# 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:** 277
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5521 "2024-06-03T22:30:42Z")
With any luck, by moving to Slovenia with his mother and having as obscure a life as possible far from the MAGAning crowd. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5522 "2024-06-03T22:31:17Z")
Caesar Nero or Caesar Caligula? ---
**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, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5523 "2024-06-03T22:33:51Z")
They mention how tall Barron is and how handsome he is, so Caligula would be my bet. ---
**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, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5524 "2024-06-03T22:49:34Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > With any luck, by moving to Slovenia with his mother and having as obscure a life as possible far from the MAGAning crowd. This is absolutely what should happen. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5525 "2024-06-03T22:55:14Z")
I though Barron had autism, or something, which was why no one ever sees him. Was that just a nasty attack? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5526 "2024-06-03T22:57:28Z")
Just an attack. By all accounts he’s pretty normal and effectively shielded from the Trump / media circus by his mom. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5527 "2024-06-03T23:58:36Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Just an attack. By all accounts he’s pretty normal and effectively shielded from the Trump / media circus Yeah, it was basically people jumping to the conclusion that the shielding had to mean they were hiding something amiss. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5528 "2024-06-04T00:02:59Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > > [@smithsb](#): > > > > Just an attack. By all accounts he’s pretty normal and effectively shielded from the Trump / media circus > > Yeah, it was basically people jumping to the conclusion that the shielding had to mean they were hiding something amiss. - There _is_ something amiss. He appears to be a normal, functioning human being. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5529 "2024-06-04T00:24:12Z")
This sorry-assed bitch wouldn’t know decency if it slapped her repeatedly with a crowbar. She should be censured for her attack on a decent man who has lived a life of public service, and who tried his best to keep that murderous mother fucker in the White House from killing even more thousands of Americans with his loony notions of a “cure”. And don’t get me started on that fucking moron with his sleeves rolled up to show what a tough guy he is. Snotty, snide, sniveling little shit whose only notion of service is to assassinate the character of someone who has actually produced something of worth for this country. ---
**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 4, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5530 "2024-06-04T01:01:59Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I though Barron had autism The blathering idiot did at one point make some noises about vaccines, if I am very much mistaken, which might pertain to the impression that Barron was autistic getting out. Or maybe it is because Barron is a fan of Arsenal. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5531 "2024-06-04T01:12:16Z")
Not sure if there is a better place to put this: > **[Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From...](https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-cases-witnesses-financial-benefits)** > > Witnesses in the various criminal cases against the former president have gotten pay raises, new jobs and more. If any benefits were intended to influence testimony, that could be a crime. > **Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign** > > Nine witnesses in the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, and a grant of shares and cash from Trump’s media company. > > The benefits have flowed from Trump’s businesses and campaign committees, according to a ProPublica analysis of public disclosures, court records and securities filings. One campaign aide had his average monthly pay double, from $26,000 to $53,500. Another employee got a $2 million severance package barring him from voluntarily cooperating with law enforcement. And one of the campaign’s top officials had her daughter hired onto the campaign staff, where she is now the fourth-highest-paid employee. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5532 "2024-06-04T02:15:01Z")
You had me worried. You should have said **defense** witnesses. Had to read your quote, 'cause I was thinking prosecution. The recent trial didn’t have many defense witnesses. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5533 "2024-06-04T02:20:23Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > The recent trial didn’t have many defense witnesses. Yeah, funny, that! ---
**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 4, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5534 "2024-06-04T05:11:03Z")
Caitlyn Jenner is now shilling cryptocurrency to raise money for Convict Donald. > ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5535 "2024-06-04T05:16:10Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Caitlyn Jenner is now shilling cryptocurrency to raise money for Convict Donald. What the actual fuck is wrong with these people!? > **[Trump’s Plan to Police Gender](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/01/trump-lgbtq-transgender-community-protections/676139/)** > > His campaign is promising a more repressive and dangerous America. ---
**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 4, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5536 "2024-06-04T05:23:00Z")
Well, surely the leopards won’t eat her face, right? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5537 "2024-06-04T05:57:21Z")
[And we are now officially back in the Age of Barbarism.](https://www.aol.com/news/louisiana-lawmakers-approve-surgical-castration-193348070.html) > BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A person found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Louisiana could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration, in addition to prison time. > > Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval to a bill Monday that would allow judges the option to sentence someone to surgical castration after the person has been convicted of certain aggravated sex crimes — including rape, incest and molestation — against a child younger than 13. Several states, including Louisiana, currently can order such criminals to receive chemical castration, which uses medications that block testosterone production in order to decrease sex drive. However, surgical castration is a more invasive procedure. > > “This is a consequence,” Republican state Sen. Valarie Hodges said during a committee hearing on the bill in April. “It’s a step over and beyond just going to jail and getting out.” They just skipped right over branding and went straight to mutilation. ---
**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 4, 2024, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5538 "2024-06-04T06:21:03Z")
Started a thread on that topic back in April. > [@Louisiana man sentenced to castration - this can't be constitutional, can it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-man-sentenced-to-castration-this-cant-be-constitutional-can-it/1000945): > > A 54-year-old man in Louisiana has pleas guilty to raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl, and in addition to a sentence of 50 years, is to undergo physical castration by the state Department of Corrections. The article makes it clear that the castration is unlikely to actually happen - the law, which was passed in 2008, requires that it be done no sooner than the last week of his incarceration, when he would be 104 years old. Still, this just doesn’t feel legal to me - seems a clear case… ---
**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:** [June 4, 2024, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5539 "2024-06-04T06:37:32Z")
I’m still wondering about the judge in that case, @Smapti. It seems he went off book, so to speak, in issuing that sentence. The article I linked is to the state legislature now making that punishment law. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5540 "2024-06-04T06:42:29Z")
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