# 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:** 270
**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:** [May 24, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5381 "2024-05-24T20:27:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And Trump claims he “nearly escaped death”? Does he know what those words mean? Of course he does. It portrays him as a tough macho man who’ll go to the mattresses for his supporters, kind of like his scowling mugshot. IOW, everything he is not, so please send money. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5382 "2024-05-24T20:31:23Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And Trump claims he “nearly escaped death”? Does he know what those words mean? If I say that I ‘nearly escaped getting drenched by the rain’, then I, in fact, did get drenched by the rain. If Trump says that he ‘nearly escaped death’, then that must mean that he is, in fact, dead. Unless he’s lying. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5383 "2024-05-24T20:32:39Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I don’t think they have very long memories. This does seem to be true. Yet they must be aware that (for example) Trump built very little Wall and Mexico paid for none of it. None of his failed promises matter to them, whether they remember them or not. It’s just that feeling in the here-and-now: _He shall make my inferiors to bow down before me; we are the Righteous and all shall acknowledge His greatness and MY greatness in being His Follower._ Or something equally snakes-in-the-brain. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5384 "2024-05-24T20:33:38Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Oddly enough his fans never asked why when he actually _was_ elected, in 2016, he didn’t implement any of these sure-fire solutions. > > More and more I’m convinced that what comes out of Trump’s mouth does NOT fool his fans. Disagree. Trump has 2 groups of followers: 1. MAGA “You can take my guns when you pry them from my cold dead hands” Republicans 2. Big business fans who can overlook the racism, homophobia, misogynism. > [@Sherrerd](#): > > They figure: _as long as he gives us that sweet, sweet racism, sexism, and homophobia, who cares what he promises?_ And I think the first group has the memory of a goldfish, so don’t notice that “two weeks” means “never gonna happen”, and the second group is straight white, rich, and male who don’t care about racism, sexism or homophobia. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5385 "2024-05-24T20:43:34Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I don’t think they have very long memories. After 13 days, the memories reset. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5386 "2024-05-24T20:50:29Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > And I think the first group has the memory of a goldfish, so don’t notice that “two weeks” means “never gonna happen”, and the second group is straight white, rich, and male who don’t care about racism, sexism or homophobia. And neither group cares two cents about a journalist held hostage (namely Evan Gershkovich, subject of Donald’s “promise”). Certainly your first group thrills to the thought of their Donnie being best buds with one of their most-admired autocrats (Putin). Whether or not they believe that Donnie could get the hostage freed, now or after election, is another matter. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5387 "2024-05-24T21:07:22Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > If Trump says that he ‘nearly escaped death’, then that must mean that he is, in fact, dead. No no. Had he been home, he’d have ninja rolled his way to safety as soon as the goons knocked politely on smashed in the door, thus “escaping death”. But alas, he wasn’t even home at the time, so he only got to “nearly” escape death. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5388 "2024-05-24T21:09:37Z")
Nah, death caught him, was as disgusted as the rest of us at that bloated carcass, tossed it back, and decided to mentally prepare for a few more years before attempting that unenviable task again ---
**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:** [May 24, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5389 "2024-05-24T21:17:18Z")
Substitute “narrowly” for “nearly” and it makes sense. But this is the stable genius we’re speaking of. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5390 "2024-05-24T22:50:46Z")
13 _minutes_ maybe ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5391 "2024-05-25T00:32:26Z")
Loser Donald (soon to be Convict Donald) is confessing to his crimes again. > **['What the hell is wrong with that?': Trump blames mystery 'bookkeeper' for...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2668373965/)** > > Donald Trump's ready to testify on social media. Trump posted a series of social media posts to grouse about the "persecution" against him over a "bookkeeping error" after the defense rested without him taking the witness stand under oath and as... ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5392 "2024-05-25T00:35:43Z")
Wait a minute… We’re turning kids trans? How? I thought that the whole basis behind objections to transgenderism was that it was impossible for gender to change. If that’s true, then you can’t turn a child trans. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5393 "2024-05-25T00:49:02Z")
But, oddly enough, they don’t have any problem with Caitlyn Jenner’s transition. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5394 "2024-05-25T00:51:25Z")
Caitlyn hates herself enough as it is. No need for the others to pile on. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5395 "2024-05-25T00:54:39Z")
You may have missed my point. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5396 "2024-05-25T01:59:05Z")
No, nobody’s gender is ever anything different from what their genitalia says, they are just pretending that they are a different gender because of all the perks, like getting to win at women’s sports and ogle at women through closed bathroom stalls. If kids see someone pretending to be a different gender and not being immediately beaten up, they might start being confused about what gender they are supposed to be. The same way that kids who watch Thomas the Tank engine often get confused and convince themselves they are locomotives. /s > [@Monty](#): > > But, oddly enough, they don’t have any problem with Caitlyn Jenner’s transition. If your rich, white and Republican you are allowed a few indiscretions, be it saying you’re a woman, or committing treason. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5397 "2024-05-25T02:45:05Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Oddly enough his fans never asked why when he actually _was_ elected, in 2016, he didn’t implement any of these sure-fire solutions. He tried. But the gawddam libs blocked _everything_!! ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5398 "2024-05-25T03:45:20Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Yet they must be aware that (for example) Trump built very little Wall and Mexico paid for none of it. I’m pretty sure many of the believe that he completed the wall, Mexico paid for it and Biden tore it down. They are brainwashed cult members. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5399 "2024-05-25T06:47:10Z")
[Racist of the House Johnson uttered this nonsense](https://www.yahoo.com/news/mike-johnson-spews-racist-great-173826634.html): > “Why would the president allow this? Because they wanted to turn these people into voters. That’s plain. And they want to change the outcome of the Census in six years. It sounds sinister, and it is, and they’ve exacted untold damage on the country,” Johnson said. The good ol’ Great Replacement Theory that will never disappear thanks to the bigots, especially those in office. [And Arizona tells him “hold our beer”](https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-senate-advances-measure-allowing-073747120.html): > [Arizona](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southwest/arizona)[senators](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southwest/arizona)narrowly approved a proposed ballot measure on Wednesday that would give local law enforcement the authority to arrest people who illegally cross the US-Mexico border into the state. > > The proposal, which passed along party lines by a 16-13 vote, would make it a state crime for illegal migrants to enter Arizona from Mexico at any location other than a port of entry – therefore allowing local and state police to arrest them. > > It would also allow state judges to send those convicted of the crime, which would be punishable by up to six months in jail for the first offense, back to their country of origin after completing their sentence. Judges could also dismiss a pending charge if the person agrees to return to their home country. Of course there’s no actual intent on having this law survive judicial scrutiny. It’s absolutely all about riling up the magaflatearthers. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2024, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5400 "2024-05-25T09:19:30Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I don’t think they have very long memories. Elephants everywhere should sue for slander. And let’s not forget the Log Cabin Republicans. They seem to like Trump’s message. So he can’t be that bad, right? /s [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=269) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=271)