# 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:** 54
**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 26, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1062 "2022-03-26T23:19:50Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Oh, now you’ve crossed a line. - Thank heavens we have you here to defend the Captain’s honor. (Most boards cannot make that boast!) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1063 "2022-03-27T02:12:16Z")
Former Mississippi House lawmaker and candidate for governor calls for the execution of political foes who support the rights of transgender people. > “Some of y’all still want to try and find political compromise with those that want to groom our school aged children and pretend men are women, etc,” the former Republican representative from Hernando, Miss., [wrote in a Thursday night tweet](https://twitter.com/RobertFoster4MS/status/1507183998967160833). “I think they need to be lined up against (a) wall before a firing squad to be sent to an early judgment.” > **[Ex-GOP Gov Candidate Calls For ‘Firing Squad’ For Trans Rights Supporters](https://www.mississippifreepress.org/22283/ex-gop-gov-candidate-calls-for-firing-squad-for-trans-rights-supporters-political-foes)** > > Robert Foster called for the execution of political foes who support the rights of transgender people by firing squad. ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1064 "2022-03-27T02:54:01Z")
Twitter deleted it as a violation of their rules. ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1065 "2022-03-27T03:10:51Z")
MTG is a worthless piece of shit. > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene: Pete Buttigieg should 'stay out of girls' bathrooms'](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-pete-buttigieg-should-stay-out-of-girls-bathrooms)** > > Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene took aim at Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, Saturday, saying the couple should "stay out of our girls' bathrooms." ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1066 "2022-03-27T03:11:03Z")
Yeah, right. Twitter’s enforcement of their rules is about as real as my fairy godmother. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1067 "2022-03-27T15:53:17Z")
I would worship Pete Buttigieg if he would answer back with just “Fuck you Marjorie, shut your stupid mouth” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1068 "2022-03-27T17:32:16Z")
Or even: Okay. I wasn’t planning on going in there anyway. You see, I am not what you imagine me to be. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1069 "2022-03-27T19:15:00Z")
Fine I agree we should stay out of places we don’t belong. I as a Cis male should stay out of women’s bathrooms and you should stay out of Congress. ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1070 "2022-03-28T00:12:39Z")
Madison Cawthorn, who I guess has given up on winning a second term, says Republican leaders in Congress have been inviting him to orgies and cocaine parties. > ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1071 "2022-03-28T00:23:43Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Madison Cawthorn, who I guess has given up on winning a second term, says Republican leaders in Congress have been **inviting him to orgies and cocaine parties.** - > > [x.com](https://mobile.twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1508127124498141187) First, why? Second, does anyone believe he didn’t partake? ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1072 "2022-03-28T01:11:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > does anyone believe he didn’t partake He _does_ have that paralysis thing – which was an unfortunate accident, not his fault at all, no, no, no. ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1073 "2022-03-28T01:37:14Z")
Rick Scott went on Fox and tried to claim that the criticisms of his plan to raise taxes and cut Social Security and Medicare are not in his plan, but Democrat talking points. But Fox’s John Roberts wasn’t having it, and pointedly said that those proposals are in his plan. > **[GOP Sen. Rick Scott's Lies About His Own Policy Get Called Out On Fox News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rick-scott-fox-news-john-roberts_n_6240d90ce4b090818b38cb3c)** > > The Florida Republican tried to write off his proposal to hike taxes for millions of Americans as "Democrat talking points." ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1074 "2022-03-28T01:48:01Z")
Goddammit, is there no safe space left? ---
**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:** [March 28, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1075 "2022-03-28T03:20:58Z")
Illegal pharmaceuticals and extramarital sex; there’s the return to American values that we’ve heard so much about. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1076 "2022-03-28T12:13:00Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Madison Cawthorn, who I guess has given up on winning a second term […] I don’t think this hurts him at all. He’s an incumbent in a R+14 district. He’ll be reelected easily. ---
**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 28, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1077 "2022-03-28T12:23:30Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > I don’t think this hurts him at all. He’s an incumbent in a R+14 district. He’ll be reelected easily. It’s not as simple as that - he tried to jump ship and switch to a different district for this year’s election, only for the courts to reject the legislature’s redistricting plan and force him back into his original district after he’d convinced another Republican to run for his seat, so he’s now facing a primary challenge against his own handpicked replacement. > **[Madison Cawthorn Committed the One Unforgivable Sin of Politics](https://www.thedailybeast.com/madison-cawthorn-committed-the-one-unforgivable-sin-of-politics)** > > The ingredients are there for an upset. Sounds to me like he’s out of fucks and intends to torch the place on his way out the door. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1078 "2022-03-28T12:24:35Z")
It’s exactly as simple as that. [![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/781216_138cecca765049489784d0973ae36efb~mv2.jpeg) ](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/781216_138cecca765049489784d0973ae36efb~mv2.jpeg) ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1079 "2022-03-28T23:39:14Z")
Fucker Carlson, Charlie Kirk, and the “satire” site Babylon Bee have all been suspended by Twitter for mocking Rachel Levine, the assistant secretary of health, because she is trans. Babylon Bee claims to be a satire site, like The Onion, but all of their posts are anti-liberal and get reposted by right wingers all the time believing their content. > **[TV host suspended over ‘hateful’ tweets](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/fox-news-host-tucker-carlson-suspended-from-twitter/news-story/386bdb0980d5be7008839d75e432c72b)** > > US TV host Tucker Carlson has used his program to defend comments about a transgender woman posted to Twitter that were deemed hateful and saw him suspended from the platform. ---
**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 29, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1080 "2022-03-29T01:41:57Z")
Just in case you had any doubts whatsoever what [“white rights civil rights” are](https://www.yahoo.com/video/former-kkk-leader-formerly-convicted-180000679.html), well the former Grand Klaliff of the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, former member of National Alliance and Hammerskins, and [convicted felon](https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/03/17/former-kkk-leader-who-was-imprisoned-for-beating-black-man-qualifies-for-office-in-georgia/) (for beating a Black man and also federal weapons charges, spent time in prison for the beating, propation for the weapons charges), not to mention participant in the “Unite the Right” rally, is a nice reminder for you now that idiot is attempting to run for political office in Georgia. The amusing part is that he’s whining about all the money he’s spent on the campaign before verifying that he is, in fact, eligible. ---
**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 29, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1081 "2022-03-29T02:03:32Z")
AFAIK, there is no law that prohibits a felon from holding public office – of course, if their terms of release (probation/parole) impose a geographical constraint on their mobility, that could be a problem for a congresscritter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=55)