiance to Erdogan. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/898 "2022-03-17T01:57:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Candace Owens thinks Ukraine was created by Russia, and didn’t exist till 1989. She also thinks Ukrainians speak Russian. Maybe she should pick up a book? Someone please introduce her to fellow-Republican, US Congresswoman, and Kyiv National Economic University alumna Victoria Spartz (née Kulheyko) of Indiana. Her take on it: “This is a genocide of the Ukrainian people by a crazy man.” ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/899 "2022-03-17T06:31:53Z")
Matt Shea, the former WA state legislator and terrorist who you may remember for his manifesto calling for the execution of all non-Christian males, has traveled to Poland and “obtained” 62 Ukrainian children for what I’m sure is a completely innocuous purpose. > **[Former WA Rep. Matt Shea, accused of domestic terrorism, working to secure...](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/former-wa-rep-matt-shea-accused-of-domestic-terrorism-working-to-secure-adoptions-for-ukrainian-children-in-poland/)** > > International agencies say, with the chaos and confusion of war, now is not an appropriate time for international adoptions from Ukraine. ---
**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 17, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/900 "2022-03-17T10:21:37Z")
I just saw that-thankfully the Republican obsession with child trafficking will no doubt squash any nefarious activity. ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/901 "2022-03-17T12:04:21Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Well, he _says_ he’ll renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected. Just like any Republican, they love this country with all their heart, unless they don’t win the election, in which case America can FOAD. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=46)