# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5681 "2024-06-07T22:14:27Z")

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> [@Pleonast](#):
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> It’s rather obvious: “wenge” sounds like “when gay”.

I have some colorful socks. 'Cause I like them. It’s something else besides just blue jeans. Oh, the pit… Fuck those assholes. Opps, I just said something that will ‘trigger’ them.

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**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 7, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5682 "2024-06-07T22:30:24Z")

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A Facebook shitposter who gives his name as “Fuck You” and uses a photo of GG Allin as his avatar posted a troll comment that his cousin was a Trump juror who rigged the verdict.

Fox News retweeted it as fact.

[https://meidasnews.com/news/facebooker-at-center-of-jury-controversy-calls-himself-professional-sh-tposter](https://meidasnews.com/news/facebooker-at-center-of-jury-controversy-calls-himself-professional-sh-tposter)

> <https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/1799201983309746415/photo/1>

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**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 7, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5683 "2024-06-07T22:40:11Z")

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> [@SoToasty](#):
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> > [@Sherrerd](#):
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> > (His argument: if you don’t believe in something [God], that disbelief _proves that it exists._ And he’s a guy who played Santa Claus!)
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> So if I don’t believe all republicans are stupid, does that mean they are?

In this particular case, the reality is not dependent on what anyone believes.

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**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:** [June 7, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5684 "2024-06-07T22:47:39Z")

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No offense to the fundraisers, but is Rob Schneider really that big a draw? But I’m glad he was made to leave all the same. And why did he think people from a hospital would like anti-vax stuff?

> **[Hospitals of Regina Foundation apologizes after Rob Schneider delivers...](https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/hospitals-of-regina-foundation-apologizes-as-rob-schneider-delivers-anti-vax-anti-trans-standup-set-at-fundraiser)**
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> SNL alum Rob Schneider reportedly made jokes about vaccines, the COVID-19 pandemic and LGBTQ2+ people while performing at a charity ball.

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**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 7, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5685 "2024-06-07T23:08:02Z")

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> Schneider has since starred in such Hollywood films as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, The Hot Chick, The Animal, and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.

Talk about damning with faint praise.

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**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 7, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5686 "2024-06-07T23:53:02Z")

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Followup from Mr. You;

> <https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/1799209800083152951>

Not that this has stopped Rapey McForehead and Perjury Failure Groane from running with it as fact.

> <https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1799217276866244742>

> <https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1799219056299348165>

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**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 8, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5687 "2024-06-08T00:45:56Z")

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Fox News chyron refers to South Carolina’s Nancy Mace as “Nancy Macesouth”.

[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GPgtAeOaAAAuz3E?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GPgtAeOaAAAuz3E?format=jpg&name=medium)

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**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 8, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5688 "2024-06-08T01:15:03Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> Followup

“Professional” ?

I wonder who is paying him.

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**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5689 "2024-06-08T02:15:18Z")

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> [@Pleonast](#):
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> It’s rather obvious: “wenge” sounds like “when gay”.

I will go back to my corner with my MAGA-mocking wood jokes.

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**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 8, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5690 "2024-06-08T02:32:18Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> > [@](#):
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> > Schneider has since starred in such Hollywood films as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, The Hot Chick, The Animal, and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.
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> Talk about damning with faint praise

In the immortal words of the late Roger Ebert: “Mr. Schneider, your movie sucks.”

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**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 8, 2024, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5691 "2024-06-08T08:06:17Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Taking on Dolly is like stepping on your dick while wearing golf cleats. That’s gonna leave a mark.

> <https://x.com/RepJackKimble/status/1799201026592882741>

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**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5692 "2024-06-08T09:10:23Z")

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Anyone ever wonder if Dolly’s Gospel is loving? A question that may outlive us as a species.

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**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:** [June 8, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5693 "2024-06-08T10:01:39Z")

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He left out making condoms illegal.

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5694 "2024-06-08T19:11:09Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> Noted white supremacist Paul Gosar wants the Treasury to issue a $500 bill with Convict Donald’s face on it.

Has anyone informed Mr. Gosar that only dead people appear on US money? Is he sure he wants Trump on the $500 immediately?

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5695 "2024-06-08T19:15:47Z")

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I say we hedge our bets and stick his mug on some postage stamps and coins, too.

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5696 "2024-06-08T19:16:54Z")

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> [@Sherrerd](#):
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> Perhaps out of an unfortunate tendency toward masochism, I searched ‘atheism’ and ‘Tim Allen.’
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> Yeah: dumb guy.
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> (His argument: if you don’t believe in something [God], that disbelief _proves that it exists._ And he’s a guy who played Santa Claus!)

He’s an actor, not a genius.

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**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 8, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5697 "2024-06-08T19:41:10Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> He’s an actor, not a genius.

Genius is not required in order to avoid the public proclaiming of dimwitted remarks. Ordinary, average intelligence is sufficient.

> [@Smapti](#):
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> Fox News chyron refers to South Carolina’s Nancy Mace as “Nancy Macesouth”.

\<average Fox News viewer reaction when this is pointed out\>  
Well, maybe she should just have stayed in the kitchen where she belongs and then she wouldn’t have been embarrassed by Fox News getting her name wrong!  
\</end aFNvrwtipo\>

> [@Smapti](#):
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> [x.com](https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1799217276866244742)

Empty may accidentally be on to something with her **"President Trump never had a chance of being innocent**."

I mean, possibly for a few months right after his birth, but…

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**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 8, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5698 "2024-06-08T20:21:28Z")

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There’s a heat dome over the southwest this weekend, temperatures in Las Vegas are at a record high, and dozens of people have been hospitalized with heat sickness.

So naturally Convict Donald is holding an outdoor rally for his devoted legions of mush-brained Boomers without health insurance.

> **[Trump team 'scrambling' before outdoor rally to be held in 104-degree heat:...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-rally-heat/)**
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> Donald Trump's presidential campaign is scrambling to avoid a public relations disaster with their plans to go forward with an outdoor rally on Sunday in Las Vegas where the temperature is expected to near 104 degrees.Hot on the heels of an...

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**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 8, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5699 "2024-06-08T20:25:42Z")

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Throw them water bottles.

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**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 8, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5700 "2024-06-08T21:18:19Z")

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> [@smithsb](#):
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> Throw them water bottles. -

You didn’t say to put water _in_ the bottles.

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