# 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:** 59
**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:** [March 31, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1162 "2022-03-31T19:05:17Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Madison Cawthorn appears to be learning the hard way that Rule Number One of Republican Cocaine Orgies is “You do NOT talk about Republican Cocaine Orgies”. He is now complaining about the “radical left, the establishment, and the media” trying to silence him. Somehow I doubt that anyone on the radical left, the moderate left, or even the wishy-washy left has the slightest interest in “silencing” his talk of Republican Cocaine Orgies… > ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1163 "2022-03-31T19:28:38Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Gay frog marched off or just regular frogs? I fear I’ll have to see an illustration of the difference. 😕 ---
**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, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1164 "2022-03-31T19:41:39Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > Madison Cawthorn appears to be learning the hard way that Rule Number One of Republican Cocaine Orgies is “You do NOT talk about Republican Cocaine Orgies”. > > He is now complaining about the “radical left, the establishment, and the media” trying to silence him. Somehow I doubt that anyone on the radical left, the moderate left, or even the wishy-washy left has the slightest interest in “silencing” his talk of Republican Cocaine Orgies… That’s the way Cawthorn! Don’t let those radical lefties keep you silent! Keep on shouting to the rooftops about the Republican cocaine orgies, and every other corrupt and despicable thing you have seen Republican politicians do! Those lefties want you to remain quiet! ---
**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 31, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1165 "2022-03-31T21:02:54Z")
“Or the fact that some of the people leading on the movement to try and remove addiction in our country, and then you watch them do a **key bump** of cocaine right in front of you.” - Madison Cawthorn, bolding mine A “key bump” you say. That’s not exactly a term that gets used in everyday conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1166 "2022-03-31T22:02:09Z")
What is a “key bump” anyway? Sorry, I’m not a regular cocaine user (or orgy participant) so I’m not up on all the hip lingo the cool kids are using these days. ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1167 "2022-03-31T22:07:05Z")
What? Where is my cokespoon? Damn, guess I have to use my car key. ---
**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, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1168 "2022-03-31T22:08:00Z")
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**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 31, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1169 "2022-03-31T22:13:06Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > 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. True enough. (And the ‘purity balls/promise rings’ culture is close to being as high on the Creepiness Gauge as are Giuliani’s remarks.) ---
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1170 "2022-03-31T22:16:18Z")
A federal judge has ruled some of Florida’s new voting laws are unconstitutional, and has ordered the state not to pass any more voting laws without getting judicial approval. > **[Federal judge rules some of Florida’s new voting laws are unconstitutional](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article259980580.html)** > > A federal judge ruled that multiple parts of a voting law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last year are unconstitutional, striking down various provisions and prohibiting the Legislature from passing future voter laws without first getting approval from... ---
**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, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1171 "2022-03-31T22:20:00Z")
A state judge has ordered that the Wisconsin state Speaker of the Assembly and the Assembly itself be held in contempt for refusing to turn over documents associated with his claims that he was investigating the theft of the 2020 election. > **[Wisconsin lawmaker held in contempt over 2020 election records](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/31/wisconsin-robin-vos-contempt-2020/)** > > Wisconsin state Rep. Robin Vos (R) has failed to obey a court order to turn over records related to a partisan investigation into the 2020 election that he launched last year, a judge found. ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1172 "2022-03-31T22:36:36Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > What is a “key bump” anyway? Sorry, I’m not a regular cocaine user (or orgy participant) so I’m not up on all the hip lingo the cool kids are using these days. That’s kind of the point. Regular cocaine users employ the phrase “key bump” and almost no one else. ---
**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, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1173 "2022-03-31T22:44:14Z")
Huh. I knew exactly what he meant and I haven’t hung around people who use cocaine in nigh on 40 years. “Kids these days” my ass! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1174 "2022-03-31T23:14:46Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > > [@Folacin](#): > > > > 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. > > True enough. (And the ‘purity balls/promise rings’ culture is close to being as high on the Creepiness Gauge as are Giuliani’s remarks.) Also, I recall seeing references to fathers promising to “cover” their daughters. Apparently (hopefully) they’re unaware that in the equine world the term means something … rather different. ---
**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 31, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1175 "2022-03-31T23:27:50Z")
Are you sure that the equestrian meaning is different from what those fathers mean? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1176 "2022-03-31T23:49:46Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Also, I recall seeing references to fathers promising to “cover” their daughters. Andrew Giuliani said he _uncovered_ his daughter. (BTW: Isn’t the word “cover” used in the animal breeding business in general, and not just for horses?) ---
**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 31, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1177 "2022-03-31T23:53:32Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Andrew Giuliani said he _uncovered_ his daughter. Does that mean he had been _covering_ her and abruptly stopped? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1178 "2022-04-01T00:41:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Huh. I knew exactly what he meant and I haven’t hung around people who use cocaine in nigh on 40 years. “Kids these days” my ass! I knew what the phrase meant immediately when I heard it in context because I’m familiar with using keys for this purpose. I’ve never spoken it or heard it spoken in my life before today. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1179 "2022-04-01T02:23:24Z")
The defense rested in the case where righties tried to kidnap and assassinate Governor Whitmer of Michigan. One of the defendants testified in his own defense, apparently not doing much good for himself. He called two others who had pled guilty liars, called the federal informant who turned them in a b----- (presumably bitch?), and said he never called Whitmer a tyrant, but then the prosecution played tapes of him making suggestions as to how to kill her. > **['He's a b----': Defense rests case in Whitmer kidnap plot after suspect's...](https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/03/31/whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial-daniel-harris-fbi-informant/7230538001/)** > > Whitmer kidnap plot suspect Daniel Harris gets combative during cross examination, calling a government witness "a b----." ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1180 "2022-04-01T02:30:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A federal judge has ruled some of Florida’s new voting laws are unconstitutional, and has ordered the state not to pass any more voting laws without getting judicial approval. Unfortunately, I expect the ruling to be quickly stayed and ultimately reversed by the Supreme Court, perhaps using it as a vehicle to do away with the remaining vestiges of federal voting rights protections. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1181 "2022-04-01T03:35:21Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Unfortunately, I expect the ruling to be quickly stayed and ultimately reversed by the Supreme Court, perhaps using it as a vehicle to do away with the remaining vestiges of federal voting rights protections. Yeah, it sounded to me like a good way to promulgate the “independent state legislature” doctrine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=60)