# 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:** 145
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2881 "2024-01-06T22:46:56Z")
He thinks Iron Dome is literally a big metal dome doesn’t he > ---
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2882 "2024-01-06T22:53:04Z")
_Reporter_: Mr. Trump how would this dome work? _Trump_: It’s easy! Bing, bing, bing, boom, feshee! That’s how it would work! ---
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2883 "2024-01-06T23:11:08Z")
AND THEY’LL PAY FOR IT!!! Art of the Deal dontchaknow ---
**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:** [January 7, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2884 "2024-01-07T00:00:30Z")
I think maybe he’s heard vaguely about [Iron Dome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome) and thinks it could be expanded to cover the entire US. or maybe he’s just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2885 "2024-01-07T00:34:14Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I think maybe he’s heard vaguely about [Iron Dome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome) and thinks it could be expanded to cover the entire US. Isn’t that pretty much what Reagan thought? > **[Strategic Defense Initiative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative)** > > The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), derisively nicknamed the "Star Wars program", was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons (intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles). The concept was announced on March 23, 1983, by President Ronald Reagan, a vocal critic of the doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD), which he described as a "suicide pact". Reagan called upon Am... Although Trump’s understanding of Iron Dome probably involves a wall at the Mexican and Canadian borders and a roof on top made of actual iron. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2886 "2024-01-07T00:45:36Z")
He’s not gonna pay for real iron. It will be gold-plated. Very classy. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2887 "2024-01-07T00:48:14Z")
It could be a lucrative job for a contractor if Trump provides the estimated square footage. (Assuming they get paid in advance.) ---
**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:** [January 7, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2888 "2024-01-07T00:57:30Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > He’s not gonna pay for real iron. It will be gold-plated. Very classy. No, Mexico will pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2889 "2024-01-07T01:46:47Z")
… and Canada. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2890 "2024-01-07T03:00:52Z")
(stolen joke) It’s basically like a wall with a comb-over, and Mars is going to pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2891 "2024-01-07T03:12:32Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Isn’t that pretty much what Reagan thought? He said he didn’t like it when Reagan suggested it, “…because the technology didn’t exist.” Uhm, yeah, Trump, _that’s how technology works_. **None** of it exists until someone says, “Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if we could…?” ---
**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:** [January 7, 2024, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2892 "2024-01-07T06:31:42Z")
MI Republicans have voted to remove their election-denying chairwoman - who is denying the results of the vote to remove her. > **[Michigan Republicans vote to remove chair Kristina Karamo as she promises not...](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/06/michigan-republicans-chair-00134178)** > > Kristina Karamo rose through Michigan's GOP ranks by spreading election conspiracies after the 2020 presidential election. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2893 "2024-01-07T08:54:16Z")
This paragraph killed me: > [@](#): > > About a dozen supporters of Karamo gathered Saturday afternoon outside the _small indoor gun-range building in Commerce Township where the meeting was being held_. (Emphasis mine) ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2894 "2024-01-07T08:56:14Z")
Where better to stage a circular firing squad? ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2895 "2024-01-07T13:42:49Z")
According to Karamo, the meeting was unofficial making the vote illegal and the results invalid. Having unofficial, illegal meetings or invalid (electoral) votes is only OK when you are doing it to Democrats. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2896 "2024-01-07T14:50:04Z")
I guess the landscape nursery wasn’t available because they were already hosting an election rally? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2897 "2024-01-08T21:03:57Z")
So, I get the feeling that this is stupid, but I can’t articulate why. Could someone help? Or explain how I’m wrong? > **[Pa. legislators’ bill would ban ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties for undocumented...](https://www.pennlive.com/news/2024/01/pa-legislators-bill-would-ban-sanctuary-cities-counties-for-undocumented-immigrants.html)** > > State Rep. Ryan Warner says sanctuary communities are 'severely undermining' efforts to fight illegal immigration. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2898 "2024-01-08T21:06:59Z")
“Stop helping people. We need to hurt them more.” That’s about it. The theory behind this is that if we are vicious, cruel assholes, and make this country a nasty shithole, then fewer people will want to come here. Many folks disagree with this odious thinking. I wouldn’t call it “stupid”. I’d call it fucking idiotic and cruel. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2899 "2024-01-08T21:09:31Z")
That it gives standing to anyone to sue is the new heinous part. This is the new weapon the right uses. The law by itself can be ignored, and who ciuld say? But by giving standing, anyone can sue if they think a law enforcement person knew someone was “illegal” and did nothing. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2900 "2024-01-08T22:14:38Z")
Congresswoman Vapey McHandjob decided to publicly beat her ex-husband over the weekend. > **[Lauren Boebert’s Ex Called The Cops After Physical Fight in Public on...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/lauren-boeberts-ex-husband-jayson-called-the-cops-after-physical-fight-in-public/)** > > Police confirmed an “active investigation” into the incident, while a Boebert aide told The Daily Beast that the congresswoman was acting in self-defense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=144) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=146)