# 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")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**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 24, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/781 "2023-08-24T14:55:25Z")

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> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> Now **that** would have been appropriate.

Wingdings, surely.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/782 "2023-08-24T15:50:33Z")

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nevermind, made and error

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**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 24, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/783 "2023-08-24T16:37:06Z")

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> [@Horatius](#):
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> Wingdings, surely.

Is Zapf Dingbats still a thing?

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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:** [August 24, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/784 "2023-08-24T17:20:51Z")

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Well, lots of those anemojies, at least

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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:** [August 24, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/785 "2023-08-24T18:24:21Z")

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Just saw a screengrab of a socialblurb site posting,

> [@\_-\_DAntifa\_-\_](#):
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> > [@DJTJunior](#):
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> > They violated my father’s due process rights, tainted the Grand Jury, and then lied through their teeth about it.
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> Shut up and go mow your mom.
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> \< image of Ivana’s unkempt grave \>

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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:** [August 24, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/786 "2023-08-24T19:44:13Z")

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That’s pretty harsh.

Hilarious, but harsh.

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**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:** [August 24, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/787 "2023-08-24T20:11:52Z")

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That’s spectacular.

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**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/788 "2023-08-25T12:59:48Z")

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> **[MTG Photoshops Herself Into Fulton County Mugshot](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-fulton-county-mugshot-photoshop-1234812139/)**
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> Sycophants of the former president are making #MAGAMugshots in solidarity with Donald Trump

Maybe someday we’ll see a real one.

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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:** [August 25, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/789 "2023-08-25T20:00:11Z")

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The xweet I saw by her ended with the line “Persecution, not prosecution”, which made me think, yeah, a lot of us would be down with that.

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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:** [August 25, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/790 "2023-08-25T22:43:08Z")

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The maga cult is starting to get weird.

> <https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1695180978765926445>

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**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:** [August 25, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/791 "2023-08-25T22:58:26Z")

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Good and hard. Like a little hard mushroom. Little, but hard. A hard little mushroom of a… man.

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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:** [August 25, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/792 "2023-08-25T23:03:51Z")

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Tiny fists clenched, ready for a fight. (If only his bone spurs would let him).

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/793 "2023-08-25T23:19:49Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> The maga cult is starting to get weird.

Well, I just threw up in my mouth a little…

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**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/794 "2023-08-26T00:37:28Z")

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And what about the inevitable John McNaughton painting inspired by this spectacle?

🤮

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/795 "2023-08-26T00:49:44Z")

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Sneering jail-trump airbrushed on black velvet, anyone? Maybe airbrushed on the side of a panel van with mag wheels, Captain’s chairs, and a very bright paintjob?

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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:** [August 26, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/796 "2023-08-26T00:54:25Z")

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The “Rich Men North of Richmond” guy says that the Republican politicians embracing the song are the same people the song is attacking.

> **[Oliver Anthony says he 'hates' seeing his song 'Rich Men North of Richmond'...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/25/entertainment/oliver-anthony-song-response/index.html)**
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> Oliver Anthony is continuing to make his voice heard after becoming an overnight sensation thanks to his viral working-class anthem, “Rich Men North of Richmond.”

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**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/797 "2023-08-26T01:03:15Z")

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“I say this with an unblemished record of heterosexuality”

He said before a clearly homoerotic fantasy about an orange guy with what looks like a dead animal on his head. I guess it takes all kinds.

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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:** [August 26, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/798 "2023-08-26T02:55:14Z")

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Distort D’Newsa is getting in on the thirst train too.

> <https://twitter.com/JoshuaPHilll/status/1695141385068806601>

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**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 26, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/799 "2023-08-26T07:40:02Z")

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The Magat felons culture club: [D’Souza’s mugshot](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Dinesh_D%27Souza_booking_photo.jpg)

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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:** [August 26, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/800 "2023-08-26T12:21:02Z")

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Does he know Tupac went to jail?

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