# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/241 "2025-03-12T16:39:53Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Either it’s actually printed in a handwriting font or it’s faked in some way. How to your handwriting is sloppy without saying your handwriting is sloppy… ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/242 "2025-03-12T16:52:29Z")
I was poking around on the (personal) facebook page of someone running for mayor. I’m always surprised at how often candidates don’t bother to clean up or lock down their personal social media pages before running for office. This guy did, there wasn’t a whole lot I could see other than some selfies and pictures of his cars. But I did find this: [![](https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5622AQH4FowYpZVC1A/feedshare-shrink_800/feedshare-shrink_800/0/1722171353249?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=00Yhj5Mhy5kHTxhp59uxTgKiJTxTHhY_7ctvzpqM5rs) ](https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5622AQH4FowYpZVC1A/feedshare-shrink_800/feedshare-shrink_800/0/1722171353249?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=00Yhj5Mhy5kHTxhp59uxTgKiJTxTHhY_7ctvzpqM5rs) It was posted a few years ago, obviously directed at Biden. I wonder how he feels about it now. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/243 "2025-03-12T16:56:53Z")
I suppose it’s fair to say Trump does put veterans before illegal aliens. Sure, he treats veterans like dirt, but the migrants wish they could be treated like dirt. ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/244 "2025-03-12T16:59:28Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > But I did find this: I don’t see any ‘this.’ Is it just me? ---
**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 12, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/245 "2025-03-12T17:44:04Z")
Just you. Fine on my elderly Chromebook with Chrome browser. Here is the link in plain text with a break after the “//”. https:// [media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5622AQH4FowYpZVC1A/feedshare-shrink\_800/feedshare-shrink\_800/0/1722171353249?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=00Yhj5Mhy5kHTxhp59uxTgKiJTxTHhY\_7ctvzpqM5rs](http://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5622AQH4FowYpZVC1A/feedshare-shrink_800/feedshare-shrink_800/0/1722171353249?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=00Yhj5Mhy5kHTxhp59uxTgKiJTxTHhY_7ctvzpqM5rs) ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/246 "2025-03-12T17:59:53Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Anybody remember this one? > [Kelly Anne Conway apologizing for advertising a product while in an official role] Nice benchmark of how far we’ve fallen / how much more real shit has gotten. ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/247 "2025-03-12T18:20:29Z")
It does not look real to me. Looks like a file photo. I would say AI but AI tends to butcher text. ---
**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 12, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/248 "2025-03-12T18:22:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > it’s faked in some way Is he a south-paw? Because that writing looks to me to have a LH slant. ---
**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 12, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/249 "2025-03-12T18:27:12Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Either it’s actually printed in a handwriting font or it’s faked in some way. Looks to me like it was just written by someone with very neat, legible handwriting. If it’s fake, there’s a whole lot of news outlets posting it. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/250 "2025-03-12T18:50:30Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > If it’s fake, there’s a whole lot of news outlets posting it. Probably just those “Fake News” places I’ve heard so much about. ---
**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 12, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/251 "2025-03-12T19:34:04Z")
My handwriting is better than that. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/252 "2025-03-12T19:59:10Z")
Can’t be Trump, hand’s too normal-sized. Case closed. ---
**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 12, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/253 "2025-03-12T21:15:42Z")
I was looking for this scene a specific scene from It’s Always Sunny but I couldn’t find it was going to post [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Ew6K0W3RY) instead. But I ended up finding it, and oddly enough, with Trump (and Hillary) superimposed over the top of Uncle Jack and Dee. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/u3PNCEXC-BM/maxresdefault.jpg "Donald Trump Defends His Small Hands in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3PNCEXC-BM) ---
