# 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:** 86
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1702 "2022-04-27T13:01:56Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > ? > [@silenus](#): > > Variation? Variety. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1703 "2022-04-27T13:02:37Z")
Missed it by _that_ much. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1704 "2022-04-27T13:27:01Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > He’s at least been cited for the handgun at the airport. Although I have to admit, I’m curious what Charlotte might consider a “non-dangerous weapon” that it’s okay to have. A nerf bat? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1705 "2022-04-27T14:08:42Z")
Having two brain cells to rub together? ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1706 "2022-04-27T14:19:26Z")
> **[Republicans Cheer As Congressional Candidate Demands Fauci’s Execution By...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-chair-fauci-execution_n_6268e026e4b0ea625c0e1aa0)** > > Oklahoma GOP Chair John Bennett's comments advocating violence against the top infectious disease expert earned him applause at a campaign event. Complete headline: **Republicans Cheer As Congressional Candidate Demands Fauci’s Execution By Firing Squad** > Oklahoma GOP Chair John Bennett, who is running for Congress, said he wants to put Dr. [Anthony Fauci](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/anthony-fauci) in front of a firing squad ― and the crowd at a campaign event clapped and cheered. > > “We’re fighting communist [Democrats](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/democratic-party), establishment RINOs!” Bennett ranted in a video that Right Wing Watch shared online Tuesday, which has now gone viral. > > “We’re fighting against a system that stole the election in 2020 and nobody had been held accountable,” Bennett continued, parroting former President [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump)’s baseless election fraud claims. “We’re in a war with bureaucrats that have forced vaccine mandates on us, mask mandates on us.” > > Bennett then railed against something he described as “wokeness confusion,” which he alleged is being pushed “down our throats now.” > > Then came his sinister line about Fauci, who has been targeted by [repeated death threats](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anthony-fauci-family-threats_n_5f2849e2c5b656e9b09edd7a) for his public health work during the coronavirus pandemic. > > “And by the way, we should try Anthony Fauci and put him in front of a firing squad,” said Bennett, not really expanding on what crime he believes Fauci has committed. > … I guess the next step is to demand execution by beheading, amirite? * * * * * * ETA afterthought: why is it **BE** heading. Shouldn’t it be **DE** heading? ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1707 "2022-04-27T14:46:45Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > why is it **BE** heading. Shouldn’t it be **DE** heading? Because afterwards, you will be a head. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1708 "2022-04-27T14:54:09Z")
If I reattach a head, have I reheaded them? ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1709 "2022-04-27T15:00:23Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I guess the next step is to demand execution by beheading, amirite? No, only evil Mooslem terrorists do that. I’m sure the grand inquisitor of the QOP would suggest the rack, the wheel, the iron maiden, the bull, or the old standby, burning at the stake. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1710 "2022-04-27T15:17:46Z")
Was it **Shodan** who regularly characterized these SRIOTD-type threads as a two-minute hate? Or was it some other idiot conservative radical reactionary Doper whose name my brain is blessedly refusing to retrieve from its archives? ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1711 "2022-04-27T15:24:19Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Because afterwards, you will be a head. Getting ahead is The American Way! 🇺🇸 ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1712 "2022-04-27T15:32:17Z")
Debeheading. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1713 "2022-04-27T16:06:36Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > why is it **BE** heading. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPcgZT9luHc&t=86) ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1714 "2022-04-27T16:14:34Z")
Unheading. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1715 "2022-04-27T17:30:18Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Or was it some other idiot conservative radical reactionary Doper whose name my brain is blessedly refusing to retrieve from its archives? Perhaps it was some undernourished cartoonist? ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1716 "2022-04-27T20:42:40Z")
Just WOW. > **[Ohio Lawmaker Says Pregnancy from Rape Is an 'Opportunity'](https://jezebel.com/ohio-lawmaker-says-pregnancy-from-rape-is-an-opportunit-1848849829)** > > "It's a shame that it happens, but there’s an opportunity for that woman, no matter how young or old she is,” said Republican state Rep. Jean Schmidt. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1717 "2022-04-27T21:21:52Z")
Does she have any daughters? I figure it would be like the old hypocracy of “abortion bad except for my mistress” we get from male legislators. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1718 "2022-04-27T21:56:27Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Just WOW. > [Ohio Lawmaker Says Pregnancy from Rape Is An Opportunity'](https://jezebel.com/ohio-lawmaker-says-pregnancy-from-rape-is-an-opportunit-1848849829) And slavery, while it was a shame that it happened, was also a great opportunity for those slaves’ descendants, amirite? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1719 "2022-04-27T22:13:52Z")
I dunno. Somehow that looks… Abby Normal… [![](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BrokenFairAzurewingedmagpie-max-1mb.gif) ](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BrokenFairAzurewingedmagpie-max-1mb.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1720 "2022-04-27T22:14:27Z")
Obviously nothing is sacred in the bizarro world of MTG. > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene Slams The Catholic Church For Helping Migrants](https://uproxx.com/viral/marjorie-taylor-greene-catholic-church-satan-helping-migrants/)** > > Green thinks ’Satan’s controlling the Church’ all because they are helping the downtrodden, much as Jesus Christ did. And the Catholic church responds. > **[Even Catholic League Denounces Marjorie Taylor Greene After Anti-Catholic...](https://news.yahoo.com/even-catholic-league-denounces-marjorie-211252848.html)** > > She's gone too far this time > “Satan is controlling the Catholic Church? She needs to apologize to Catholics immediately. She is a disgrace,” Donohue said. “We are contacting House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy about this matter. He’s got a loose cannon on his hands.” ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1721 "2022-04-27T22:28:28Z")
Combat continues with the _ahn woon_: > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene doubles down on linking Catholic Church leaders to...](https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-catholics/)** > > Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) this week accused the Catholic Church of being run by people who are controlled by Satan -- and she's not backing down in the face of criticism from Catholic League President Bill Donahue.In response to Donahue's... > …In response to Donahue’s call for an apology, Greene came out with a blistering statement accusing church leaders of systematically covering up pedophilia within their ranks… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=85) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=87)