# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3)

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/121 "2023-07-15T18:08:33Z")

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> [@Monty](#):
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> Aren’t we all naked under our clothes?

Not to mention cute little doggies and pussy cats under their fur. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DpLYHKzqbE&ab\_channel=MuppetShowSkits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DpLYHKzqbE&ab_channel=MuppetShowSkits) (one of my favorite clips from that show)

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**Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/122 "2023-07-16T03:50:23Z")

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I am so old, when I read about this shit, I hear the voice of Barbara Woodhouse calling, “_Wokies!_”

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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:** [July 16, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/123 "2023-07-16T06:34:59Z")

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Loser Donald is suddenly ranting on Twooth Social about why isn’t Biden being charged under the Insurrection Act, which, knowing Donald, means he’s just been informed that he’s about to be charged under the Insurrection Act.

[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1HRWlsWAAALFnS?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1HRWlsWAAALFnS?format=jpg&name=small)

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**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 16, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/124 "2023-07-16T09:18:20Z")

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I just saw this a few moments ago on Twitter with the caption, “Can you spot the Freudian slip?”

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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:** [July 16, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/125 "2023-07-16T11:41:40Z")

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He’s like an Indictment Groundhog.

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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:** [July 16, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/126 "2023-07-16T14:27:26Z")

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Was there even a hint of truthiness in there? I’m struggling. Matters not, maganuts are bobbing up and down in unison. **OWN THE LIBS**  **™**

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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:** [July 16, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/127 "2023-07-16T15:53:07Z")

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> [@smithsb](#):
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> Matters not, maganuts are bobbing up and down in unison. **OWN THE LIBS**  **™**

I’m having a weird flash of a right-wing version of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, with Trump as Wonka and lots of MAGA-loompas.

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**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/128 "2023-07-16T15:59:34Z")

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He needs some kind of nanny software:

[![](https://images.dailykos.com/images/1196784/large/Clippy_TrumpIndictmentMeltdown.jpg) ](https://images.dailykos.com/images/1196784/large/Clippy_TrumpIndictmentMeltdown.jpg)

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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:** [July 16, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/129 "2023-07-16T19:20:22Z")

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> [@Love\_Rhombus](#):
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> and lots of MAGA-loompas.

Not often I get a genuine full-sized laugh out of a 'Dope post, but you did it. That was great! Thank you.

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/130 "2023-07-17T01:01:07Z")

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Thank-you, that was beautiful.

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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:** [July 17, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/131 "2023-07-17T23:03:50Z")

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Eating their own, hedging bets, pandering … you know, the usual:

> **[As Trump Feuds With Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, DeSantis Sucks Up to Her](https://jezebel.com/as-trump-feuds-with-iowa-gov-kim-reynolds-desantis-sp-1850647100)**
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> Trump is fuming that Reynolds won't endorse him in the GOP presidential primary, and DeSantis has swooped in with flattery in hopes of reviving his campaign.

If these three were in a lifeboat and you could only save one; who would it be?

I throw them an anchor - from 100 feet up

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**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/132 "2023-07-17T23:15:32Z")

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> [@smithsb](#):
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> If these three were in a lifeboat and you could only save one; who would it be?

The lifeboat.

Dan

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/133 "2023-07-17T23:24:37Z")

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I was thinking that I’d save the shark.

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/134 "2023-07-18T00:19:23Z")

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Loser Donald’s plan to help ranchers whose access to grazing land would be blocked by WALL was to have firetrucks set up ladders so the cows could climb up and over.

> **[Trump pushed 'incandescently stupid' plan to send cattle over his border...](https://www.rawstory.com/trumps-border-wall-2662290051/)**
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> Former Trump White House staffer Miles Taylor claims in his new book that the former president was willing to go to extreme lengths to make sure that his beloved wall on the U.S.-Mexico border had no doors.As Newsweek reports, Taylor writes that...

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/135 "2023-07-18T00:24:33Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> Loser Donald’s plan to help ranchers whose access to grazing land would be blocked by WALL was to have firetrucks set up ladders so the cows could climb up and over. -
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> [Trump pushed 'incandescently stupid' plan to send cattle over his border wall: former staffer](https://www.rawstory.com/trumps-border-wall-2662290051/)

How about giant trampolines so they can bounce over?

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/136 "2023-07-18T00:29:27Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> Loser Donald’s plan to help ranchers whose access to grazing land would be blocked by WALL was to have firetrucks set up ladders so the cows could climb up and over.

What a _stile_-ish idea.

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/137 "2023-07-18T00:52:10Z")

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It’s times like this where I’m convinced the entire world is trolling me.

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/138 "2023-07-18T01:08:30Z")

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[![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c4a4694-e735-4738-be61-1d605b5051e5_838x1196.png) ](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c4a4694-e735-4738-be61-1d605b5051e5_838x1196.png)

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/139 "2023-07-18T01:34:27Z")

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trebuchets

not many threads you can just waltz in and say ‘trebuchets’ without causing much consternation

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/140 "2023-07-18T01:57:46Z")

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Cow flinging was treated in an episode of Northern Exposure.

> **["Northern Exposure" Burning Down the House (TV Episode 1992) ⭐ 8.6 | Comedy,...](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0662330/)**
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> 46m | TV-PG

Spoiler: They wound up flinging an old upright piano.

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