# 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:** 348
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6941 "2024-08-09T23:45:39Z")
That’s going to replace the frying egg in the next “This is your brain on drugs!” PSA. ---
**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 10, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6942 "2024-08-10T00:27:55Z")
How many more accufessions can he issue before he realizes what he is doing? ---
**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 10, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6943 "2024-08-10T00:52:23Z")
Lyin’ Cryin’ Donald wants to sue the New York Times for reporting that he wasn’t in a helicopter crash that never happened with a man who says they’ve never met, because he’s either too stubborn or too dementia-addled to admit he got Willie Brown confused with Jerry Brown and that he’s scared shitless of riding in a helicopter. > **[Trump threatens to sue New York Times for debunking helicopter story in...](https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-helicopter/)** > > Former President Donald Trump doubled down on his assertion that he was in a near-helicopter crash with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, calling The New York Times and threatening to sue over their coverage of his news conference, in which he... ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6944 "2024-08-10T02:02:52Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Weird Republican news of the day: they’re trying to suggest that Tim Walz likes to blow horses. No, I’m not making this up. I feel like it’s too vulgar for P&E. - As usual, every accusation is a confession, right? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6945 "2024-08-10T02:46:54Z")
Also, the “hand shake to a hug” thing seemed to me to be an obvious bit of satire, \*initiated by his wife. \* It’s like they’ve never see actual people interact. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6946 "2024-08-10T02:57:15Z")
“We have the flight records of the helicopter,” that it landed in “a field,” and that he is “probably going to sue” the news outlet for suggesting otherwise. Well, then, it should be trivial to produce them, shouldn’t it? We need to start a #PutUpOrShutUpTrump hash tag. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6947 "2024-08-10T03:02:20Z")
More likely: “We have flight records of some helicopter that landed in a field somewhere. " ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6948 "2024-08-10T03:06:54Z")
He’s tripling down. > **[Trump targets 'failing' NYT reporters on his app after debunk of his...](https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-helicopter-2668939188/)** > > Former President Donald Trump attacked the New York Times and two of its "failing" reporters on his app after the newspaper fact-checked a story he shared at a rally this week that he nearly died in a helicopter crash with former San Francisco Mayor... > [@](#): > > First of all, it was in New Jersey, not California, and it was Willie Brown, not former Governor Jerry Brown," he said. “So far they are about as accurate as they are with their other stories about me.” > > In an article dated April 15, 2011, 'His Willieness dishes about his good buddy Donald Trump. I remember one time Trump sent his private jet to Boston to pick me up. He’s just angling for another ride in Trump’s jet (helicopter!). But now Willie doesn’t remember? No, he remembers!" > > In a separate post, Trump wrote: “In the FAKE NEWS story done by the Failing New York Times on Willie Brown and his little helicopter ride with me many years ago, there were ‘Logs,’ Maintenance Records, and Witnesses. There was also a story on ‘Willie and Me.’” Who’s got an NYT subscription and wants to find the article from 2011 called “Willie and Me”, about the then-77-year old former mayor of San Francisco riding Trump’s jet-helicopter to Boston by way of New Jersey, which definitely exists and isn’t a product of his latest fever dream? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6949 "2024-08-10T03:08:55Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Lyin’ Cryin’ Donald wants to sue the New York Times for reporting that he wasn’t in a helicopter crash that never happened with a man who says they’ve never met, because he’s either too stubborn or too dementia-addled to admit he got Willie Brown confused with Jerry Brown and that he’s scared shitless of riding in a helicopter. When the only tool you have is a lawyer, everything looks like a lawsuit. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6950 "2024-08-10T03:11:19Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > More likely: “We have flight records of some helicopter that landed in a field somewhere. " “Many people are saying that they’ve never seen anything like it. A helicopter landing in a field, imagine that. And there’s never been a more perfect landing, I can tell you. And when I got out, people were coming up to me with tears in their eyes, telling me what a perfect landing it was.” ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6951 "2024-08-10T03:20:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > When the only tool you have is a lawyer, everything looks like a lawsuit. Of course, all of his lawyers are tools when it comes to Trump. ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6952 "2024-08-10T03:32:06Z")
