# 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:** 98
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1942 "2022-05-11T02:25:29Z")
I feel fairly certain that this has been posted elsewhere on the board, but I include it here, for completeness (and paraphrased for clarity). > [@Glennon Doyle](#): > > _Please don’t come to our homes to protest laws we have made about your bodies because our homes are private and they belong to us_. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1943 "2022-05-11T02:54:14Z")
Apparently, Trump thought the Chinese had a secret weapon that created hurricanes and aimed it at the USA. > **[Trump Kept Asking if China Was Shooting Us With a 'Hurricane Gun'](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-hurricane-gun-china-world-war-1350638/)** > > The then-leader of the free world also inquired whether the U.S. could bomb China in retaliation for the alleged hurricane attack ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1944 "2022-05-11T03:53:44Z")
Ron De Santis created a new state holiday today. Victims of Communism Day. > **[DeSantis mandates lessons on communism for high school students](https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/05/10/florida-victims-of-communism-day/)** > > Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law H.B. 395, declaring Nov. 7 as a new state holiday — “Victims of Communism Day” — on which public schools are required to teach high school students about the “atrocities” that have been imposed by... ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1945 "2022-05-11T04:03:26Z")
Ted Cruz says the protests outside the Supreme Court justices’ houses were worse than the attack on the Capitol, which was merely “tens of thousands of people peacefully protesting.” > **[Ted Cruz compares abortion-rights protesters outside Supreme Court Justice...](https://www.businessinsider.com/ted-cruz-peaceful-protest-alitos-home-worse-than-jan-6-2022-5)** > > Cruz said those storming the Capitol on January 6, 2021, were peacefully protesting and had been slandered "with the made-up term 'insurrectionist.'" ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1946 "2022-05-11T12:04:59Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Apparently, Trump thought the Chinese had a secret weapon that created hurricanes and aimed it at the USA. Does Trump get his ideas from comic books? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Hurricane Makers in Silver Age comics. Or maybe it was a Road Runner cartoon. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1947 "2022-05-11T12:25:13Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Does Trump get his ideas from comic books? Well, he reportedly demanded that the USS Gerald Ford be redesigned to place the command tower in the center of the flight deck. Does that answer your question? > **['It's stupid': Trump kept demanding US Navy redesign aircraft carrier](https://www.rawstory.com/uss-gerald-ford/)** > > On Tuesday, New York Magazine's Intelligencer highlighted one bizarre new claim from former Defense Secretary Mark Esper's tell-all book on former President Donald Trump's administration — that Trump apparently hated the way a certain aircraft... ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1948 "2022-05-11T15:02:33Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@Morgyn](#): > > > > Apparently, Trump thought the Chinese had a secret weapon that created hurricanes and aimed it at the USA. > > Does Trump get his ideas from comic books? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Hurricane Makers in Silver Age comics. > > Or maybe it was a Road Runner cartoon. Underdog. Simon Bar Sinister had one. [Lionel Barrymore voice] _Simon says: HURRICANE!_ [/LBV] ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1949 "2022-05-11T15:14:32Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@Morgyn](#): > > > > Apparently, Trump thought the Chinese had a secret weapon that created hurricanes and aimed it at the USA. > > Does Trump get his ideas from comic books? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Hurricane Makers in Silver Age comics. > > Or maybe it was a Road Runner cartoon. - The Roadrunner (well, the hapless Coyote) had earthquake pills. [https://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/and-then-what/assets\_c/2010/05/earthquake\_pill-thumb-autox379-145598.gif](https://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/and-then-what/assets_c/2010/05/earthquake_pill-thumb-autox379-145598.gif) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1950 "2022-05-11T15:20:07Z")
I actually don’t have a problem with teaching about the horrors of communist governments like the ones that are listed. (As long as we _also_ teach about what we put black and brown people through, which is what Florida doesn’t want children to know about.) The Democrats are not communists. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1951 "2022-05-11T15:28:58Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3-kPGYlRlnE/hqdefault.jpg "LOONEY TUNES: Wile E. Coyote vs. Tornado") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-kPGYlRlnE) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1952 "2022-05-11T15:48:47Z")
