# 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:** 497
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9927 "2023-06-26T10:26:36Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > She doesn’t take medications, but she probably should. It’s hard to imagine a more textbook example of a paranoid delusion. > > Pity we don’t have a pill to cure stupidity. We’d have to put it in more than a few water supplies. ---
**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 26, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9928 "2023-06-26T10:26:52Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Greg Abbott retweets a parody article from “the Dunning-Kruger Times” in an attempt to pwn the libs. The “123rd annual…” caught my attention since I figured a country music jamboree probably hasn’t been going on since the year 1900. Turns out the jamboree doesn’t even exist. Also, here’s the article, by Flagg Eagleton… > **[Garth Brooks Booed Off Stage at 123rd Annual Texas Country Jamboree](https://dunning-kruger-times.com/garth-brooks-booed-off-stage-at-123rd-annual-texas-country-jamboree/)** > > The country world has turned on one of its legends. And for good reason. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9929 "2023-06-26T10:30:56Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > The “123rd annual…” caught my attention since I figured a country music jamboree probably hasn’t been going on since the year 1800. Perhaps rerun your calculations. Dan ---
**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 26, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9930 "2023-06-26T10:33:46Z")
fixed ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9931 "2023-06-26T15:15:42Z")
Not necessarily new but a compendium of Nikki Haley’s highlights: > **[Nikki Haley Is Dragged to Hell for Harkening Back to America's 'Simple, Easy'...](https://jezebel.com/nikki-haley-is-dragged-to-hell-for-nostalgic-tweet-abou-1850574701)** > > "Do you remember when you were growing up, do you remember how simple life was, how easy it felt?" the candidate tweeted. Many people do not remember this. [Nikki Haley Says Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Black American Pastor, Should Be 'Deported'](https://jezebel.com/nikki-haley-says-sen-raphael-warnock-a-black-american-1849751700) Deport the Senator. [Does Nikki Haley Still Support Moms For Liberty After They Quoted Hitler?](https://jezebel.com/does-nikki-haley-still-support-moms-for-liberty-after-t-1850570359) Hitler moms for liberty. [Nikki Haley in Leaked Audio: Dylan Mulvaney Is Only 'Dressing Up Like a Girl'](https://jezebel.com/nikki-haley-dylan-mulvaney-leaked-audio-1850382840) Trans people shouldn’t exist. Her “compromise” on abortion is that [women shouldn’t be executed for it](https://jezebel.com/nikki-haley-generously-proposes-not-executing-women-who-1850505809). **I’d start a new thread for her but at 4% polling; why bother!?** ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9932 "2023-06-26T15:34:20Z")
And remember folks, Nikki Haley is one of those Republicans that isn’t Trump so she’s a candidate you can vote for without fear of what a Haley Presidency would mean for America! ---
**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 26, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9933 "2023-06-26T19:00:13Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Marjorie Taylor Greene’s TV is spying on her. Worse, her TV is putting voices in her head telling her that everybody is out to get her, that there are massive conspiracies trying to destroy all that is good and decent, and that the country is on the brink of collapse. Admittedly, this is a guess based on the assumption that it’s always tuned to Fox News… ---
**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 26, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9934 "2023-06-26T19:04:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Nikki Haley Is Dragged to Hell Don’t tease me like that and then reveal that it’s just a metaphor. ---
**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 26, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9935 "2023-06-26T21:53:05Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Worse, her TV is putting voices in her head telling her that everybody is out to get her, that there are massive conspiracies trying to destroy all that is good and decent, and that the country is on the brink of collapse. Or the kid that lives across the street bought a universal remote to mess with her. ---
**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 26, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9936 "2023-06-26T22:11:38Z")
Unvaccinated Republican has absolutely no idea why food doesn’t taste like anything anymore. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FzgDFujaMAEBJAX?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FzgDFujaMAEBJAX?format=jpg&name=large) [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FzgDFudaUAADouZ?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FzgDFudaUAADouZ?format=jpg&name=large) ---
