# 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:** 164
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3261 "2024-01-28T19:11:40Z")
About his claim that only 2% of the people in this room could pass the dementia test……if the “room” is a Trump rally, he’s probably right. Edit - ninjaed ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3262 "2024-01-28T19:15:01Z")
The 2% being the reporters, of course. ---
**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 28, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3263 "2024-01-28T20:01:52Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > He may not be a candidate for a locked dementia ward (yet), but he’s really, REALLY fundamentally stupid. Actually I think he of average intelligence\* but thanks to a lifetime of having everything handed to him on a silver platter and surrounding himself with sycophants who tell him what he wants to hear he is remarkably ignorant and has no innate sense of curiosity of how things work. That and a healthy helping of sociopathy. \*“Half the people are dumber than that!” ---
**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:** [January 28, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3264 "2024-01-28T20:15:11Z")
I think that those things are a significant part of intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3265 "2024-01-28T21:26:28Z")
Don’t think it’s been mentioned yet, but Trump told his sheeples that he had to solve a math problem as part of the cognitive test. > “That’s all the press covered. The first question. They didn’t cover the last question,” Trump told the crowd. > > That “last question,” he said, required him to solve a mathematical equation without the aid of paper or pencil. Trump said he was asked to multiply 4,733 by 7, then divide the product by 4 and add 37.5 to the quotient. > > “What’s your number? How many people in this room could do it? Not too many,” he said, while the crowd listened quietly waiting for the answer. > > Trump didn’t provide it, however, which is 8,320.25. I call bullshit. There aren’t a whole lot of folks that could solve that one without a calculator. > **[Trump touts his cognitive strength. But does he raise more questions with...](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2024/01/27/trump-touts-cognitive-health-does-he-raise-questions-in-winding-talk/72383084007/)** > > The discussion, in which Trump said he recently "aced" another cognitive, came about 20 minutes into his nearly hour-and-half speech. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3266 "2024-01-28T21:28:30Z")
Yeah, that’s what a stupid person thinks a smart person sounds like. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3267 "2024-01-28T21:41:12Z")
For one thing, he took this test about six years ago, and was widely ridiculed for claiming that he remembered to say “person woman man camera TV” back then. So if there was something less ridiculous about the test he could have mentioned it then. And also, this test is published and well established. If there really was such a ridiculous math question on it, that would be verifiable. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3268 "2024-01-28T21:42:30Z")
To be clear, a dementia test is (by design, I assume) pretty easy. These are things like “draw a clock”, “How many dimes in a dollar” and “connect the dots”. It’s meant to, for lack of a better term, trip up someone that has dementia, not measure intelligence. Did Trump happen to say _why_ he had a dementia test? Does he realize he sounds like Sheldon saying “I’m not crazy, my mother had me tested” (or Frank Reynolds not having monkey brains)? Also, I guess I’m not surprised that he keeps challenging people to cognitive/IQ tests. I’m not sure if it’s the narcissism or the Dunning-Kruger effect that makes him think he’s smarter than, well, anyone. But I have to think his people must be telling him to stop saying that. At some point, someone is going to call his bluff and he’s not going to be happy with the results. But I’m sure we’ll learn of a hundred different reasons why the test was wrong, biased, rigged, full of errors, the proctor had it out for him etc etc etc. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3269 "2024-01-28T21:43:02Z")
I’m going with him saying it happened is verification it didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3270 "2024-01-28T21:45:46Z")
Yeah, the assumption that Trump is telling the truth about anything is misguided. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3271 "2024-01-28T22:09:00Z")
OMG, how do people listen to _ **that** _ for an hour and a half? I’d have to lock myself up in a dementia ward. Ugh. ---
**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 28, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3272 "2024-01-28T22:11:59Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > That “last question,” he said, required him to solve a mathematical equation without the aid of paper or pencil. Trump said he was asked to multiply 4,733 by 7, then divide the product by 4 and add 37.5 to the quotient. This is literally the exact same taunt I got in fourth-grade when other kids found out I was in an advanced class - “If you’re so smart, then what’s (arbitary large number) times (another arbitrarily large number)?” ---
**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:** [January 28, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3273 "2024-01-28T22:45:07Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > (or Frank Reynolds not having monkey brains)? Ahem, if I can nerd out a second, it was _donkey_ brains. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RWc8JKVm28E/hqdefault.jpg "IASIP - Donkey Brains") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWc8JKVm28E) ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3274 "2024-01-28T23:05:32Z")
Funny that Trump still doesn’t understand why people are laughing / embarrassed about him bragging about passing the dementia test, and so now, like a child would do, is embellishing the story. Let’s also not forget that even if this had been a difficult exam, it would still be weird to be bragging about it in a forum where you are supposed to be talking about what you can do for the american people. ---
**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 28, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3275 "2024-01-28T23:05:55Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > For one thing, he took this test about six years ago, and was widely ridiculed for claiming that he remembered to say “person woman man camera TV” back then. I think Trump was given a cognitive test when he was president. Part of that test was a list of five words for him to memorize, and a few minutes later (after discussing other things) he was asked to repeat them. Later, an interviewer asked him about the test, and he used this part as an example. It wasn’t really important what the original five words were, and he may not have remembered them by that point; but in order to explain to the reporter he just picked five random words from the things he could see around him. I might well have done the same thing in that circumstance. I still don’t know why people remember those words, and bring them up years later. If you want an example of Trump’s limitations of honesty and intellect, there are hundreds of worse moments from his time in public life. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3276 "2024-01-28T23:23:53Z")
But not any less ridiculous. ---
**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 28, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3277 "2024-01-28T23:45:12Z")
Failed Georgia congressional candidate Kandiss “guns Jesus babies” Taylor thinks someone might be behind Taylor Swift’s boyfriend’s football team making it to the Super Bowl. Could it be… Satan? > ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3278 "2024-01-28T23:52:00Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > They are going to be awfully confused when they see that some of the police officers there are… brown. And most of them probably believe ‘when you’re confused: shoot.’ So that could turn out interestingly. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3279 "2024-01-29T00:04:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Failed Georgia congressional candidate Kandiss “guns Jesus babies” Taylor Let’s not get it twisted: _Jesus guns babies_ > **[Opinion | This "Jesus Guns Babies" election slogan sums up the most alarming...](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/georgias-kandiss-taylors-jesus-guns-babies-sign-clear-christian-nation-rcna30331)** > > Republican Kandiss Taylor’s message is grotesque. That doesn't make it surprising. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3280 "2024-01-29T00:07:11Z")
Go, Satan! He’s a pretty funny follow on Xitter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=165)