# 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:** 492
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9827 "2023-06-16T04:35:06Z")
If you read his tweet straight through, you get the impression that he’s saying that if _anyone_ gets in the way of the Democrats, then they will go through Barron’s underwear. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9828 "2023-06-16T18:34:40Z")
Eric seem to be proud to display his besotted, slurring face on camera. His liver must be crying all day long. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9829 "2023-06-16T18:58:33Z")
Ron DeSanctimonius wonders if he could have been one of Jesus’s disciples. (No word on whether he would have spent all thirty pieces of silver in one place.) > **[DeSantis: I Would Have Been One Of Jesus's Disciples - Joe.My.God.](https://www.joemygod.com/2023/06/desantis-i-would-have-been-one-of-jesuss-disciples/)** > > Dead Pat Robertson’s CBN reports: Ron DeSantis credits his Catholic faith for keeping him grounded in truth. While he doesn’t publicly tout his faith, he and his wife Casey attend church regularly and make it a family priority. “Our household is a... ---
**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:** [June 16, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9830 "2023-06-16T19:24:44Z")
I could see that “Blessed are the poor for I’ve got mine so fuck 'em” ---
**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:** [June 16, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9831 "2023-06-16T19:29:04Z")
Matt Walsh [feels that “Fox Is Going Woke!”](https://www.pajiba.com/politics/moral-panic-hysteria-fully-sets-in-as-matt-walsh-goes-after-fox-news.php) Oh noes, they’re acknowledging that gay people exist! Let 'em fight! ---
**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:** [June 17, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9832 "2023-06-17T00:08:04Z")
Tucker Carlson’s producer, who stayed with the network after the racist bowtie was fired, has now been fired himself after it turns out he was responsible for the chyron calling Biden a “wannabe dictator”. > **[Tucker's Carlson's Old Producer Is Out At Fox News After 'Wannabe Dictator'...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alexander-mccaskill-wannabe-dictator-fox-news_n_648c34cfe4b04ee51a9ade0d)** > > Carlson fumed after ex-colleague Alexander McCaskill parted ways with the channel amid the uproar over a banner headline smearing Joe Biden. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9833 "2023-06-17T00:19:22Z")
Two Tucker quotes of note in the article: “Lies don’t seem to bother anyone anymore.” They certainly don’t seem to bother some people. and (paraphrased) “If some cable news producer had accused him [Biden] of being secretly Sudanese, would anyone be yelling about it?” I believe we covered that topic during Obama’s campaign. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9834 "2023-06-17T02:58:04Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > wonders if he could have been one of Jesus’s disciples. (No word on whether he would have spent all thirty pieces of silver in one place.) You just made my day! I will be actively looking for an opportunity to use that line and soon. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9835 "2023-06-18T22:24:59Z")
I’m guessing this is one of the things we’ll be hearing about from the right anytime something newsworthy from the Trump case gets released. > **[Conservatives Outraged After Learning of Oscars' New Inclusivity Rules](https://www.tmz.com/2023/06/18/conservatives-outraged-oscars-new-inclusivity-rules/)** > > Conservative Twitter appears to have just learned about the Oscars' new rules for 2024 as it pertains to diversity and inclusion. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9836 "2023-06-19T01:02:17Z")
[De Santis and Pence want to dishonor real American military heroes](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/06/12/gop-hopefuls-vow-scrap-fort-liberty-return-confederate-namesake-fort-bragg.html): From that _[Military.com](http://Military.com)_ link: > Two Republican presidential contenders took aim at the [Army](https://www.military.com/army)’s recent move to rename military bases that for decades honored Confederates who waged war against the U.S., saying that as president they would return to those rebel namesakes. > > Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence promised to restore [Fort Liberty](https://www.military.com/base-guide/fort-liberty), North Carolina, to Fort Bragg. The base was renamed this month, scrubbing the name of a Confederate general widely considered among the least successful military leaders in the conflict. I do have to admit, though, it’s quite amusing those losers want to continue celebrating the losingest loser of the loser rebellion. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9837 "2023-06-19T02:38:34Z")
