# 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:** 103
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2041 "2023-11-09T22:26:51Z")
Funny because it’s true ---
**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:** [November 9, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2042 "2023-11-09T23:11:36Z")
There are eight days until the government shuts down and the House’s latest budget bill has failed because of a provision allowing businesses to discriminate against employees who use birth control. > **[Republican spending bill implodes over 'embarrassing' birth control spat](https://www.rawstory.com/republican-congress-birth-control-ban/)** > > Another government funding bill from Republicans was pulled on Thursday morning after many leaders refused to back several pieces of the bill, including one aimed at overturning a law that barred companies from discriminating against employees who... ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2043 "2023-11-10T00:40:56Z")
A bill in the FL Reichstag would give Ron DeFuhrer the power to unilaterally remove _elected_ officials from office if they order the removal of Confederate memorials. And it makes that power retroactive to 2017. > **[Bill would empower DeSantis to ax local officials who take down Confederate...](https://www.rawstory.com/desantis-statue-bill/)** > > A bill that would give Gov. Ron DeSantis powers to prevent local municipalities from removing existing monuments and murals has been formally introduced in Florida.The bill comes three years after a mayor in the state drew controversy when he ordered... ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2044 "2023-11-10T02:30:26Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Don’t tell me he’s falling in love with Xi too! Now I need brain bleach to get that threesome image out of my head. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2045 "2023-11-10T02:43:47Z")
I can’t think of a better outcome for humanity than to send those 3 lovebirds to ~~live~~ frolic happily on some random desert island together for the rest of their natural lives. Perhaps joined by Putin for a real old-fashioned bro-in. Then we open the underwater vents on the island. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2046 "2023-11-10T03:12:34Z")
Or send them to one of those islands where they used to test nuclear weapons. Its totally safe today, promise. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2047 "2023-11-10T03:31:47Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I can’t think of a better outcome for humanity than to send those 3 lovebirds to ~~live~~ frolic happily on some random desert island together for the rest of their natural lives. Perhaps joined by Putin for a real old-fashioned bro-in. > > Then we open the underwater vents on the island. Ilha da Queimada Grande. No vents needed. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2048 "2023-11-10T09:25:26Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Nah, they’re all just different sorts of Chinese in his head. Kinda like all those Mexican countries we have south of us-- I mean US. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2049 "2023-11-10T09:35:40Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Kinda like all those Mexican countries we have south of us > **[Fox News apologizes for graphic about '3 Mexican countries'](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/fox-news-apologizes-graphic-about-3-mexican-countries-n989526)** > > "It never should’ve happened,” said Fox — and the Twitterverse was quick to agree. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2050 "2023-11-10T10:19:22Z")
The fact Faux apologized rather than doubling down is a sign that something is different there. Not nearly enough, but something. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2051 "2023-11-10T12:11:04Z")
When that happened, I honestly would’t’ve been surprised had they not apologized for not counting some other countries in that total instead of apologizing for the incredible stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2052 "2023-11-10T17:50:24Z")
nevermind ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2053 "2023-11-10T18:37:56Z")
Is this really the next big thing the MAGA folks are trying to push? It might be a little weird, but I don’t think it’s an explosive scandal. . > **[Judge Engoron faces new criticism over shirtless pictures in newsletter](https://www.newsweek.com/judge-engoron-torso-pictures-newletter-maga-criticism-1841557)** > > MAGA supporters are attacking the judge over resurfaced newsletters that he wrote for his high school alumni association. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2054 "2023-11-10T19:35:50Z")
From that article (and apologies for quoting trumpy): > Ahead of his testimony, Trump blasted Engoron on Truth Social, calling him “a really Biased, Nasty, Club controlled, but often overturned, Judge.” What is “Club controlled”? Is that A Thing? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2055 "2023-11-10T19:38:18Z")
Maybe it’s his new term for the Deep State? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2056 "2023-11-10T19:46:53Z")
Serious question (to everyone, not just you), how often has he been overturned? And what’s the average? ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2057 "2023-11-10T21:21:42Z")
The OH legislature is committed to making sure the decisions of the people are ignored. > **[DECEPTIVE OHIO ISSUE 1 MISLED THE PUBLIC BUT DOESN'T REPEAL OUR LAWS](https://ohiohouse.gov/news/republican/deceptive-ohio-issue-1-misled-the-public-but-doesnt-repeal-our-laws-117412)** > > COLUMBUS, OH  - Ohio Legislators will be introducing several bills to address this issue in the coming weeks.  > “Foreign billionaires don't get to make Ohio laws,” said... ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2058 "2023-11-10T21:27:52Z")
But this is fine. [![](https://people.com/thmb/7hDNd5d-77a5By2qBVX81fGSHmg=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(694x0:696x2):format(webp)/vladimir-putin-2-2000-dff9616aa69b43348b1bd1871b243590.jpg) ](https://people.com/thmb/7hDNd5d-77a5By2qBVX81fGSHmg=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(694x0:696x2):format(webp)/vladimir-putin-2-2000-dff9616aa69b43348b1bd1871b243590.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2059 "2023-11-10T22:02:41Z")
That has always been so weird to me. I’ve had horses a good part of my life. I knew lots of people who had horses. I’ve never known anyone who rode shirtless. It’s a bad idea for many reasons. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2060 "2023-11-10T22:04:30Z")
For instance, because it might make Trump lust after you. And who would want that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=104)