# 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:** 209
**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:** [March 12, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4161 "2024-03-12T14:22:51Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Oddly enough, Robin Vos (R-WI) seems to be the voice of reason here: > > > Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said this week he wants Senate leaders to “come to their senses” on the proposal. Vos said the “late-night ballot dump” narrative is one of the top complaints he hears from voters about Wisconsin’s elections. > > “I have no idea why senators would not want to solve the problem of these late-night ballot dumps,” Vos said. He’s now facing a possible recall for being the voice of reason. It kinda surprises me since he’s the one that helped strip the governor of a bunch of their powers when Scott Walker was a lame duck, he pushed back against everything covid related, he was an election denier, he tried to impeach the judge that wants to un-gerrymander the state and now he’s potentially being recalled for not impeaching the chair of the Wisconsin Elections Committee. > **[Vos recall election; Trump supporters submit petitions](https://www.fox6now.com/news/vos-recall-election-trump-supporters-submit-petitions)** > > Vos has vowed to fight the validity of the signatures and any commission decision can be appealed in court. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4162 "2024-03-12T14:55:02Z")
The upcoming MAGA purity tests are going to be fascinating. This is what happens to a group whose reason for being is focused on hatred of others; They need to constantly manufacture new “others” to hate, even if they come from their own ranks. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4163 "2024-03-12T21:09:53Z")
A QOP precinct chairman has been sentenced to 410 years in prison for child sex abuse. Meanwhile, the number of drag queens caught doing the same remains at zero. > **[Former Texas GOP official sentenced to 4 centuries in prison for child sex abuse](https://www.rawstory.com/republican-jail-sentence/)** > > Bo Michael Dresner, a former precinct chairman for the Hays County, Texas Republican Party, was sentenced to more than four centuries in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of child sexual abuse and more than 60 claims related to child... ---
**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:** [March 12, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4164 "2024-03-12T22:38:22Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Sheckley got weirder in his old age, You have to wonder what he–and other neuro-atypical writers–would have made of our current Trumpy-wumpy times. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4165 "2024-03-13T13:48:13Z")
Oh dear, we talked about Herrera over on the Alec Baldwin shooting thread re: one of his vids about the working of a single action gun. Back there I stated > [@Alec Baldwin \[accidentally\] Kills Crew Member with Prop Gun {2021-10-21}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alec-baldwin-accidentally-kills-crew-member-with-prop-gun-2021-10-21/952960/1742): > > Herrera can be factually informative where he’s qualified and _mildly_ clever when he wants to, but he often falls into pandering to his audience, and he knows, right now, what that audience wants is _hur hur let’s mock and judge Baldwin hur hur hur and the gun-ignorant Hollywood libs hur hur let’s have another White Claw hur hur hur_. So basically yeah he’s bigly into feeling he can talk shit about anyone if he claims he was being funny and it gets him clicks. As far as I’ve been able to determine WRT his campaign he is Mr. Single Issue McSingleIssueFace, he’s not Jesus-Guns-Babies, he’s Guns-Guns-Guns. Young dude, too, so his stumbles may tie into the dismaying trend towards people looking at an elected office as just a way to be an Influencer On Steroids (with a regular income that can’t be demonetized) but not really knowing how shit works. My prediction: he’ll just flail at how THEY are all RINOS anyway and he’s the true MAGA guy who just happens to be with Trump on everything but bump stocks, and hey learn to take a joke, man! ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4166 "2024-03-14T05:30:04Z")
> You know, guys and gals and nonbinary pals, I’m starting to think that Alex Jones just might not be all there. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4167 "2024-03-14T05:44:36Z")
He can start with kissing my leftist ass and we’ll see where it goes from there. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4168 "2024-03-14T05:56:32Z")
That’s the kind of threat that invites the third-grade response, “_Ohhh, I’m so scawwed_. Yeah, not.” Honest Don would eat a leftist’s ass, but he would need ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4169 "2024-03-14T06:35:52Z")
At the very least, it seems that he doesn’t know what “eating ass” means. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4170 "2024-03-14T06:49:39Z")
Some of the responses are golden. > > > > > ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4171 "2024-03-14T13:16:40Z")
Why fly to Texas from South Dakota to get work done and then boast about it? Both dumb and weird. [https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/politics/kristi-noem-smile-texas-video/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/politics/kristi-noem-smile-texas-video/index.html) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4172 "2024-03-14T13:59:30Z")
Also it occurs to me that if she is sued, will the RNC put up money for legal representation? ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4173 "2024-03-14T14:09:50Z")
They’re not going to have any money left after Trump guts their coffers. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4174 "2024-03-14T14:21:55Z")
Saw this (and apparently he spelled her name wrong): > **[https://preview.redd.it/0she9pai4znc1.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=we...](https://preview.redd.it/0she9pai4znc1.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=32089320b667052f6591c980e7a35a343e73b445)** Which was followed up by this: [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIg5_HzWIAAPVkv?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIg5_HzWIAAPVkv?format=jpg&name=large) and then this: [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIg5_HxXIAAt3Hg?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIg5_HxXIAAt3Hg?format=jpg&name=large) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4175 "2024-03-14T14:26:34Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Some of the responses are golden. Come on, guys, I think you’re missing the real meaning here. _[The Gay Frogs Won.](https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2017/03/frogs-gay-psychology-internet-conspiracy)_ ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4176 "2024-03-14T15:34:37Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > They’re not going to have any money left after Trump guts their coffers. [They don’t have much money for him to grab anyway.](https://www.newsweek.com/republican-national-committee-funding-cash-finances-1866326) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4177 "2024-03-14T18:49:34Z")
[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIpIIz1XUAAHfGi?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIpIIz1XUAAHfGi?format=jpg&name=large) I don’t think anyone’s ever tried “It’s OK, what I really meant is that I’m a cannibal” as a means of damage control before. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4178 "2024-03-14T18:56:40Z")
I’m stuck on _“I am **taking** about the road warrior collapse that has already begun because of the policy’s of The Great Reset. I am **taking** about Cannibalism…etc.”_ “Taking” = “talking”?? Wha? What’s with “policy’s”? And wtf is “The Great Reset”? ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4179 "2024-03-14T19:03:22Z")
I’m not sure why a mentally ill person’s ramblings are even worth trying to deconstruct… ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4180 "2024-03-14T19:07:04Z")
And the service would be renamed TruthTok, right? > **[Former Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is putting together an investor group to...](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/14/former-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-is-putting-together-an-investor-group-to-buy-tiktok.html)** > > Mnuchin did not specify who the other investors would be in such a deal or the potential valuation for the social media site. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=208) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=210)