I missed this part earlier in that link. > “Our household is a Christ-centered household,” DeSantis told CBN News. “My son, he was four for Christmas this year, he wanted a sling to be like David slaying Goliath and so that really warms our hearts when we see that.” That’s right. For DeSantis, the way to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace is to cosplay a killing. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9838 "2023-06-19T06:20:24Z")
And slightly ironic that the losingest loser is named “Bragg.” ---
**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:** [June 19, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9839 "2023-06-19T09:10:34Z")
Is this a big issue in the MAGAverse? Or just grabbing any culture-war flotsam that passes by? ---
**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:** [June 19, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9840 "2023-06-19T22:15:49Z")
> **[G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/technology/gop-disinformation-researchers-2024-election.html?unlocked_article_code=N4p4ZPkZpcCF7rPS3V3_064_g3RpONycYt8Wsh5RhZlJR6L4tJurD5ewAHpxlLWns9gvqHcldS_tZbL8kWeCfazcwsKPUI9VlB-mGWhaeqxjdJrNioLNkI_8Azzx2waxcChULzEGgrlOZNKRNbDroFQmcTtnFvBduCUwdpg8NxQUgeDf0qjnLE84HNQjbpJ4DsMbs0Vt1bIs6nhyFUTiAWrxIPYFXmn6N6LKLC9QsXdCyEARUYVG2-ZCbSKWaADvmPbOov1P8Byi9xSiYRdfNfavcLqmQZrVClsH4wwQimvc2o7NBOfPJw8G6owY-NPBS1fmVQ7Vi3vOOQKa2GDkHLOrvh6QSmnSjDLtqvMLM8MuID2TOwWI)** > > A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics. > On Capitol Hill and in the courts, Republican lawmakers and activists are mounting a sweeping legal campaign against universities, think tanks and private companies that study the spread of disinformation, accusing them of colluding with the government to suppress conservative speech online. > > The effort has encumbered its targets with expansive requests for information and, in some cases, subpoenas — demanding notes, emails and other information related to social media companies and the government dating back to 2015. Complying has consumed time and resources and already affected the groups’ ability to do research and raise money, according to several people involved. > > … > > “I think it’s quite obviously a cynical — and I would say wildly partisan — attempt to chill research,” said Jameel Jaffer, the executive director of Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute, an organization that works to safeguard freedom of speech and the press. > … No one can accuse the right of not being thorough… ---
**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:** [June 19, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9841 "2023-06-19T23:45:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > conservative speech They seem to be fully admitting that “conservative speech” = “Disinformation” ---
**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:** [June 20, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9842 "2023-06-20T04:18:25Z")
They’re mere claiming that _their_ version of reality is the right one (pun intended). Furthermore, it is plastic – it changes from day to day or even within the same sentence – to suit their need of the moment. It’s the _talking out both sides of their ass_ meme I’ve mentioned from time to time. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9843 "2023-06-20T04:24:22Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Furthermore, it is plastic – it changes from day to day or even within the same sentence – to suit their need of the moment. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9844 "2023-06-20T11:44:03Z")
Kellyanne Conway - “Alternative Facts” George Costanza - “If you believe it, it’s not a lie” ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9845 "2023-06-20T23:39:39Z")
Or, that old classic: > If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it . . . it becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the **truth is the greatest enemy of the State**. ``` - Joe Gobbles ``` ---
**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:** [June 21, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9846 "2023-06-21T10:49:11Z")
I don’t think this one was listed when the “news” broke and I only just heard about it: [Michael Flynn, disgraced military man, is helping to set up a healthcare, dating and fertility matching site for the unvaccinated called 4thepure.](https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-flynn-launches-4thepure-online-website-covid-19-unvaccinated-people-2023-5?amp) I’m sure that name isn’t as creepy as it sounds, right? 99% it’s a grift, but there’s always that very small chance he really believes in this idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=491) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=493)