# 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:** 351
**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 12, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7001 "2024-08-12T13:17:03Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > so many Black Woman, including a set of twins, that not only support him, but have the wrong number of fingers. And who are all significantly taller than his claimed 6 foot 4 height. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7002 "2024-08-12T13:33:28Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > And who are all significantly taller than his claimed 6 foot 4 height They’re all wearing high heels, very high heels, the highest heels, the best heels. ---
**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 12, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7003 "2024-08-12T14:04:17Z")
You forgot to add that they had tears in their eyelets. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7004 "2024-08-12T16:18:00Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Vance _really_ doesn’t like non-parents. Turns out he had also floated this “idea”. It’s straight-up Christian Nationalism. I recommend you listen to the second season of the _Extremely American_ podcast which talks about a church in Idaho that is creating Christian “warriors” through their expading K-12 school systems (also higher ed) and expanding “planted” churches. It’s a bit scary when the Speaker of the House is one of them, along with a potential VP of the US. They started at the local level but they are quickly moving up. > [@Monty](#): > > After all, those idiots see women as property. That podcast hammers home their insistence on the wife obeying. And yes, the head of the household does the voting for the entire family. > **[‘Extremely American’ podcast goes deep inside the Christian nationalist movement](https://www.npr.org/2024/06/20/g-s1-5062/extremely-american-podcast-goes-deep-inside-the-christian-nationalist-movement)** > > Season two of Extremely American, from Boise State Public Radio, explores how a conservative church and its allies are remaking life and politics in a small college town. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7005 "2024-08-12T16:34:18Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I recommend you listen to the second season of the _Extremely American_ podcast which talks about a church in Idaho that is creating Christian “warriors” through their expading K-12 school systems (also higher ed) and expanding “planted” churches. Unca Walt saw the danger 80 years ago. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xgehQnJYYtk/maxresdefault.jpg "Walt Disney Animated Short - Education for Death (1943) Remastered 4K 60FPS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgehQnJYYtk) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7006 "2024-08-12T16:52:37Z")
Trump/Trump’s Team on Walz’s handling of the George Floyd protests in 2024: > On Tuesday, Trump’s vice presidential pick, Senator J.D. Vance, claimed that Walz was “cheering on” rioters in Minneapolis as the city “burned.” The false statement was echoed in a press release by the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee, and the MAGA Inc. super PAC, per [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/walzs-response-2020-minnesota-riots-microscope-joins-ticket-rcna165302). House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) [wrote on X](https://x.com/stevescalisegop/status/1820821854161862714?) that Walz “let rioters burn Minneapolis to the ground in 2020,” while House GOP Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) [posted](https://x.com/EliseStefanik/status/1820812958919794794) that Walz “supported Defund the Police BLM that torched cities to the ground.” Trump on Walz’s handling of the George Floyd protests in 2020: > “I know Gov. Walz is on the phone, and we spoke, and I fully agree with the way he handled it the last couple of days,” Trump said on the June 1, 2020, call, adding that Walz was an “excellent guy.” > > “I was very happy with the last couple of days, Tim,” Trump continued. “You called up big numbers and the big numbers knocked them out so fast it was like bowling pins.” [Here’s the article](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-praised-tim-walz-george-floyd-protests-audio-1235076013/), with an audio clip of Trump praising Walz in 2020 ---
**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 12, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7007 "2024-08-12T17:00:03Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Trump/Trump’s Team on Walz’s handling of the George Floyd protests in 2024: > > > On Tuesday, Trump’s vice presidential pick, Senator J.D. Vance, claimed that Walz was “cheering on” rioters in Minneapolis as the city “burned.” The false statement was echoed in a press release by the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee, and the MAGA Inc. super PAC, per [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/walzs-response-2020-minnesota-riots-microscope-joins-ticket-rcna165302). House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) [wrote on X](https://x.com/stevescalisegop/status/1820821854161862714?) that Walz “let rioters burn Minneapolis to the ground in 2020,” while House GOP Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) [posted](https://x.com/EliseStefanik/status/1820812958919794794) that Walz “supported Defund the Police BLM that torched cities to the ground.” Meanwhile, some hard lefties I follow have slammed Walz for how hard he came down on those protestors. #JustNoPleasingSomePeople ---
**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:** [August 12, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7008 "2024-08-12T17:08:54Z")
My god, first Portland burned into a dystopian hellhole; then Minneapolis razed to the ground. I feel faint, the room spinning, won’t someone save America?? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7009 "2024-08-12T17:30:07Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > I feel faint, the room spinning, won’t someone save America?? You know, if Trump was President during the Floyd protests, those protests would have been largely peaceful instead of a dystopian nightmare that destroyed multiple cities. I’m not sure if I’m being sarcastic… ---
**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 12, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7010 "2024-08-12T19:38:12Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > I’m not sure if I’m being sarcastic… Yes, yes you are: because, _he **was** _. ---
**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 12, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7011 "2024-08-12T20:35:56Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > My god, first Portland burned into a dystopian hellhole; then Minneapolis razed to the ground. I feel faint, the room spinning, won’t someone save America?? You feel faint? Better throw a plastic cover on that couch first. 🛋☂ ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7012 "2024-08-12T20:45:14Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Cheesesteak](#): > > > > I’m not sure if I’m being sarcastic… > > Yes, yes you are: because, _he **was** _. Does he remember that? I’m waiting for him to say “If I was President during Covid, we would have stopped it in China. I had a plan that would have ended the whole thing in 2 weeks.” ---
**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 12, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7013 "2024-08-12T21:10:13Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Does he remember that? Evidence suggests that his time perception extends for about 20 minutes in total. His recent memory is around 12 minutes into the past, and his foresight is to six to eight minutes into the future. To him, what happened in 2020 is about as meaningful as pictures in a Goldenbook. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7014 "2024-08-12T23:12:11Z")
Goldfish are commonly orange. 🤔 ---
**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 12, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7015 "2024-08-12T23:24:44Z")
well, no need to be coy about it ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7016 "2024-08-12T23:39:17Z")
Just riffing on Trump’s attention span with the goldfish myth (that they forget everything every three seconds or whatever.) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7017 "2024-08-12T23:42:12Z")
iswydt ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7018 "2024-08-12T23:47:13Z")
I’ve heard that goldfish have an attention span of only three seconds. They, like Trump, are also orange. ---
**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 13, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7019 "2024-08-13T00:00:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’ve heard that goldfish have an attention span of only three seconds. Never mind that, let’s talk about goldfish. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7020 "2024-08-13T00:30:53Z")
Trump may have a memory shorter than a goldfish. [Goldfish May Have a Longer Memory Span Than Just Three Seconds](https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/goldfish-may-have-longer-memories-than-just-three-seconds) _Though these popular pets have a reputation for being short on brainpower, new research shows goldfish have memories that can last for weeks, or even months._ > However, research conducted as early as the 1960s proved that goldfish do, in fact, have much longer memories than a mere three seconds. In 1966, scientists at the University of Michigan conducted a study showing that goldfish [improved at a shock-avoidance exercise](https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.55.3.555) over the course of multiple trials and multiple days, providing early evidence of short-term memory formation. > > Since then, scientists have consistently succeeded in training goldfish on memory- and perception-related exercises, teaching them to do everything from [recognizing human faces](https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2016-06-07-fish-can-recognise-human-faces-new-research-shows) to even [driving a makeshift robotic car](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166432821005994?dgcid=author#fig0005). Their faces are both about the same color, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=350) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=352)