# 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:** 276
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5501 "2024-06-03T07:13:14Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > @Smapti, you are scary good at that sort of thing. Really, the hardest part is trying to dumb it down to his level. He has a very limited vocabulary and it’s difficult to address complicated subjects without using words that he wouldn’t understand, so I have to think about how he’d understand the concept and try to express it in words he knows. Like when I had him talking about _The Princess Bride_ a few days ago, I had him say “mercenaries”, but the real guy probably doesn’t know that word so I should have found a simpler way to say it. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5502 "2024-06-03T07:28:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Like when I had him talking about _The Princess Bride_ a few days ago, I had him say “mercenaries”, but the real guy probably doesn’t know that word so I should have found a simpler way to say it. “Hired goons”? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5503 "2024-06-03T07:33:49Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > “Hired goons”? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FsUuhW7WbIg/maxresdefault.jpg "Hired Goons?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsUuhW7WbIg) ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5504 "2024-06-03T15:54:37Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Really, the hardest part is trying to dumb it down to his level. He has a very limited vocabulary and it’s difficult to address complicated subjects without using words that he wouldn’t understand Just because a word is beyond his understanding does not stop him from using it. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5505 "2024-06-03T16:05:54Z")
Maybe from trying to. There’s no shortage of material demonstrating his difficulty with some words, especially the longer ones. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5506 "2024-06-03T16:13:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Just because a word is beyond his understanding does not stop him from using it Yeah, but he’d mispronounce it in a way that lets him think he understands it. “They hired mercy-naires. You know what that is? The kill you with mercy, mercy-naries, it’s almost holy, maybe as holy as Jesus, but not as holy as me. I know more about mercy than anyone!” ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5507 "2024-06-03T19:50:13Z")
This doesn’t appear to have hit the news yet, but Epoch Times CFO Bill Guan has been arrested in connection to a $67 million money laundering scheme. > **[Chief Financial Officer Of Multinational Media Company Charged With...](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/chief-financial-officer-multinational-media-company-charged-participating-scheme)** > > Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Jonathan Mellone, the Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General (“DOL-OIG”); and Andrew Wroblewski,... ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5508 "2024-06-03T20:05:26Z")
It’s summer 2024, so House Republicans are focusing on the issues that matter to Americans right now - covid shutdowns, masks, and Dr. Fauci. [https://meidasnews.com/news/fauci-hearing-was-a-conspiracy-fest](https://meidasnews.com/news/fauci-hearing-was-a-conspiracy-fest) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5509 "2024-06-03T20:08:47Z")
Are Texas Republicans for real? **Excerpt:** _Just a few of the [recently adopted] platform’s planks: that the Bible should be taught in public schools, with chaplains on hand “to counsel and give guidance from a traditional biblical perspective based on Judeo-Christian principles.” That noncitizens who are legal residents of this country should be deported if they are arrested for participating in a protest that turns violent. That name changes to military bases should be reversed to “publicly honor the southern heroes.” That doctors who perform abortions should be charged with homicide. That the United States should withdraw from the United Nations and that the international organization should be removed from U.S. soil._ > **[Opinion | The Texas Republican Party has gone off the deep end](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/03/texas-republican-party-new-platform/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzE3Mzg3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE4NzY5NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTczODcyMDAsImp0aSI6ImM0ZDcxN2YyLTI1ODAtNDI0Yi1iNzY5LTQyOTljNjk0MWU2MCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDI0LzA2LzAzL3RleGFzLXJlcHVibGljYW4tcGFydHktbmV3LXBsYXRmb3JtLyJ9.fvYJ9I0t8RK_vtvQ2bufeiPBYSnAiXvKSbbcy0ZMufU&itid=gfta)** > > Even before the release of an outrageous new platform, the party had become an embarrassment to itself. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5510 "2024-06-03T20:21:36Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TTSG_xlJvFQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Complete heated exchange between Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Dr. Anthony Fauci") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTSG_xlJvFQ) ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5511 "2024-06-03T20:31:51Z")
Man, I hope the people of her district are proud of her, and themselves. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5512 "2024-06-03T20:35:02Z")
Her voice gives me a headache. What is the Bleach Blond Butch Bod on about? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5513 "2024-06-03T20:37:52Z")
You are smart to protect your head, and not even watch. She is not only crazy, but she’s loud and dumb, too! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5514 "2024-06-03T20:40:34Z")
The biggest take away should be when she calls for Fauci to be tried for “Crimes Against Humanity” which is straight out the worst of the Covid conspiracists. Also, Fauci is mean to dogs . . . apparently because he doesn’t shotgun them to death in a scientific manner. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5515 "2024-06-03T20:47:18Z")
The gentlelady? I don’t think so. What an awful person. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5516 "2024-06-03T20:59:21Z")
Alt-right Twitter chuds are claiming that the president-elect of Mexico, who is Jewish, must be a fake Jew because she thanked Jesus in a tweet after her election. Jesus (pronounced hay-seuss) is her husband’s name. > ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5517 "2024-06-03T21:00:52Z")
She married Jesus? That makes her a nun, right? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5518 "2024-06-03T21:44:41Z")
“(she thanked Jesús, her husband)” The level of ignorance truly boggles the mind. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5519 "2024-06-03T21:51:50Z")
> Look at these crazy ass people. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5520 "2024-06-03T22:01:03Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > [x.com](https://x.com/Terrista2/status/1797641562362708252) I suspect a lot of them have been suffering since the humiliating petering-out of the QAnon “movement.” The person (or persons, as was apparently the case) posting as Q became emotionally important to these people. They long for a savior and I suspect that a lot of the QAnon were not necessarily “Christian” evangelicals. The latter are making a valiant effort to worship Donald, but it’s a tough sell. So perhaps both they and the less-“Christian” Q folks can more happily take to worshipping Barron. You have to wonder how he’s going to cope with this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=275) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=277)