**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 26, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9937 "2023-06-26T22:48:20Z")
[![](https://econlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bad_reviews_of_Yankee_Candle_might_predict_waves_of_Covid-19.png) ](https://econlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bad_reviews_of_Yankee_Candle_might_predict_waves_of_Covid-19.png) ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9938 "2023-06-26T22:52:05Z")
There’s the proof that the Amazon Deep State is spreading Covid with stealth candles! /poe ---
**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 27, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9939 "2023-06-27T01:07:30Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Worse, her TV is putting voices in her head telling her that everybody is out to get her, that there are massive conspiracies trying to destroy all that is good and decent, and that the country is on the brink of collapse. Odd thing is that bit’s actually correct. There is a massive conspiracy to destory all that is good and decent, and the country is on the brink of collapse. The conspirators are she and her fellos republicans, and they are doing what they can to bring about the collapse. ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9940 "2023-06-27T02:37:26Z")
Stephen Miller wanted to use drones to sink unarmed ships carrying migrants to the US. > **[Top Trump Adviser Pushed for Drone Strikes on Migrants, New Book Claims](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/stephen-miller-donald-trump-immigrants-1234778491/)** > > Stephen Miller denies the account, and a person present remembers it differently, but the book accuses the top Trump adviser of advocating an atrocity > [@](#): > > _‘Admiral, the military has aerial drones, correct?’ Stephen inquired._ > > _‘Yes,’ Zukunft replied._ > > _‘And some of those drones are equipped with missiles, correct?’_ > > _‘Sure,’ the commandant answered, clearly wondering where the line of questioning was going._ > > _‘And when a boat full of migrants is in international waters, they aren’t protected by the U.S. Constitution, right?’_ > > _‘Technically, no, but I’m not sure what you’re getting at.’_ > > _‘Tell me why, then, can’t we use a Predator drone to obliterate that boat?’_ > > _Admiral Zukunft looked nonplussed. ‘Because, Stephen, it would be against international law.’_ > > _[The] United States launched airstrikes on terrorists in disputed areas all the time, Miller said, or retaliated against pirates commandeering ships off the coast of Somalia. The Coast Guard chief calmly explained the difference. America attacked enemy forces when they were armed and posed an imminent threat. Seafaring migrants were generally unarmed civilians. They quarreled for a few minutes. Stephen wasn’t interested in the moral conflict of drone-bombing migrants. He wanted to know whether anyone could stop America from doing it._ ---
**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 27, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9941 "2023-06-27T13:53:07Z")
> **[DeSantis unveils an aggressive immigration and border security policy that...](https://apnews.com/article/desantis-border-immigration-republican-president-policy-33e73877fe029705ca6c8246f97a560d)** > > Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is promising to end birthright citizenship, finish building the U.S. ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9942 "2023-06-27T18:33:57Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The conspirators are she and her fellos republicans, and they are doing what they can to bring about the collapse. “The conspiracy is coming from _inside your house!_” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9943 "2023-06-28T02:55:58Z")
_of Representatives_! ---
**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:** [June 28, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9944 "2023-06-28T07:30:53Z")
Something I’m concerned about with repealing birthright citizenship is that, quite frankly, most _everyone_ has birthright citizenship in this country. Why am I a citizen? Because I was born here. Sure, my parents are also American citizens. How did they get that? They were born here. Sure, _their_ parents were also American citizens. But if you go back far enough into anyone’s family, except perhaps Native Americans, you’ll find someone who was not born in the country. Leaves an awful lot of room for doing things like deporting political opponents, as Nicki Haley wanted to do to Raphael Warnock. ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9945 "2023-06-28T07:38:44Z")
It’s an empty promise. Birthright citizenship is in the 14th amendment, and I doubt we’re going to see the Constitution amended again in my lifetime unless there’s a **drastic** nationwide political realignment. They haven’t bothered with trying to figure out the details because they know they’ll never have to make good on it. ---
**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 28, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9946 "2023-06-28T10:20:11Z")
You are forgetting that their Dear Leader declared a few years ago that the 14th amendment was unconstitutional. He amemded it _with his mind._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=496) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=498)