# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678 "2025-02-22T21:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/201 "2025-03-08T12:55:22Z")
If anyone would recognize a ‘Pimp Cane’, it would be Lauren. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/202 "2025-03-08T12:55:48Z")
The focus on DEI can also be used to retroactively alter historical records? Bonus! I’m sure other benefits will appear shortly. > **[Military to remove 'Enola Gay' photos for violating DEI rules](https://www.newsweek.com/military-remove-enola-gay-photos-dei-rules-2041029)** > > A photo of Army biologists was on a list of images to be purged, seemingly because it mentioned they were recording data about fish that included their gender. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/203 "2025-03-08T22:49:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > > > I’m trying to imagine someone getting Trump to comprehend that the Canada goose is not Canadian. > > Of course, l can’t. > > He thinks a Canada goose is what he wants to do to a porn star from Calgary. Nah. Calgary is too close to “Call Gary,” and we all know he’d never share with another guy. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/204 "2025-03-08T23:52:27Z")
> [@](#): > > [Lauren Boebert Says Al Green Waved 'Pimp Cane' at Trump](https://www.mediaite.com/tv/lauren-boebert-accuses-black-lawmaker-of-waving-pimp-cane-at-trump/) Bobo? It’s 2025, Trump is President, and Musk is throwing Nazi salutes. You can let it out, you don’t have to blow, umm… the _Black men are pimps_ dog-whistle anymore. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/205 "2025-03-08T23:59:14Z")
Is she trying to make him sound even more badass? ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/206 "2025-03-09T00:59:47Z")
Meanwhile on Fox News: short people got no reason to live [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:rrrz7ybcoecyzw6clbrheekb/bafkreietxrxhb6hvrfuxmvn5ld2u5kaizpknaatf4eovzt2zvi5jy6xc64@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:rrrz7ybcoecyzw6clbrheekb/bafkreietxrxhb6hvrfuxmvn5ld2u5kaizpknaatf4eovzt2zvi5jy6xc64@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/207 "2025-03-09T01:21:57Z")
AIUI, [**Greg Gutfeld**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Gutfeld) is about 5ft 5in tall (165cm), so I can’t categorically rule that out. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/208 "2025-03-09T02:09:37Z")
I’m a towering 5’8”, and soon shrinking. My elder sisters 5’1” and 4’11”. We’ll be seeing ya! And don’t say “if they only told us in advance!” bullshit when it happens!! 😎 ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/209 "2025-03-09T04:42:47Z")
Normal Stupid, Secretary BrainWorm Measles edition: If it wasn’t so horrific, it would be f#%&\*#g hilarious. “in an interview with Fox News this week, Kennedy endorsed an unconventional regimen of a steroid, an antibiotic and cod liver oil, praising two Texas doctors for giving it to patients. One of the doctors Kennedy championed was disciplined by the state medical board in 2003 for “unusual use of risk-filled medications,” [according to a report by CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/health/kennedy-measles-texas-doctor-treatment/index.html).” ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/210 "2025-03-09T04:49:00Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > “in an interview with Fox News this week, Kennedy endorsed an unconventional regimen of a steroid, an antibiotic and cod liver oil, praising two Texas doctors for giving it to patients. One of the doctors Kennedy championed was disciplined by the state medical board in 2003 for “unusual use of risk-filled medications,” [according to a report by CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/health/kennedy-measles-texas-doctor-treatment/index.html).” So he was suppressed by the Deep State? That gives him even _more_ cred! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/211 "2025-03-09T04:58:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Meanwhile on Fox News: short people got no reason to live > > [https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed\_fullsize/plain/did:plc:rrrz7ybcoecyzw6clbrheekb/bafkreietxrxhb6hvrfuxmvn5ld2u5kaizpknaatf4eovzt2zvi5jy6xc64@jpeg](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:rrrz7ybcoecyzw6clbrheekb/bafkreietxrxhb6hvrfuxmvn5ld2u5kaizpknaatf4eovzt2zvi5jy6xc64@jpeg) Why you no link to [The Anthem?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8UVBgUd9GE) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/212 "2025-03-09T15:17:50Z")
I topped out at 5’6" when I was in college . I haven’t checked recently, but I suspect that as I’ve aged the past few years I may have lost an inch due to developing a slump. I’m not aware that I’ve ever shown an psychopathic traits. (Although a friend is despairing of my tendency to throw out puns at the drop of a hat.) ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/213 "2025-03-09T15:21:16Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > I topped out at 5’6" when I was in college . I haven’t checked recently, but I suspect that as I’ve aged the past few years I may have lost an inch due to developing a slump. > > I’m not aware that I’ve ever shown an psychopathic traits. (Although a friend is despairing of my tendency to throw out puns at the drop of a hat.) I was 5.7 all my life. In the last 10/15 years I have lost 4 or more inches of height and now I am lucky to be 5.3. It’s madness. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/214 "2025-03-10T19:17:29Z")
Jeffrey Dahmer was 6’. Ted Bundy was also. Maybe we need to worry about people who are 6 feet tall. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/215 "2025-03-10T19:23:41Z")
Good thing I’m officially 5’11" these days. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/216 "2025-03-10T19:33:47Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Calgary is too close to “Call Gary,” and we all know he’d never share with another guy. That’s OK. He can have it all by himself. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/217 "2025-03-11T04:33:00Z")
the most _evil_ former Secretary of Labor under Clinton stands 4’11" (or maybe less now) ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/218 "2025-03-11T14:19:12Z")
[Lara Trump wants us to kiss the feet of Musk and Trump to thank them for fixing the country](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TuoL_HjhPG4). I dunno. Seems unsanitary. And just a little clueless since didn’t a mocking AI video of Trump kissing Musk’s feet get played on HUD video screens a few days ago. Unless that was Trump leading by example. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/219 "2025-03-11T22:08:03Z")
Congressman Keith Self (R-TX) deliberately misgenders Sarah McBride during a meeting he’s chairing. McBride responds by calling him “Madam Chair”. Self loses his shit and adjourns the meeting. > **["Have You No Decency?": Republican Calls Sarah McBride "Mister," Dems Erupt...](https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/have-you-no-decency-republican-calls)** > > During a meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a Republican representative, Rep. Keith Self, called transgender congresswoman the "gentleman from Delaware." Dems pushed back. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/220 "2025-03-11T22:14:37Z")
What Sarah did, identifying as a female, could soon (but probably won’t) be a felony. [https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-bill-could-charge-transgender-people-with-gender-identity-fraud-if-passed/](https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-bill-could-charge-transgender-people-with-gender-identity-fraud-if-passed/) > [HB 3817](https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB3817) would make it a state jail felony for a person to “identify” to a state agency or private employer their “biological sex as the opposite of the biological sex assigned to the person at birth.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=12)