**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 12, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/254 "2025-03-12T21:18:53Z")
Also, did I’m pretty sure Trump just told people, on the campaign trail, that he has a big dick. Didn’t Stormy say otherwise, while under oath? ---
**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 13, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/255 "2025-03-13T01:28:03Z")
Hegseth wants to rescind the military’s ban on beards, because Real Warfighters know that looking like a Big Manly Man is more important than preventing the spread of lice or being able to wear a gasmask. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eeitvtxcbjt3vmljqfmwzahz/bafkreiggns3w7rfee7ntpckyafv4dygc4doxby6dz6gkxps2p62al7yk4e@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eeitvtxcbjt3vmljqfmwzahz/bafkreiggns3w7rfee7ntpckyafv4dygc4doxby6dz6gkxps2p62al7yk4e@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/256 "2025-03-13T01:31:37Z")
maybe he can rescind the requirements to be physically fit, or able to shoot straight. Because “standards” sound like libtalk. No one’s gonna judge me, baby! ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/257 "2025-03-13T05:16:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Those “handwritten” notes look way too perfect. Either it’s actually printed in a handwriting font or it’s faked in some way. Queue 90s trope, “I can tell by the pixels”… but I agree. That’s a fake. Also I doubt trump can spell that well. ---
**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 13, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/258 "2025-03-13T05:48:07Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I agree. That’s a fake. The article credits the photo to a named photographer who works for Getty and is a member of the White House Correspondents’ Association, so that seems like a pretty tall allegation to me. > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump holding a handwritten list of Tesla options. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images > **[Andrew Harnik | White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA)](https://whca.press/officer/andrew-harnik/)** > > Born and raised in the Washington, DC area, Andrew Harnik worked as a newspaper and magazine photojournalist starting in 2003 and then joined the Associated Press in 2015. After nine years with AP, he recently joined Getty Images. Andrew has been... ---
**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 13, 2025, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/259 "2025-03-13T07:10:00Z")
Even CNN is using the photo. > **[Tesla shares climb as Trump shows off a line of the vehicles in front of the...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/business/tesla-stock-trump-white-house/index.html)** > > It was almost an extraordinary scene in front of the White House. As Tesla shares have been tanking since the year began, President Donald Trump held remarks outside of the White House with the company’s CEO and Department of Government Efficiency... I’m sure the photo is real, but that note almost surely wasn’t written by him. Here are some other photos showing previous times Trump has held notes supposedly written in his own handwriting. [![](https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2019/05/23/USAT/6e1ee485-3c0d-405b-b77b-190b94114f20-EPA_USA_GOVERNMENT_TRUMP_PELOSI_INVESTIGATION.JPG) ](https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2019/05/23/USAT/6e1ee485-3c0d-405b-b77b-190b94114f20-EPA_USA_GOVERNMENT_TRUMP_PELOSI_INVESTIGATION.JPG) [![](https://imengine.prod.srp.navigacloud.com/?uuid=B722D166-6A3D-45D4-990A-1A910D20C370&type=primary&q=75&width=1024) ](https://imengine.prod.srp.navigacloud.com/?uuid=B722D166-6A3D-45D4-990A-1A910D20C370&type=primary&q=75&width=1024) [![](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SEC_206480737-900b.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646) ](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SEC_206480737-900b.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646) [![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/mt/politics/assets_c/2011/04/Trump%20to%20Vanity%20Fair-thumb-600x763-48668.jpg) ](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/mt/politics/assets_c/2011/04/Trump%20to%20Vanity%20Fair-thumb-600x763-48668.jpg) They all show consistent handwriting. Look at the weird way the Ps and Ds are written. There are a lot of capital Ms in the Tesla note that don’t match the way Ms are written in any of the previous photos. Anyway, I’m guessing someone wrote that note for Trump with prices and features. ---
**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 13, 2025, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/260 "2025-03-13T07:19:30Z")
We mustn’t judge too harshly, Will. It was his first time as a car salesman. It wasn’t planned. It was sloppy. Trump didn’t have his morning covfefe because, COVFEFE IS FOR CLOSERS! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=14)