I don’t have an NYT subscription, but I used the search page on their website to find articles from 4/15/2011 that mention Donald Trump and Willie Brown. There are three articles that mention Trump - “Tea Party Groups Celebrate Tax Day With Big Republicans”, “The New York Cosmos Want To Take the Field Again”, and “The Early Word: Looking Ahead”. None of them mention Brown and none seem to be about helicopter crashes. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6953 "2024-08-10T03:41:21Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Do you have something blocking them in your browser maybe? I don’t have a twitter account and they’re displayed in, and playable from, Smapti’s posts. If you have uBlock Origin or something similar, you may need to disable it. I have UBlock Origin but have it disable for this site because, IIRC, it was causing issues with things like that. > > You could also try copying the thread’s URL and opening it in a different browser. I failed to make myself clear. I refuse to click on Twitter. Although I have a passing interest in viewing the clips, unless they’re posted somewhere that they can be viewed without getting directed to Twitter, I’m SOL. > [@Leaper](#): > > Judging by the use of “refuse,” I assume in this case it’s a moral thing to not give Elon Musk money. Well, perhaps I didn’t _utterly_ fail to make myself clear. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6954 "2024-08-10T03:51:59Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I don’t have an NYT subscription, but I used the search page on their website to find articles from 4/15/2011 that mention Donald Trump and Willie Brown. > > There are three articles that mention Trump - “Tea Party Groups Celebrate Tax Day With Big Republicans”, “The New York Cosmos Want To Take the Field Again”, and “The Early Word: Looking Ahead”. > > None of them mention Brown and none seem to be about helicopter crashes. Well, of those three, one contains the word “field,” and one mentions “Early Word,” which _could_ be a typo for “Whirlybird.” /s ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6955 "2024-08-10T03:55:34Z")
> [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_n5E7feJHw0/hqdefault.jpg "laugh harder") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n5E7feJHw0) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6956 "2024-08-10T06:16:02Z")
> [@from Smapti's post quoting Donald Trump](#): > > In an article dated April 15, 2011, 'His Willieness dishes about his good buddy Donald Trump. I remember one time Trump sent his private jet to Boston to pick me up. He’s just angling for another ride in Trump’s jet (helicopter!). But now Willie doesn’t remember? No, he remembers!" Just trying to parse those sentences is a nightmare. He apparently wrote this while he was waiting on his plane to be fixed so he could get to Montana and seems so pissed about it that he was more incoherent than usual. He wasn’t even talking about a NY Times article (even though he was just talking about the NYT). The article he is talking about is from the San Francisco Appeal. It does give _some_ clarity to that mess of words. [Willie Brown Loves Donald Trump, Which Shouldn’t Surprise You | SF Appeal: San Francisco’s Online Newspaper (archive.org)](https://web.archive.org/web/20201022185114/sfappeal.com/2011/04/da-mayor-loves-da-donald/) ---
**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 10, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6957 "2024-08-10T06:39:31Z")
Not that that explains anything unless Trump is trying to say that he has a bunch of priceless paintings hanging on the walls of his helicopter. I’m going to assume he just told one of his toadies “Find me an article where Willie Brown said nice things about me” and figured nobody would dig any deeper than that. Meanwhile, Jesse Ventura has just pulled off the biggest face turn since the Undertaker stopped Jake Roberts from ruining Macho Man’s wedding; > ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6958 "2024-08-10T06:43:48Z")
And hell, I can’t even keep track of all the occasions I’ve mistaken the _SF Appeal_ for the _NY Times_. ---
**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 10, 2024, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6959 "2024-08-10T06:49:48Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > He apparently wrote this while he was waiting on his plane to be fixed so he could get to Montana He was _in_ Montana while his plane was getting fixed. In fact, he was less than 150 miles from where he was going: his team could have driven him there in about an hour and a half. ---
**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 10, 2024, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6960 "2024-08-10T06:56:40Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > In fact, he was less than 150 miles from where he was going: his team could have driven him there in about an hour and a half. But then he wouldn’t be able to get the hell out of Montana as quickly as possible afterward. This is a man who can’t stand to sleep in a building that doesn’t have his name on it, and I don’t think there’s a Trump International Bozeman just yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=347) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=349)