# 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:** 5
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/81 "2023-07-11T03:13:41Z")
…of the door. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/82 "2023-07-11T12:30:48Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > the leopards are starting to injure other body parts The leopards know that balls taste best when they’ve been properly tenderized first. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/83 "2023-07-11T17:25:26Z")
I still think _requiring_ firearms for all attendees at all Reactionary Wacko Traitor party meetings and rallies would be an excellent start. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/84 "2023-07-12T00:46:35Z")
[Fuck Abbott](https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/09/us/texas-marine-floating-barriers-migrants/index.html) and his fucking “floating border wall”, which is designed to ensnare and drown people trying to cross. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/85 "2023-07-12T03:22:36Z")
What about his new law requiring hospitals to report a patient’s immigration status? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/86 "2023-07-12T05:55:53Z")
The MN Republican party has a grand total of $53.81 in its bank account. > **[State GOP party has just $53 in the bank with $334,000 in debt: FEC filing](https://www.rawstory.com/minnesota-gop/)** > > Minnesota has not voted Republican in a presidential contest in over 50 years — the longest any state in the entire country has gone without doing so. But the GOP has still managed to elect a number of noteworthy Republicans from the state, from Rep.... ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/87 "2023-07-12T22:55:56Z")
Matt Gaetz (R-Stupid) would rather admit Russia to NATO instead of Ukraine: > **[Matt Gaetz would rather have Russia than Ukraine in NATO](https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-would-rather-have-russia-ukraine-nato-1812588)** > > "Why would you pick Ukraine? Why not extend NATO to Russia and make it an anti-China alliance?" the GOP congressman said. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/88 "2023-07-12T22:59:57Z")
Why am I having flashbacks to post WWII anti communists (well into the 80s) saying ‘We should have sided with Germany and defeated the real threat RUSSIA.’ ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/89 "2023-07-12T23:18:30Z")
The disturbing thing is the number of Reactioanary Wacko Traitor party adherents that heard what Gaetz said and nodded in agreement. Or toasted the TV with their beer. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/90 "2023-07-12T23:48:41Z")
Don’t you mean vodka? ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/91 "2023-07-13T00:01:59Z")
"Baltika, it won’t make you trans like American ~~beer~~ piss water!’ [![](https://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/784857/24444554/1393610935923/all+glass+2.jpg) ](https://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/784857/24444554/1393610935923/all+glass+2.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/92 "2023-07-13T00:02:30Z")
Not really a new idea, but the sentient piece of excrement that calls itself Mike Pence wants to “err on the side of life,” even when there’s no chance of life. > **[Pence would ban abortions when pregnancies aren't viable. His GOP rivals...](https://apnews.com/article/mike-pence-abortion-views-2024-election-e5b236c27bc9c86f77efedbeedb26520)** > > Former Vice President Mike Pence is leaning in on his anti-abortion stance as he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/93 "2023-07-13T01:17:47Z")
[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-director-set-field-questions-politicization-capitol-hill/story?id=101097485](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-director-set-field-questions-politicization-capitol-hill/story?id=101097485) I’m not sure there is a politician who bugs me more than Jim Jordan. Today, he took aim at the FBI’s Christopher Wray, a Trump-appointed Republican, accusing him of, among other things, misuse of resources for political purposes. The irony, of course, is that this is exactly what Jordan is doing, as he tries desperately to protect Trump (and perhaps himself) at all costs, even threatening to defund the FBI. To his credit, Wray mentioned how many criminals, including child predators, that the FBI has put away over the last year. Yes, let’s defund an agency that catches child predators, all to protect a crook. When Jack Smith eventually starts charging people in regard to 1/6, I sure hope Jordan becomes a defendant. Of course, Jordan wasn’t the only clown in the car at today’s hearing. From CNN: > Gaetz and Wray got into a heated exchange after the Florida Republican alleged that the bureau has “the lowest level of trust in the FBI’s history.” > > “People trusted the FBI more when J. Edgar Hoover was running the place than when you are, and the reason is because you don’t give straight answers,” Gaetz said. > > “Respectfully congressman, in your home state of Florida, the number of people applying to come work for us and devote their lives working for us is over up over 100%,” Wray responded. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/94 "2023-07-13T01:27:17Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > To his credit, Wray mentioned how many criminals, including child predators, that the FBI has put away over the last year. Yes, let’s defund an agency that catches child predators To be fair to Jim Jordan, Wray and the FBI catching child predators and their enablers is a pretty good reason for Jim Jordan to not like him. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/95 "2023-07-13T01:28:14Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > Yes, let’s defund an agency that catches child predators, all to protect a crook. “Making it harder to catch child predators” is 100% an unstated plank in the Republican platform. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/96 "2023-07-13T01:38:54Z")
They’re _always_ thinking of the children! Constantly! Isn’t that a mark of character? ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/97 "2023-07-13T06:28:17Z")
_A_ character, anyway, ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/98 "2023-07-13T06:31:37Z")
Captain Oveur? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/99 "2023-07-13T06:42:26Z")
Didn’t these people ever play _Risk_ as a kid? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/100 "2023-07-14T00:11:06Z")
Eli Crane (KKK-AZ) refers to African-Americans as “colored people” on the House floor. > [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=6)