# 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:** 186
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3701 "2024-02-16T23:11:38Z")
Keep America Grate! ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3702 "2024-02-17T21:16:39Z")
Here come the grifters, one two three… [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGfy6wBaMAAG2YJ?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGfy6wBaMAAG2YJ?format=jpg&name=medium) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3703 "2024-02-17T21:17:48Z")
It’s all part of ~~my~~ their fantasy. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3704 "2024-02-17T21:26:16Z")
Which, may be, a violation of GoFundMe’s TOS, > F. not to use the Services on behalf of a third party or post any personal data or other information about a third party, without the express consent of that third party; > [GoFundMe Terms of Service](https://www.gofundme.com/c/terms) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3705 "2024-02-17T21:28:54Z")
[According to Jeff Tiedrich](https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/fork-over-364-million-you-fraudulent), as of this morning the fund had garnered the tremendous sum of $12,204. But I’m sure there’ll be plenty of donors: [https://twitter.com/theclevertwit/status/1758844540671123844/photo/1](https://twitter.com/theclevertwit/status/1758844540671123844/photo/1) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand a Xit from the same thread reports that the campaign has already been removed. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3706 "2024-02-17T21:38:32Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > as of this morning the fund had garnered the tremendous sum of $12,204. I’m wondering if there is some way I can donate a tiny violin. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3707 "2024-02-17T21:40:05Z")
Like this, perhaps? [https://www.reddit.com/r/lingling40hrs/comments/m7c8kg/newest\_bad\_violin\_stock\_photo/](https://www.reddit.com/r/lingling40hrs/comments/m7c8kg/newest_bad_violin_stock_photo/) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3708 "2024-02-17T21:41:37Z")
If that coin was designed by a Trump supporter, couldn’t they at least have given him a less unflattering chin? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3709 "2024-02-17T21:41:50Z")
Not kidding, you can get sneakers to show your support for the Con-Man. The announcement danced around the “vote for …” that would get him in trouble for campaign finance issues. Besides, he isn’t getting the money (shhhh - probably got paid for Name, Image, Likeness up front). It’s SneakerCon president that just happens to be a Con-Man contributor. (I also like the “Con” in SneakerCon - nice touch - touching the rubes). > **[Donald Trump Launches Website Selling $400 Sneakers But Claims It's 'Not...](https://gizmodo.com/donald-trump-launches-website-selling-400-sneakers-but-1851266863)** > > Trump appeared at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia on Saturday to announce the website. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3710 "2024-02-17T21:47:44Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Like this, perhaps? I love how my first reaction is “awesome”, but then the comments progressively point out all the errors that I hadn’t paid attention to. The tardigrade is bowing below the bridge. It is holding the bow wrong. It’s supposed to be a violin, but that’s a cello. That’s not the tardigrade’s head end, it’s the rear end. (Okay, I’m pretty sure the last one is wrong.) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3711 "2024-02-17T21:52:04Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > a violation of GoFundMe’s TOS > > > not to use the Services on behalf of a third party I’m a bit puzzled by what that means exactly. If a kid is dying of cancer, surely I’m allowed to start a GoFundMe to send them to Disneyland, they don’t have to do it themselves? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3712 "2024-02-17T21:52:56Z")
My guess is that you might _claim_ that’s why you’re starting the fund but there’s no way to ensure that the money is received by the intended recipient. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3713 "2024-02-17T21:54:10Z")
So I’m really not allowed to do that? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3714 "2024-02-17T21:55:44Z")
I’m reading it to say you can, so long as the person receiving the benefit (or their guardian, I guess) consents. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3715 "2024-02-17T21:57:01Z")
You’re allowed to start a GoFundMe to send a kid dying of cancer to Disneyland if you have, _the express consent of that third party;_. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3716 "2024-02-17T21:57:18Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > That’s not the tardigrade’s head end, it’s the rear end. I don’t think you understand how hardcore tardigrades are. He probably put down his violin to allow his back legs to do the cello finalé ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3717 "2024-02-17T22:07:12Z")
And now, here’s one journalist’s account of riding along with the “patriot convoy” that was going to save the Texas border from Joe Biden only to instead turn into a sad Boomer version of Burning Man. > **[3 days with God's Army: Inside the trucker convoy that failed to save the border](https://www.dailydot.com/debug/texas-border-trucker-convoy/)** > > The Texas trucker border convoy spent three days in Texas, after driving down from Virginia. Here's what it was like. I wish we had Hunter S. Thompson around. He’d have had a field day with these buffoons. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3718 "2024-02-17T22:24:25Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand a Xit from the same thread reports that the campaign has already been removed. No, the gofundme is still there. It’s up to $110,000 now. Only $354,890,000 to go. From the comments, it appears that some people are donating $5 just to tell Trump supporters how stupid they are. [Fundraiser by Elena Cardone : Stand with Trump; Fund the $355M Unjust Judgment (gofundme.com)](https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with-trump-raise-the-settlement) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3719 "2024-02-17T23:04:20Z")
Yikes-- the comments on the GFM site! 🤦🏼‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3720 "2024-02-17T23:48:15Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > And now, here’s one journalist’s account of riding along with the “patriot convoy” that was going to save the Texas border from Joe Biden only to instead turn into a sad Boomer version of Burning Man. > > [https://www.dailydot.com/debug/texas-border-trucker-convoy/](https://www.dailydot.com/debug/texas-border-trucker-convoy/) > > I wish we had Hunter S. Thompson around. He’d have had a field day with these buffoons. He says some of the attendees were from Canada. Maybe there _are_ a lot of Canadians obsessed with US politics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=185) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=187)