# 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:** 246
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4901 "2024-04-18T15:03:17Z")
Trump endorsed dipshit from Washington State, Loren Culp, is back in the news. If you don’t recall, this is the moron that lost his bid for governor in 2020 and refused to concede saying it was a stolen election. He then ran for US House against Dan Newhouse, one of the few Republicans that voted to impeach Trump. In the primary, he came in third behind a Democrat (WA State has a “top two” primary and anyone can vote for any candidate). Now he’s posting bullshit about “RINOs” and getting cease and desist letters. If you look up shit-stain in the dictionary, you’ll see a picture of Culp. > **[Republican congressional candidate sends cease and desist letter to Loren Culp](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/apr/16/republican-congressional-candidate-sends-cease-and/)** > > State Rep. Jacquelyn Maycumber has sent a cease and desist letter calling for Loren Culp, a deputy and former Republican gubernatorial and congressional candidate, to retract a “deepfake” social media post the Republican representative alleges was... In very related news, Trump is still all mad at Newhouse for voting to impeach him so he of course has endorsed someone running against him. Newhouse is the last standing Republican that voted to impeach. > **[Trump takes aim at a remaining House Republican who voted to impeach him](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/apr/17/trump-takes-aim-at-a-remaining-house-republican-wh/)** > > Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) is among a dying breed in Congress: Of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, just Newhouse and one other remain in the chamber. If Trump has his way, that... ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4902 "2024-04-18T15:15:04Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > "Marjorie Taylor Greene offers an amendment to make funds from the Israel funding bill available “for the development of space laser technology on the southwest border.” > [@Joey\_P](#): > > Of all things to flip flop on, Space Lasers, at least so far, must be the stupidest. C’mon Greene, pick a side and stick with it. You either want them or you don’t. You don’t get it - she’s trying to make the Israeli aid dependent on them using their Jewish Space Lazers ™ for good. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4903 "2024-04-18T17:09:54Z")
What the hell is it with her and space lasers?? And what are they? Weapons? ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4904 "2024-04-18T17:25:29Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > You don’t get it - she’s trying to make the Israeli aid dependent on them using their Jewish Space Lazers ™ for good And of course, in the usual “Wishes from a genie” fashion, she screwed up. “on the southwest border”? Okay, the Jewish Space Lasers are now targeting US border patrols, letting thousands of Mexicans into the US unopposed! ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4905 "2024-04-18T17:59:25Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Yeah, you can’t fix stupid. I bought a trailer hitch socket cover that seems appropriate. [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41Zfy1T93iL._AC_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41Zfy1T93iL._AC_.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4906 "2024-04-18T18:35:37Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > What the hell is it with her and space lasers?? She’s a complete moron, who has no understanding of reality. She lives in a strange bubble-world of her own making, where fantasies are real. I expect next she’ll be talking about being saved by the giant space unicorns. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4907 "2024-04-18T18:42:52Z")
We live in a country in which one state has recently passed a law banning chemtrails and in which one house of our federal legislature has passed a measure forbidding non-citizens from voting in federal elections - which was already illegal to begin with. I wish I could say she truly did live in a “strange bubble-world of her own making, where fantasies are real”. Unfortunately, space lasers on the border is par for the course with these whack-a-doo morons. It’s not even especially noteworthy compared to some of the crap they come up with. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4908 "2024-04-18T19:20:35Z")
My favorite quote from the first article…… _Culp referred to Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Reichert using a slur for female genitalia that is also frequently used to denote perceived weakness in men._ ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4909 "2024-04-18T19:28:19Z")
That description really paints a picture. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4910 "2024-04-18T19:40:38Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I wonder how long it’ll take her (or someone smarter than her) to set up a “Space Laser Research Facility” business to start funneling some of that money out. pinging @elon-musk ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4911 "2024-04-18T20:45:54Z")
And all the cats in the world say yay! ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4912 "2024-04-18T21:22:40Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Unfortunately, space lasers on the border is par for the course with these whack-a-doo morons. Wait a minute… are they space lasers _aimed_ at the border, or are they “space lasers” _on_ the border aimed into space? ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4913 "2024-04-18T21:24:06Z")
Depends on which aliens they’re targeting. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4914 "2024-04-18T21:24:59Z")
Good answer. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4915 "2024-04-18T23:06:42Z")
Which one of them caught an infamous serial killer again? ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4916 "2024-04-18T23:52:44Z")
> ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4917 "2024-04-19T00:04:44Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Which one of them caught an infamous serial killer again? Don’t sell Culp’s ace detective work short - he somehow managed to find drugs _every single time_ he searched a car, after all. > **[The Police Dog Who Cried Drugs at Every Traffic Stop](https://reason.com/2021/05/13/the-police-dog-who-cried-drugs-at-every-traffic-stop/)** > > Don't blame Karma. The police dog simply followed his training when he helped local agencies impound vehicles that sometimes belonged… ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4918 "2024-04-19T00:46:54Z")
The brown ones, of course. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4919 "2024-04-19T01:28:21Z")
The “Freedom Caucus” is [carefully monitoring the House floor](https://www.salon.com/2024/04/18/the-floor-action-response-team-did-not-take-its-acronym-into-consideration/?in_brief=true) to prevent any moves that might reduce their influence, deploying a Floor Action Response Team to keep a close watch. presumably the team is well trained in blaming it on someone else ---
**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:** [April 19, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4920 "2024-04-19T01:35:55Z")
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