# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1 "2023-07-04T21:42:23Z")
Continuing the discussion from [NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) - #10006 by eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/10006). Previous discussions: - [NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140) - [NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018) ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2 "2023-07-04T21:44:51Z")
Yea, I guess? ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3 "2023-07-04T21:58:02Z")
Tennessee preacher says Christians should commit suicide bombings, puts curse on Barbie movie. > **[Tennessee pastor proclaims 'curse' on new Barbie movie](https://www.rawstory.com/barbie-movie/)** > > The new Barbie movie has made one person very unhappy: Tennessee pastor Kent Christmas, who took to his congregation at the Regeneration Nashville megachurch to condemn and proclaim "holy judgment" upon the film, reported PinkNews on Monday.“I curse... ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4 "2023-07-04T22:33:14Z")
As long as they do it in an open field all alone, I can’t really object to symbolic suicide bombings of the terminally stupid. Better they take out their whole family, but I’ll settle for one at a time if that’s the best I can get. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5 "2023-07-05T00:00:56Z")
> [@NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/10004): > > Nope. Can no longer get in without an account. I cannot get in **with** an account. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6 "2023-07-05T00:06:47Z")
Useless wastes of oxygen. > **[Republicans Accidentally Tweet, Delete Wrong Flag on 4th of July](https://jezebel.com/republicans-accidentally-tweet-delete-flag-of-liberia-1850604480)** > > What's that sound you just heard between fireworks? Probably a social media intern getting fired. ninja’d in the older compendium. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7 "2023-07-05T00:11:22Z")
Dammit this is the _Republican_ Party, not the Liberiatarians. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8 "2023-07-05T00:21:32Z")
They’re trying to conflate the US flag and the Texas flag. They’d try the Florida flag but that would raise the ire of their ghod and anyway, with the state seal in the middle it’s awfully busy. [![](https://dos.myflorida.com/media/8081/flag.jpg) ](https://dos.myflorida.com/media/8081/flag.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9 "2023-07-05T00:40:01Z")
And Alabama has something to say about that flag. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/10 "2023-07-05T05:49:11Z")
A Republican sheriff in Virginia has been indicted in federal court for selling police credentials to campaign donors. > **[Culpeper sheriff indicted for accepting bribes for police credentials: Feds](https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/culpeper-sheriff-indicted-for-accepting-bribes-for-police-credentials-feds/3376333/)** > > Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins was indicted on federal charges after prosecutors say he took cash bribes and campaign contributions in exchange for police credentials that he said would let buyers carry concealed guns nationwide without a... ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/11 "2023-07-05T16:40:40Z")
George Santos, recently returned from a dive to the Titanic, realizes he is a member of the Leopard Face Eating Party. > **[George Santos Says He Feels Betrayed, ‘Used’ by Ron DeSantis After Homophobic...](https://jezebel.com/george-santos-says-he-feels-betrayed-used-by-ron-des-1850606008)** > > “I used to think he was a great governor. Now, I’m starting to think differently...His rhetoric is to diminish and remove rights away from people like myself." " Citing [DeSantis’ famous “Don’t Say Gay” bill](https://jezebel.com/florida-s-don-t-say-gay-law-is-actually-a-don-t-be-g-1848728443), which bars any classroom discussion of content that even vaguely touches on LGBTQ existence, Santos said he approves of the bill “in its nature,” but is just now concerned it may have a “pervasive agenda behind it.” WHAT GAVE IT AWAY, GEORGE?" “”…just a gay congressman waking up one day and realizing he’s been vocally supporting and enabling a bunch of homophobic men who hate him." ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/12 "2023-07-05T16:55:06Z")
Man, if I lived in Florida… “This result was first proven by mathematician Alan Turing, about whom I am not permitted to say more according to Florida HB 1557”. And then in the inevitable court case, “I wish to advise the court that I have left plans for my substitute teacher for them to show a live stream of this court case for my classes. So keep that in mind while you’re discussing the charges against me.” ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/13 "2023-07-05T21:18:32Z")
Loser Donald twitted out Obama’s home address and a 1/6 rioter showed up there in a van full of guns. > **[Trump posted what he said was Obama's address, prosecutors say. Armed WA man...](https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/trump-posted-what-he-said-was-obamas-address-prosecutors-say-an-armed-man-was-soon-arrested-there/)** > > Federal prosecutors say former President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform what he claimed was the home address of former President Barack Obama the same day a man with guns in his van was arrested near the property. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/14 "2023-07-05T21:28:44Z")
> **[Fox Host Blasts ‘Tasteless’ Comments Linking Hunter to White House Cocaine](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-anchor-cheryl-casone-blasts-tasteless-comments-linking-hunter-biden-to-white-house-cocaine)** > > Casone’s denouncement came after several Fox colleagues implied the White House coke belongs to the president’s son, including a segment just before her hour. Why am I not surprised? 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/15 "2023-07-05T22:31:30Z")
Social media is full of such comments at the moment. It’s not particularly surprising at all, all things considered. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/16 "2023-07-05T23:16:57Z")
Is she currently the lone voice put forward by Fox to show that they are even-handed? ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/17 "2023-07-05T23:35:31Z")
Alex Jones says Biden is going to have the Secret Service murdered for finding Hunter’s coke. Or that the Secret Service put Hunter’ coke there and then found it as a way of telling people that Biden is going to murder them. It’s hard to parse his ramblings at this point. > **[Alex Jones spins 'cocaine' conspiracy theory where Biden murders Secret...](https://www.rawstory.com/alex-jones-cocaine-theory/)** > > Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reacted to reports that cocaine was found at the White House by accusing President Joe Biden of plotting murder against Secret Service agents.Jones kicked off his Wednesday program with a conspiracy theory about the... ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/18 "2023-07-05T23:40:31Z")
Meanwhile there’s a Trump child somewhere saying ‘So that’s where that eight-ball went!’ ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/19 "2023-07-05T23:41:53Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > [Fox Anchor Cheryl Casone Blasts ‘Tasteless’ Comments Linking Hunter Biden to White House Cocaine](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-anchor-cheryl-casone-blasts-tasteless-comments-linking-hunter-biden-to-white-house-cocaine) > > Why am I not surprised? 🙄 I’m sensing a buried lede here. _”THE”_ White House cocaine? WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/20 "2023-07-05T23:45:57Z")
A bag of cocaine was found in the White House. I haven’t looked into closely enough to know exactly where, but the Secret Service found it and it was indeed cocaine. Which of course means that Hunter Biden left it there. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=2)