# 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:** 214
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4261 "2024-03-17T03:57:20Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > > [@eschereal](#): > > > > > Former President Donald Trump warned of a “bloodbath” if he loses in November as he campaigned for Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio. > > I’m getting more of a [Jonestown](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown) vibe. Or mass _seppuku_. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4262 "2024-03-17T04:02:38Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > He has _never_, not even _once_, told a joke. > > Are we not counting “I am a very stable genius”? Of course not. The dumbass actually _believes_ it so it can’t be a joke. We’re not counting _him_ being a joke as him telling one either. ---
**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 17, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4263 "2024-03-17T11:28:33Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Or mass _seppuku_. Too foreign. Unless they start selling Trump branded knives. And T-shirts reading _Bloodbath & Beyond_. ---
**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 17, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4264 "2024-03-17T13:48:42Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > [@Joey\_P](#): > > > > Become a former president. > > Nah I don’t think Obama, Clinton or W. could get away with that. To be fair, they probably haven’t tried either. ---
**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 17, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4265 "2024-03-17T14:02:40Z")
> A one-time Trump critic, Moreno, a wealthy Cleveland businessman, supported Marco Rubio for president in the 2016 Republican primary, and once tweeted that listening to Trump was “like watching a car accident that makes you sick, but you can stop looking.” In 2021, NBC News reported on an email exchange around the time of Trump’s first presidential run in which Moreno referred to Trump as a “lunatic” and a “maniac.” > > On Saturday, however, Moreno praised Trump as a “great American” and railed against those in his party who have been critical of the former president, The Republican Party: Come for the Low Taxes, Stay for the Hypocrisy! ---
**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 17, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4266 "2024-03-17T14:05:27Z")
I could see all of them warning about a “political bloodbath”, but we’d all know it wasn’t literal. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4267 "2024-03-17T16:03:03Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > _Bloodbath & Beyond_. nicely done ---
**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:** [March 17, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4268 "2024-03-17T16:09:49Z")
I’m picturing a dotted line across the abdomen. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4269 "2024-03-17T16:42:03Z")
I am picturing the mess of the mass-_seppuku_. What do we do with all that? Should we take all the disembowelments, stitch them together and stretch them out along the border to discourage trespass, via ick-factor? (and, which border) ---
**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 17, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4270 "2024-03-17T16:47:18Z")
Guts Across America? ---
**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 17, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4271 "2024-03-17T16:56:07Z")
Clowns do not tell jokes. Clowns _are_ jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4272 "2024-03-17T17:24:06Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > That ‘never surrender’ mugshot… Can Corey Hart get litigious over this? So - there’s this, NFTs, gold sneakers (and of course the earlier wine, steaks, etc) - what’s next, then? Never Say Never Bronzer? Freedom Diapers? Interesting - from this [CNBC article](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/26/trump-lags-in-small-dollar-donations-as-gop-fundraising-company-hits-snags.html), apparently: > [@](#): > > Donations from those who describe their occupations as “retired” made up about one-third of all the money the Trump campaign raised for his 2020 reelection campaign, roughly $255 million, according to OpenSecrets data. Sure - there could be simiilar numbers on the Democratic side, possibly. Minus Trumpian grift, though. ---
**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 17, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4273 "2024-03-17T17:29:52Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > what’s next, then? Never Say Never Bronzer? Freedom Diapers? Victory 47 Cologne. Honestly, I’m not even sure if this is real: [https://www.sportskeeda.com/lifestyle/donald-trump-launches-victory-47-cologne-perfume-everything-know-far](https://www.sportskeeda.com/lifestyle/donald-trump-launches-victory-47-cologne-perfume-everything-know-far) ---
**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 17, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4274 "2024-03-17T17:34:26Z")
I hate to imagine what it smells like. 😝 ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4275 "2024-03-17T17:35:49Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Guts Across America? “It’s going to be the biggliest mass suicide EVAR! Jim ain’t got nothing on me! Big burly men crawled on their hands and knees with bloody tears…” I’m going to stop right there I could riff off this for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4276 "2024-03-17T17:50:18Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Guts Across America? Too bad GG Allin (or Gwar?) wasn’t still around to go on tour with Paul McCartney. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4277 "2024-03-17T18:18:39Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I hate to imagine what it smells like. In the morning, I heard it smells like napalm. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4278 "2024-03-17T19:24:40Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Too foreign. Unless they start selling Trump branded knives. And T-shirts reading _Bloodbath & Beyond_. I think you’ve hit upon the Ultimate Grift: > SHOW PRESIDENT TRUMP HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HIM IN YOUR LAST MOMENTS! ONLY $5,000 FOR A TRUMP-BRANDED KNIFE ($25,000 FOR AN AUTOGRAPH IN GENUINE SHARPIE), OR $2,500 FOR A “CUT ALONG THE DOTTED LINE” T-SHIRT!!! COME ON, WHAT GOOD IS MONEY GONNA DO YA ANYWAY???!!!??? (Probably wouldn’t hold a candle to actual copy.) ---
**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 17, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4279 "2024-03-17T21:13:28Z")
Slight hijack-I knew a kid in my church group who had a “cut along the dotted line” tattoo with the line. Always wondered what happened to him. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4280 "2024-03-17T21:23:00Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Slight hijack-I knew a kid in my church group who had a “cut along the dotted line” tattoo with the line. **Always wondered what happened to him.** - That’s what happens when you cut off contact. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=213) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=215)