_Our Man Flint_ was on TV recently – seems to me that had a weather machine in it. And while that movie would have been way too subtle and sophisticated for CFEFWSG, he might have been in the room just long enough to pick up on that idea. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1953 "2022-05-11T16:26:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ted Cruz says the protests outside the Supreme Court justices’ houses were worse than the attack on the Capitol, which was merely “tens of thousands of people peacefully protesting.” How many police officers were injured or killed outside the Justices’ houses? ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1954 "2022-05-11T16:29:21Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > The Democrats are not communists. Says you! 😛 ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1955 "2022-05-11T16:30:23Z")
And how many of them had their podiums stolen? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1956 "2022-05-11T16:35:17Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Well, he reportedly demanded that the USS Gerald Ford be redesigned to place the command tower in the center of the flight deck. Does that answer your question? Reading the story it just says “moved closer to the center of the ship” which I _think_ probably means centered fore and aft. The tower on _Gerald R. Ford_ is quite a long ways aft (though it is on _Nimitz_-class as well). Even Trump can’t be so stupid as to think you could put the tower on a carrier amidships. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1957 "2022-05-11T16:40:07Z")
I wouldn’t be so sure… ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1958 "2022-05-11T16:43:01Z")
We _are_ talking about the same guy who wants to paint another country’s flags on our planes and use them to attack one of our adversaries. “They’ll never know it was us.” Even James Bond would roll his eyes at that one. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1959 "2022-05-11T17:57:05Z")
Senator Marsha Blackburn says protesters outside the Supreme Court justices’ houses should be arrested. Let’s just ignore that pesky First Amendment. > **[‘They Should Book Them’: Sen. Marsha Blackburn Calls to Arrest Protesters...](https://www.mediaite.com/tv/they-should-book-them-sen-blackburn-suggests-arresting-protesters-outside-supreme-court-justices-homes/)** > > Protestors demonstrating outside the homes of Supreme Court Justices should be arrested, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) suggested to Newsmax this week. Since the opinion draft leak from the Supreme Court suggesting Roe v. Wade could potentially be... ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1960 "2022-05-11T17:59:11Z")
JD Vance says that Biden is intentionally letting fentanyl be smuggled into the country so that MAGA voters can die. > **[‘Ridiculous’: J.D. Vance’s Conspiracy Theory Is a Big Lie](https://www.thedailybeast.com/ridiculous-jd-vance-is-conservative-outsider-running-for-us-senate-in-ohio-and-pushing-fentanyl-lies)** > > J.D. Vance said Joe Biden is allowing fentanyl through the border to kill MAGA voters. Uh, no—it’s actually killing African-Americans. He seems not to notice that the fentanyl is coming through the crossing ports, and not just everywhere. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1961 "2022-05-11T18:06:14Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Or maybe it was a Road Runner cartoon. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Underdog. > [@running\_coach](#): > > The Roadrunner (well, the hapless Coyote) had earthquake pills. He also got an Acme Do-it-yourself Tornado Kit that included a barrelful of pills and a squirt gun to activate them. [![](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/ea914385-70d7-476d-aa3b-37d0c449c464/dd19rq4-677e5480-d587-4485-9225-de9341797743.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2VhOTE0Mzg1LTcwZDctNDc2ZC1hYTNiLTM3ZDBjNDQ5YzQ2NFwvZGQxOXJxNC02NzdlNTQ4MC1kNTg3LTQ0ODUtOTIyNS1kZTkzNDE3OTc3NDMuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.CGL_K0Prh6qsCBirtsXn0wVEkwxS3A7wrUq3lO0iBDQ) ](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/ea914385-70d7-476d-aa3b-37d0c449c464/dd19rq4-677e5480-d587-4485-9225-de9341797743.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2VhOTE0Mzg1LTcwZDctNDc2ZC1hYTNiLTM3ZDBjNDQ5YzQ2NFwvZGQxOXJxNC02NzdlNTQ4MC1kNTg3LTQ0ODUtOTIyNS1kZTkzNDE3OTc3NDMuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.CGL_K0Prh6qsCBirtsXn0wVEkwxS3A7wrUq3lO0iBDQ) The whole barrel carried him into an abandoned army minefield. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=97) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=99)