# 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:** 48
**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 20, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/942 "2022-03-20T05:37:47Z")
Didn’t any of the jerks pulling that stunt get arrested? ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/943 "2022-03-20T05:57:12Z")
For that to happen, you would have to have police officers who have a problem with the convoy to begin with, whom I suspect are not abundant. The law and common decency are entirely in the hands of LEOs, and if they approve of your cause, especially if you are white, that guy you are fucking with is going to be SoL. ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/944 "2022-03-20T16:26:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > **Here are the eight Republicans who voted against the bill on Thursday:** > > - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia > - Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida > - Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado > - Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky > - Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona > - Rep. Dan Bishop of North Carolina > - Rep. Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin > - Rep. Chip Roy of Texas It’s like a who’s who of Putin supporters. Nice of them to out themselves. ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/945 "2022-03-20T16:29:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > OAN host claims the bombing of the hospital in Ukraine was a false flag operation created by Biden, even though Russia admits they bombed it. Serious question: When we’re in armed conflict with another country, how much latitude do we give to media people who are directly repeating propaganda that has been sent to them by the enemy country? Unlimited? They’re allowed to simply repeat Russian propaganda and lies, trying to destabilize the United States as much as they want? Are there limits here? ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/946 "2022-03-20T16:43:43Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > It’s like a who’s who of Putin supporters. Nice of them to out themselves. I dunno the last three’s reputations but then the R after their name is enough. Biggs is in the district east of mine – by a quarter-mile, thank Og – and don’t think I won’t pound the fact that as a cold war veteran I’m disgusted by his very existence. “205 known Communists in the State Department,” my ass. We have them in congress. ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/947 "2022-03-20T17:53:25Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > They’re allowed to simply repeat Russian propaganda and lies, trying to destabilize the United States as much as they want? Are there limits here? Without a declared War or State of Emergency, pretty much. Unfortunately the price for shutting them up is too high a price to pay. ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/948 "2022-03-20T17:54:06Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Serious question: When we’re in armed conflict with another country, how much latitude do we give to media people who are directly repeating propaganda that has been sent to them by the enemy country? Unlimited? They’re allowed to simply repeat Russian propaganda and lies, trying to destabilize the United States as much as they want? Are there limits here? We aren’t in an armed conflict. ---
**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 20, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/949 "2022-03-20T19:29:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > We aren’t in an armed conflict. True. We’re at this stage: > **[1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Nazi_rally_at_Madison_Square_Garden)** > > On February 20, 1939, a Nazi rally took place at Madison Square Garden, organized by the German American Bund. More than 20,000 people attended, and Fritz Julius Kuhn was a featured speaker. The Bund billed the event, which took place two days before George Washington's Birthday, as a pro-"Americanism" rally; the stage at the event featured a huge Washington portrait with swastikas on each side. > The German American Bund was a pro-Hitler organization in the United States before World War II. The ... ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/950 "2022-03-20T20:34:10Z")
I refer you to the first amendment of the constitution of the United States of America. ---
**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 20, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/951 "2022-03-20T21:06:42Z")
Yes, I’m certainly aware of that. Is it unlimited? Could Fox News send out a call for an armed uprising to overthrow the government in support of Mother Russia for example? Where is the line? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/952 "2022-03-20T21:08:54Z")
Inminent Action and incitement if I’m not mistaken. You can say “The government should be overthrown” but not “Let’s meet today in front of the White House and overthrow the government” IANAL though. ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/953 "2022-03-20T23:41:36Z")
Ted Cruz going full Karen on airline employees at the Bozeman, Montana airport. Police had to be called. > ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/954 "2022-03-20T23:50:45Z")
The Bozeman police reports actually have something of a national following, for their “small-town charm”. Most of them involve dogs. Getting called for a rabid Ted Cruz is probably the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to the Bozeman police. ---
**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 21, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/955 "2022-03-21T00:06:26Z")
The two leading Republican candidates for Senate from Ohio almost came to blows during their debate. > ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/956 "2022-03-21T00:07:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ted Cruz going full Karen on airline employees at the Bozeman, Montana airport. I’m curious as to why his flight to Cancun was diverted to Bozeman. ---
**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 21, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/957 "2022-03-21T00:24:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The two leading Republican candidates for Senate from Ohio almost came to blows during their debate. > > [https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1505695993601400833](https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1505695993601400833) Oh, man, that’s some WWE-level shit there, with both of them still keeping their microphones in the correct position while shit-talking each other, so we can all follow the script properly. ---
**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 21, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/958 "2022-03-21T00:27:30Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Ted Cruz going full Karen on airline employees at the Bozeman, Montana airport. > > I’m curious as to why his flight to Cancun was diverted to Bozeman. - Bozeman lost the coin toss? ---
**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 21, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/959 "2022-03-21T00:35:59Z")
The Federal Election Commission has fined Marathon Petroleum for illegally contributing to Republican political action committees. As a federal contractor, marathon is forbidden from making political contributions. > **[The Federal Election Commission slapped Marathon Petroleum Corporation with a...](https://www.businessinsider.com/fec-marathon-oil-85000-fine-campaign-finance-violation-2022-3)** > > Federal campaign finance laws prohibit companies with federal contractors from spending money on political campaigns. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/960 "2022-03-21T09:06:24Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Now I want a COVID parody of “Bad Moon Rising”, thanks. I see, a bad germ rising, I see, delta on the way, I see, antibodies failing, I see, more cases today, Wear your mask tonight, or it’s bound to take your life, There’s a bad germ on the rise I hear, there’s variants a-brewing, I know, the end ain’t coming soon, I fear, ERs overflowing, I hear the voice of QAnon ruin, Well, wear your mask tonight, or it’s bound to take your life, There’s a bad germ on the rise Hope you got your vaccination, Hope you will keep from any crowd, Looks like, you’ll postpone your vacation, That day, you’ll make Doc Fauci proud Well, wear your mask tonight, or it’s bound to take your life, There’s a bad germ on the rise ---
**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 21, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/961 "2022-03-21T10:04:28Z")
Stolen valor, anyone? [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOQKlMOXsAESTGO?format=jpg&name=900x900) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOQKlMOXsAESTGO?format=jpg&name=900x900) Nothing says “patriot” like conflating actual POWs with violent seditionist criminals. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=49)