# 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:** 146
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2901 "2024-01-09T01:46:52Z")
Republican Congresswoman posts photos of food she claims she’s cooked/eaten which turn out to be stolen off the internet. (gift link) > **[A former congresswoman posted food pics online. ‘Grubgate’ ensued.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/08/mayra-flores-grubgate-scandal-food-photos/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzA0NjkwMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA2MDcyMzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDQ2OTAwMDAsImp0aSI6IjJiOGYyNzVlLTM3NzAtNGRlZi1hY2QxLTkzNTExMWIxNWRkZSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI0LzAxLzA4L21heXJhLWZsb3Jlcy1ncnViZ2F0ZS1zY2FuZGFsLWZvb2QtcGhvdG9zLyJ9.VZzOVqbQcl2DSrPxN2Z8no2kg6q8vnOXqOElk9qYKdc&itid=gfta)** > > Photos of grilled meats and tortillas shared by former Rep. Mayra Flores of Texas raised question about where they had originated. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2902 "2024-01-09T06:19:29Z")
And they’re calling it “Grubgate”? Clearly, it should be “Wafergate”. I’m getting older, and I’m not always going to be around to point these things out. ---
**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 9, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2903 "2024-01-09T06:46:12Z")
Well somebody needs to look into this. Is Nancy Pelosi still in charge of the Gazpacho police? ---
**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 9, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2904 "2024-01-09T10:59:48Z")
“ Flores told Valley Central, a Texas NBC affiliate, that the controversy had led her to gain over 8,000 new social media followers.” Loyalists or just people who want to see the “incriminating” photos? ---
**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:** [January 9, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2905 "2024-01-09T11:32:35Z")
Or people who want to get in on the mockery. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2906 "2024-01-09T13:46:49Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Congresswoman Vapey McHandjob decided to publicly beat her ex-husband over the weekend. Aunt Becky would say “It wouldn’t be a lick amiss”. Dan ---
**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 10, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2907 "2024-01-10T01:26:57Z")
Loser Donald says the charges against him are Ludacris. > **['Ludacris demands': Trump trounced online after accidental rapper shout-out](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ludacris-demands/)** > > Social media has a message for Donald Trump: don’t make this about Ludacris. The former president did exactly that Tuesday when he took to Truth Social to repeat accusations of corruption against the New York Attorney General spearheading his now... ---
**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 10, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2908 "2024-01-10T11:48:41Z")
> ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2909 "2024-01-10T14:49:40Z")
Is Taylor Swift a Pentagon asset? Jesse Watters is just asking questions. Nothing wrong with that, is there? IS THERE? Why are you afraid of the truth he might uncover? /s > **[Taylor Swift targeted by Fox News in bizarre conspiracy theory](https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift-fox-news-conspiracy-theory-1859342)** > > The news anchor shared footage from a 2019 cyber security conference to try and prove his theory was true. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2910 "2024-01-10T14:56:37Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Is Taylor Swift a Pentagon asset? As revealed by this leaked weapons training video: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QcIy9NiNbmo/maxresdefault.jpg "Taylor Swift - Bad Blood ft. Kendrick Lamar") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIy9NiNbmo) ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2911 "2024-01-10T15:09:30Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Is Taylor Swift a Pentagon asset? Jesse Watters is just asking questions. From the report: > Watters then dropped the bombshell: “Well, around four years ago, the Pentagon psychological operations unit floated turning Taylor Swift into an asset during a [NATO](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/nato) meeting. What kind of asset? A psyop for **combatting online misinformation**.” So Watters is exposing a massive government conspiracy to tell people the truth? Is he aware that the Department Of Education may also be conducting clandestine operations to try to improve our children’s critical thinking skills? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2912 "2024-01-10T15:11:52Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > the Department Of Education may also be conducting clandestine operations to try to improve our children’s critical thinking skills? They’re trying to turn children into Democrats! ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2913 "2024-01-10T15:34:37Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > They’re trying to turn children into Democrats! Ms Swift’s efforts to expose the hidden agenda of players and haters are surely politically motivated. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2914 "2024-01-10T15:43:53Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > (via Newsweek - **kd99** ) > Watters then dropped the bombshell: “Well, around four years ago, the Pentagon psychological operations unit floated turning Taylor Swift into an asset during a [NATO](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/nato) meeting. What kind of asset? A psyop for **combatting online misinformation**.” _Yew kin have mah misinformation when y’all pry it from mah cold, dead brain!_ Whoops, looks like even THAT won’t be enough. ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2915 "2024-01-10T16:00:43Z")
I’m super tempted to make a very risque joke, but I shall refrain. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2916 "2024-01-10T16:15:40Z")
Please don’t refrain. Risque away! ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2917 "2024-01-10T16:17:28Z")
I reconsidered. If you really wanna know it, PM me. ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2918 "2024-01-10T16:20:48Z")
Hmm, I think I’m more in the refrain camp. ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2919 "2024-01-10T16:21:58Z")
Yeah, I’m having second thoughts too. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2920 "2024-01-10T18:04:07Z")
OK this is actually starting to make sense and be slightly believable, although obviously distorted beyond all recognition by the anchor. I could imagine people in NATO being concerned about Putin spreading lies about Ukraine brainstorming an idea that maybe they could put out some social media posts counter acting this, and maybe it could feature Taylor Swift since she is so popular. But the spin of the article is as silly as calling out Nancy Reagan for being and asset for the DEA and part of a Psyop aimed at children. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=145) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=147)