# 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:** 58
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1142 "2022-03-31T11:19:46Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > So NO ONE in Andrew Giuliani’s circle of advisors saw any need to say ‘maybe not say this stuff’…??? > > _No one_ in his circle sees anything about those remarks that could bother voters??? Who do you think he runs his remarks by? And that series of things comes directly from “purity balls/promise rings” culture (aka a father owns his children and in particular his daughters), so a big chunk of the base he is courting is perfectly fine with it. ---
**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 31, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1143 "2022-03-31T11:37:01Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > How in the hell does he think a newborn shook his hand and made a promise to him? > > Gawd all mighty. She came up to him with tears in her eyes and said, “Sir…” ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1144 "2022-03-31T11:46:12Z")
Ok, I believe the tears part. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1145 "2022-03-31T14:27:42Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > need to correct this error. It’s four MONTH old daughter. I thought it seemed odd he was changing the diapers on a four year old, but who can tell with repubs these days. ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1146 "2022-03-31T14:31:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mitt Romney says younger workers should have their retirement benefits cut because of the national debt (although he didn’t mention that the debt is at its lowest in years). “Our generation reaped the rewards from creating this debt. Now it is time for the younger generation to pay for our goodies. Because fuck them.” ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1147 "2022-03-31T14:39:32Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > …purity balls… I mean, yeah, I try to keep mine clean, but… ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1148 "2022-03-31T17:21:32Z")
The judge in the Sandy Hook parents’ lawsuit against Alex Jones has ruled that if Jones does not appear Friday for his hearing, he will be held in contempt, and ordered to pay $25,000 a day until he appears. > **[Alex Jones found in contempt of court in Sandy Hook lawsuit](https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawyers-infowars-host-sandy-hook-173349223.html)** > > (Reuters) -A Connecticut judge on Wednesday held conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in contempt and fined him $25,000 a day until he sits for a deposition in a defamation lawsuit filed by relatives of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. ... ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1149 "2022-03-31T17:25:29Z")
Can’t they just find against him as a default judgement if he doesn’t show up? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1150 "2022-03-31T17:30:20Z")
That’s what I thought. I would double it every time he doesn’t show up, at least. ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1151 "2022-03-31T17:39:30Z")
Doesn’t count for squat if a judge isn’t willing to drop the hammer and order everything Jones owns seized and sold off. I mean like yesterday. Default judgment and everything goes under the hammer within 24 hours. Arrest him (on air would be great) and strip him of everything of value, right down to his shorts. Impound, freeze, seize. It’s the only way to get any settlement happening. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1152 "2022-03-31T17:47:50Z")
They did. [ETA for clarity: Jones didn’t show up for the actual trial and the default judgement was rendered then.] This is the penalty phase that he’s not showing up for. A couple weeks back he apparently sent a doctor’s note (with no letterhead and damned little other information) to his lawyer (who passed it off to his un-filled-in partner because he was flying somewhere at the time) that Jones had an unnamed medical condition that prevented him from being at the deposition and that he was under a doctor’s supervision at home. Mind you, the note didn’t say he had to stay home, or that he couldn’t work. In the middle of the hearing, the poor fall guy lawyer and the entire court are informed by the plaintiff’s lawyer that Jones is broadcasting live from his studio and has been for some time. The judge was _not_ pleased. The regular lawyer was informed that he would ensure Jones showed up for the next scheduled hearing. Sounds like he skipped out again, so the judge is now speaking very clearly to his wallet. (Tuesday I got to listen to a dramatic reading of the transcript from that hearing, and it was a stitch.) ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1153 "2022-03-31T18:00:30Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Arrest him (on air would be great) and strip him of everything of value, right down to his shorts. Impound, freeze, seize. > [@Morgyn](#): > > Sounds like he skipped out again, so the judge is now speaking very clearly to his wallet. At what point does he get frog-marched off and get to start howling about tyranny? I mean, for fucks sake already. ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1154 "2022-03-31T18:07:13Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > At what point does he get frog-marched off and get to start howling about tyranny? I mean, for fucks sake already. That might be his strategy: Look like a poor victim of those thuggish government agents repressing him, and generate enough new money from his suckers to cover the damages the court imposes. ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1155 "2022-03-31T18:08:43Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Look like a poor victim of those thuggish government agents repressing him, and generate enough new money from his suckers to cover the damages the court imposes. I’m sure Trump is taking notes. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1156 "2022-03-31T18:11:30Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > At what point does he get frog-marched off and get to start howling about tyranny? I mean, for fucks sake already. I forgot to say that the broadcast he was making when he was supposed to be getting deposed was apparently raising funds for his legal fees and penalties. It’s become a real farce. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1157 "2022-03-31T18:16:46Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > At what point does he get frog-marched off and get to start howling about tyranny? I mean, for fucks sake already. Gay frog marched off or just regular frogs? ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1158 "2022-03-31T18:25:41Z")
Whichever is more humiliating. But more important is that he stays in custody until he’s paid the judgement against him, plus whatever’s appropriate for contempt of court. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1159 "2022-03-31T18:36:49Z")
According to this, the fine is being doubled every day. > [@Alex Jones gets cyber-slapped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/259): > > Bumped again for this [deliciously tasty headline from the NY Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook-lawsuit.html) (probably paywalled): " Testify or Pay Up, Judge Tells Alex Jones in Sandy Hook Suit" Sub-headline: “A Connecticut judge rejected the Infowars conspiracy theorist’s claim that he was too ill to sit for a deposition, and set a schedule of hefty fines.” Some choice quotes: A Connecticut judge, exasperated by the Infowars broadcaster Alex Jones’s “bad faith” failure to sit for a deposition in a lawsuit brought by the families of… ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1160 "2022-03-31T18:44:53Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > on air would be great No, that would give him the opportunity to show the oppression inherent in the system. Arrest him some other time. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1161 "2022-03-31T18:46:33Z")
DENNIS: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I’m being repressed! ARTHUR: Bloody peasant! DENNIS: Oh, what a give-away. Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That’s what I’m on about. Did you see him repressing me? You saw it, didn’t you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=59)