# 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:** 289
**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 10, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5761 "2024-06-10T20:52:58Z")
Alina Habba claims that when she was a child the only food her family could afford was peanuts and Coca-Cola and that was what she survived on. > **['I really can't be fact-checked': Alina Habba doubles down on bizarre...](https://www.rawstory.com/alina-habba-childhood-claim/)** > > Alina Habba, Donald Trump's attorney and spokeswoman, doubled down on a previous claim that she had to "survive" on peanuts and Coca-Cola as a child.Habba's remarks went viral over the weekend after she told the story at Turning Point USA's Young... ---
**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 10, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5762 "2024-06-10T20:56:35Z")
Who’da guessed that Alina Habba was from Yorkshire? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5763 "2024-06-10T20:57:14Z")
Coke was the cheapest cola her parents could find? ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5764 "2024-06-10T21:00:19Z")
Annd reading the story, > “My first home when I was born was across the street from a McDonald’s,” Habba explained, “and my father used to take the money that he could have and got a Coke and a pack of peanuts every day so that we could survive.” exactly which McDonald’s sells packs of peanuts??? ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5765 "2024-06-10T21:02:16Z")
Is she Charlie Bucket? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5766 "2024-06-10T21:03:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Alina Habba claims that when she was a child the only food her family could afford was peanuts and Coca-Cola and that was what she survived on. You mean “[Alina Saad Habba (born March 25, 1984)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_Habba)”? Yeah, Reagan and Bush the Elder sure did make a mess of the economy… ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5767 "2024-06-10T21:10:57Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > This reminds me of Stephen King’s Firestarter. Trump in the kitchen wearing Melanie’s underwear, switching on the garbage disposal, rolling up his sleeve… ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5768 "2024-06-10T21:12:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Alina Habba claims that when she was a child the only food her family could afford was peanuts and Coca-Cola and that was what she survived on. That’s nothing: > Ear-Bending Cellmate: …and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand. > H.I.: You ate what? > Ear-Bending Cellmate: We ate sand. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5769 "2024-06-10T21:13:00Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > “[Alina Saad Habba (born March 25, 1984)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_Habba)”? Her Dad’s a doctor. Yes, her folks emigrated from Iraq, but that was before she was born. Somehow, I doubt if the family was coke-and-peanuts poor when Alina was a kid. But I can’t fact-check it. ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5770 "2024-06-10T21:16:33Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > But I can’t fact-check it. She has a reputation for being a disgusting, lying [redacted], so there really is no need to fact-check it. It is utter bullshit. The burden of proof is on her. And, if that was her childhood diet, she would be much more severely damaged than she seems to be. ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5771 "2024-06-10T21:21:34Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > What, he thinks buoyancy wears out? He thinks buoyancy is a nervous Black man. ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5772 "2024-06-10T21:22:24Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Yes, her folks emigrated from Iraq, but that was before she was born. Somehow, I doubt if the family was coke-and-peanuts poor when Alina was a kid. Somehow I’m doubting that Coke and peanuts is a thing in Iraq . . . I sure as fuck know it ain’t a thing in New Jersey where she and I were born (Summit, New Jersey a stones throw where I lived, almost, my entire life). ---
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5773 "2024-06-10T21:34:02Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Somehow I’m doubting that Coke and peanuts is a thing in Iraq She was born after her parents emigrated. But it’s not a thing in NJ, as you can attest. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5774 "2024-06-10T21:45:29Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > That’s nothing: > > > Ear-Bending Cellmate: …and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand. > > H.I.: You ate what? > > Ear-Bending Cellmate: We ate sand. Sand? You were lucky. We used to dream of eating sand. All we had was a cup of tea. Cup of cold tea. Without cream or sugar. OR tea! In a filthy cracked cup and all. This was back when there were a hundred and sixty of us living in a small shoebox in the middle owt road. ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5775 "2024-06-10T21:50:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Found on Craigslist; > > "Looking for someone to attend the Trump rally on Sunday. It would be a marketing promo so we would ask you to wear a shirt of the brand and also carry a sign. Bonus payment ($50) if you end up on broadcast! > > Picking up shirts / signs + attending event estimated at a total of 3-4 hours of work. $75 flat payment + $50 potential bonus." I hate to say it, but there’s no indication that this is to advertise trump. It sounds more like a promotion for Red Bull or a local business or whatever. They’d have no reason to pay more if the wearer ending up up on TV is wearing a MAGA shirt because most of the crowd is going to end up on TV and most will already be wearing a MAGA shirt and hat. ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5776 "2024-06-10T21:52:50Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Of course you do, Donny. Just like, can we nuke hurricanes, inject bleach or shove a UV light up our ass, put alligators in a moat in front of The Wall, and so on? Don’t forget to sweep the trees. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5777 "2024-06-10T21:53:12Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > All we had was a cup of tea. Cup of cold tea. Without cream or sugar. OR tea! In a filthy cracked cup and all. You had tea? Luxury! All I got was ditch water and some old leaves. ---
**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 10, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5778 "2024-06-10T22:00:17Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > All I got was ditch water **Colonel “Bat” Guano** : You’re gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company for that defamatory statement! ---
**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 10, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5779 "2024-06-10T22:21:11Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > > [@Rebo](#): > > > > [Trump quote] I said I think it’s a good question. > > Of course you do, Donny. Just like, can we nuke hurricanes, inject bleach or shove a UV light up our ass, put alligators in a moat in front of The Wall, and so on? > > “Nobody’s ever thought of that, before!” Or drop a huge water balloon onto a burning 700-year old cathedral… ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5780 "2024-06-10T22:24:58Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Somehow I’m doubting that Coke and peanuts is a thing in Iraq . . Well, yeah. Most of the Middle East prefers Pepsi. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=288) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=290)