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

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**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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> [@WolfpackJeep](#):
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> NC State House Speaker Tim Moore had an affair with a state employee (family values!); a state representative wanted an investigation, and has now been banished to the basement.  
> [Wake Democrat exiled to supply closet at NC General Assembly](https://www.wral.com/story/wake-democrat-exiled-to-supply-closet-at-nc-general-assembly/21060423/)

FYI dedicated thread here:

> [@New lows in legislatures: the NC edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-lows-in-legislatures-the-nc-edition/990547):
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> Rather than bump my [7-year-old thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-legislature-at-it-again/774772) on the topic, I figured I’d post a new one. Speaker of the North Carolina House Tim Moore got sued recently for having an affair with a married woman (yeah, NC laws are weird). A fellow legislator pressed for an investigation. How has Moore responded? He moved the legislator’s office to a closet in the basement and sent him the world’s sneeringest letter. While the letter is clever, it’s so far beyond the bounds of decorum that even my rock-bottom expecta…

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