# 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:** 194
**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 24, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3861 "2024-02-24T18:35:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “The soup pie cane is broken” Translator: “The supply chain is broken.” Observer: “How about the other things?” Translator: “Er, um, gotta go now.” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3862 "2024-02-24T19:21:19Z")
The Speaker of the House blames mass shootings on “no-fault divorce laws,” “feminism,” and Roe v. Wade. > ---
**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 24, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3863 "2024-02-24T19:45:08Z")
What a pathetic frightened little man. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3864 "2024-02-24T20:22:32Z")
Weird. I would have thought it was because of easy access to guns. But WTF do I know? ---
**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:** [February 24, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3865 "2024-02-24T20:54:32Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > Loser Donald says that “the black people” like him because he’s been charged with a lot of crimes just like they have. > > I’m surprised he didn’t mention his fondness for KFC. Or that he’s the one accusing Blacks of crimes or demanding innocent Blacks be put to death. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > “The soup pie cane is broken” > > Can someone translate this so I don’t have to watch the video? (As if that would even help…) & > [@Horatius](#): > > He was trying to say “the supply chain” is Kudos to you for figuring that one out. That’s a hell of a party game, though, isn’t it, figuring out what his gibberish means. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3866 "2024-02-24T20:57:55Z")
Should also go into the Party of Evil thread > **[MAGA Republican Pledges “End of Democracy” to Rabid Cheers at CPAC](https://newrepublic.com/post/179247/jack-posobiec-democracy-cpac-2024)** > > Republicans at CPAC 2024 are openly vowing to take down democracy. ---
**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 24, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3867 "2024-02-24T21:24:35Z")
I’ll take “Things That Never Happened” for $600, Ken. > ---
**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 24, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3868 "2024-02-24T22:16:44Z")
Even if they’re ‘not allowed to do that’ (do what? wear maga hats? wear hats indoors?), I have to assume they’d be allowed to if the Commander-In-Chief requested it. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3869 "2024-02-24T23:29:50Z")
Putting aside the idea that wearing a hat indoors is bad manners, which I know is ridiculous in regards to Trump. ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3870 "2024-02-24T23:34:02Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Putting aside the idea that wearing a hat indoors is bad manners And against protocol, at least for Navy and Marines (not sure about the other branches). ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3871 "2024-02-24T23:37:07Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I have to assume they’d be allowed to if the Commander-In-Chief requested it. or orders it… ---
**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 24, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3872 "2024-02-24T23:44:55Z")
A Michigan state legislator shared a story from one of his constituents about an illegal immigrant, apparently a doctor of some sort, who having been separated from his convinced a 10-year-old boy to hide him in his house, got him drunk, and induced him to steal a van to help him escape from the authorities, and who is currently at large with his family. This is, of course, the plot of E.T. - the Extraterrestrial. > **[Michigan Republican duped into reading the plot of 'E.T.' as an illegal...](https://www.rawstory.com/steve-carra-et/)** > > A Michigan pol was pranked on camera into reading aloud the plot for the 1982 science fiction flick "E.T." as a legitimate tale of an illegal immigrant. > > State Representative Steve Carra (R) who bills himself as a "a Trump-endorsed conservative... ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3873 "2024-02-25T00:08:22Z")
The polls closed in South Carolina at 7 pm EST. [( So, which one of those two Palmetto Bugs is in the lead? )](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPaJ4NopkUQ) ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3874 "2024-02-25T00:41:02Z")
More on Cheato’s appeal to black voters: > > #FoxNews says #trump new sneakers connect to #BlackVoter because we love #sneakers 🤔🤨. I thought this was fake until I heard it! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3875 "2024-02-25T01:42:15Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “There was this big dump. Where did it come from?” His ass? ---
**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 25, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3876 "2024-02-25T01:45:06Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > More on Cheato’s appeal to black voters Does anyone remember the short-lived Clerks animated series? There was an episode where Jay sues the Quick Stop and Randall, acting as Dante’s lawyer, tries to get an all-black jury to empathize with Dante by telling them how much he loves grape soda and welfare and hates paying child support. I’m getting the same vibes here. “So, what are you blacks into? Crime? Me too!” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3877 "2024-02-25T02:31:34Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A Michigan state legislator shared a story from one of his constituents about an illegal immigrant, apparently a doctor of some sort, who having been separated from his convinced a 10-year-old boy to hide him in his house, got him drunk, and induced him to steal a van to help him escape from the authorities, and who is currently at large with his family. > > This is, of course, the plot of E.T. - the Extraterrestrial The punchline setup there had to be illegal _alien,_ right? ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3878 "2024-02-25T02:38:13Z")
Remember, CPAC are also the ones who used a stage in the shape of the official symbol of the American Nazi Party. ---
**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 25, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3879 "2024-02-25T22:25:14Z")
…there something you wanna tell us, Junior? [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GHMSwlzXMAAvExv?format=jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GHMSwlzXMAAvExv?format=jpg) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3880 "2024-02-25T22:54:55Z")
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