# 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:** 334
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6661 "2024-08-02T18:02:20Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > > [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > > > No, it isn’t. > > Spam, > > > [@Chronos](#): > > > > An argument isn’t just disagreeing with everything someone says! > > spam, > > > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > > In order to argue, you have to take a contrary position. > > and spam. - It feels good to get back on the horse once in a while. Spam reported. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6662 "2024-08-02T19:42:45Z")
“Nuh uh! I know you are but what am I?” > **[Trump Rages at Media For 'Suddenly Talking About Weird': 'I'm Not Weird'](https://dailyboulder.com/trump-rages-at-media-for-media-for-suddenly-talking-about-weird-im-not-weird/)** > > Former President Donald Trump has taken aim at the media for what he describes as an abrupt focus on the term "weird" in relation to him and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio). In a podcast interview on “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,”... ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6663 "2024-08-02T19:53:20Z")
Republican who got fired by Republicans whines that successful popular Democrat never asked him for advice. > ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6664 "2024-08-02T19:55:56Z")
McCarthy: I have been the leader of the Republican Party and the Speaker. Never once did Kamala Harris ask “What are your ideas, what should we do?” Umm Kevin? If you need to be asked then you are not competently leadering. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6665 "2024-08-02T20:06:12Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > McCarthy: I have been the leader of the Republican Party and the Speaker. Never once did Kamala Harris ask “What are your ideas, what should we do?” As opposed to Trump, who routinely conferred with Nancy Pelosi to tap her decades of wisdom and experience. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6666 "2024-08-02T20:19:59Z")
From the same interview: Kamala couldn’t even be bothered to campaign in Iowa when she was running for (checks notes) Attorney General of California. > ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6667 "2024-08-02T21:23:31Z")
[Couchfucker the Misogynist blorts](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4806049-vance-trump-prisoner-swap/) _the Russians returned the prisoners hastily due to fear of an imminent re-ShitGibboning of the WH_. The gave them back because whiny diaper babyman is so macho 🙄 ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6668 "2024-08-02T21:40:32Z")
But I thought Putin was going to help trump out because they’re buddies, not because they’re afraid of him. Gosh, I can’t keep the lies straight. And neither can they! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6669 "2024-08-02T22:07:15Z")
NC gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson: Abortion is genocide and women who get them are depraved sluts Also Mark Robinson: My wife got an abortion after we were married > **[GOP candidate who called abortion 'genocide' admits his wife had one in new...](https://www.rawstory.com/mark-robinson-abortion-wife/)** > > Far-right North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson appeared to be trying to soften his absolutist stance on abortion with a new TV ad revealing his wife had the procedure, according to NBC News."Thirty years ago, my wife and I made a very... ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6670 "2024-08-02T22:15:16Z")
The stupid here appears to be the Log Cabin Republicans who think that the GOP is changing their policies about LGBTQ PEOPLE or same-sex marriages. > **[GOP’s 2024 platform: A shift on same-sex marriage or the same old stance?](https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/gop-2024-platform-shift-same-sex-marriage-rcna164517)** > > A deeper look at the Republican Party platform’s apparent softening on gay nuptials calls into question whether the GOP’s position has shifted much at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6671 "2024-08-02T22:38:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > NC gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson: Abortion is genocide and women who get them are depraved sluts > Also Mark Robinson: My wife got an abortion after we were married > > [GOP candidate who called abortion 'genocide' admits his wife had one in new TV ad](https://www.rawstory.com/mark-robinson-abortion-wife/) So his wife killed a child because she wasn’t responsible enough to keep her skirt down? \* Interesting. \*_For those who don’t live in NC and haven’t seen the commercial running on TV every 10 minutes, there is a clip of him saying that about women that get abortions_. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6672 "2024-08-02T23:11:28Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > McCarthy: I have been the leader of the Republican Party and the Speaker. Never once did Kamala Harris ask “What are your ideas, what should we do?” There just might be a very good reason for that, McCarthy. Let’s see how long it takes for you to realize what that reason is. > [@Akaj](#): > > As opposed to Trump, who routinely conferred with Nancy Pelosi to tap her decades of wisdom and experience. Well, duh. He’s a Republican, the party that is the fount of all wisdom, don’t you know. She’s a [vapors]Democrat[/vapors] > [@Smapti](#): > > From the same interview: Kamala couldn’t even be bothered to campaign in Iowa when she was running for (checks notes) Attorney General of California. Amazing, isn’t it, how the pubbies continue to put people who evidently know nothing about our government in their party’s leadership positions? > [@eschereal](#): > > [Couchfucker the Misogynist blorts](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4806049-vance-trump-prisoner-swap/) _the Russians returned the prisoners hastily due to fear of an imminent re-ShitGibboning of the WH_. The gave them back because whiny diaper babyman is so macho 🙄 He wasn’t so mach when he didn’t do anything when at least one of them (wasn’t it?) got incarcerated during his tenure. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6673 "2024-08-02T23:47:18Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > So his wife killed a child because she wasn’t responsible enough to keep her skirt down? \* - And he didn’t do anything to stop her? Doesn’t that mean he agreed with it? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6674 "2024-08-03T00:37:51Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > [Trump Rages at Media For 'Suddenly Talking About Weird': 'I'm Not Weird'](https://dailyboulder.com/trump-rages-at-media-for-media-for-suddenly-talking-about-weird-im-not-weird/) “I’m not weird,” Trump said in his weird voice, waving his weird little hands about. In his usual weird fashion, Trump then told a weird story that had no discernible point to it. What a weirdo. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6675 "2024-08-03T01:03:59Z")
Heh. So it’s clearly getting under his thin skin. Keep it up, Dems, make him blurt out his denials again and again. That will help cement the label to him. ---
**Author:** ![TheTooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@TheTooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTooth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6676 "2024-08-03T01:20:23Z")
This is like watching Kirk and Michael Ansara laugh balls of light off the Enterprise. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6677 "2024-08-03T02:17:23Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “I’m not weird,” Trump said in his weird voice, waving his weird little hands about. In his usual weird fashion, Trump then told a weird story that had no discernible point to it. It’s almost like a Doctor Seuss story. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6678 "2024-08-03T05:18:52Z")
Lyn’ Cryin’ Donald claims in a post-midnight tweet that he has agreed to debate Harris on Fox News with “a full arena audience”, and if you believe that I’ve got a bridge to sell you. > **[Trump reveals in late-night post he's agreed to debate Harris — but not on...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-reveals-in-late-night-post-hes-agreed-to-debate-harris-but-not-on-abc-new/)** > > Facing intense backlash for walking back his commitment to appear at a scheduled Sept. 10 debate on ABC, former President Donald Trump took to his app Friday night to declare he's agreed to a new debate — on a different network."I have agreed with... ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6679 "2024-08-03T05:51:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Lyn’ Cryin’ Donald From your link: > In a separate post, Trump accused Democrats of unconstitutionally — and “unceremoniously” — swapping President Joe Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris. I’m starting to get the impression he hasn’t actually read the Constitution… /s ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6680 "2024-08-03T05:53:32Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I’m starting to get the impression he hasn’t actually read the Constitution… /s _ **It wasn’t written in Sharpie. Needs more Pictures.** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=333) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=335)