# 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:** 133
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2641 "2025-12-26T00:27:51Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I thought that the GOP leaders in Kansas were idiots. This guy makes them look almost normal. Back in the golden age of AOL chatrooms, I knew a guy from Indiana who told me that it was the Alabama of the north. I wasn’t quite sure what he meant then, but I think I get it now. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2642 "2025-12-26T00:59:43Z")
After reading the few posts just above, I’m now convinced these particular Republicans do not give present to their children on Christmas day. No doubt they have an interesting schedule for that day. 1. Talking about how the Jewish society circa 2000 years ago had their priorities in order when condemning Mary for being pregnant sans a husband. 2. Herod, being the head of state and thus protected by executive immunity, not only was not wrong, but could not be wrong when he ordered his soldiers to kill all boys under the age of two. 3. His soldiers also were not wrong for just following orders. 4. Jesus, being the newborn king, of course deserved the homage from the Magi and all that money they gave him. (You know the 'pubbies don’t care about the other two things, foppish\* as they are.) (\*I’m channeling the 'pubblies here; this is not what I think nor words I would use.) 5. All that woke nonsense in the New Testament was put in there by the Jews and thus must be ignored. 6. The Grinch and Scrooge are sorely misunderstood. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2643 "2025-12-26T01:03:15Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > After reading the few posts just above, I’m now convinced these particular Republicans do not give present to their children on Christmas day. No, but they think a lump of coal is what kids get when they’re _good_. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2644 "2025-12-26T01:11:13Z")
Ground into a powder and then blown into their lungs, of course. Because it’s our God-given right to die of black lung disease! ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2645 "2025-12-26T01:15:59Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > No, but they think a lump of coal is what kids get when they’re _good_. > **[Trump jokes about Santa giving a child 'clean, beautiful coal' for Christmas](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-clean-coal-norad-santa-tracker-calls-children-christmas-eve-rcna250897)** > > Trump and the first lady spoke with children across the U.S. as part of an annual event in which the NORAD "tracks" Santa as he delivers presents. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2646 "2025-12-26T04:59:04Z")
Tell me you’ve never handled coal without saying you’ve never handled coal. ---
**Author:** ![Ancient\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2647 "2025-12-26T08:30:53Z")
Will the really good stuff still get your hands dirty? ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2648 "2025-12-26T13:04:02Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Ahhhh. “It was just a joke.” Fuck you. Let’s not allow it to be a joke. Every time the right mentions anything about the ‘war on christmas’, that tweet needs to be reposted. People need to know that those complaining the loudest about the war on christmas are also the ones waging it. It’s like the Christmas version of Katie Hopkins tweet: [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fp8StaAWcAQgoCl.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fp8StaAWcAQgoCl.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2649 "2025-12-26T20:50:35Z")
Imagine being descended from shtetl refugees and showing your kids a TV special featuring two first-generation Americans whose parents came to this country fleeing poverty and political strife, and your takeaway being “America shouldn’t have immigrants”. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rjr6nfdzrfngjgc34jjyty6a/bafkreibrypqlwpjtdtmchju2qcd5xgfl5kz47leg42b7hus2ubciewk2tm@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rjr6nfdzrfngjgc34jjyty6a/bafkreibrypqlwpjtdtmchju2qcd5xgfl5kz47leg42b7hus2ubciewk2tm@jpeg) ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2650 "2025-12-26T23:29:29Z")
MAGA idiots are aghast that a woman is going to be commissioner of the FDNY, presumably because they think the commissioner is personally responsible for extinguishing burning buildings by hosimg them down with their massive hog. > **[‘People will die!’ MAGA erupts over historic FDNY pick](https://www.rawstory.com/zohran-mamdani-2674831236/)** > > Outrage rippled through conservative social media circles Friday after New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced he would appoint Lillian Bonsignore as the next FDNY commissioner, a historic selection that will take effect when he assumes... ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2651 "2025-12-26T23:35:08Z")
I’m thinking a 90% bot content, the rest incels from Turning Point. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2652 "2025-12-26T23:38:29Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > He’s got so much to give… I can just imagine Bari Weiss’ reaction to being thought of in the same breath with Barry White. On the other hand: I’d rather imagine something else. (Like Weiss reaching the limit of patience of even right-wing people who have the power to fire her…) ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2653 "2025-12-27T00:17:12Z")
This is how I ran across that tweet: [![](https://i.imgur.com/XyDOPM4.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/XyDOPM4.png) ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2654 "2025-12-27T00:17:49Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/fMDZudN.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/fMDZudN.png) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2655 "2025-12-27T00:38:43Z")
“Infinity migrants from the third world”? Again, Republicans invent strawman arguments that (almost) no one is making. And of course Stephen Miller himself is descended of poor migrants to America. (Googling, they came from Russia.) Most people who are already prosperous at home are uninterested in migration; if not for poor people searching for a better life, we wouldn’t see many new people. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2656 "2025-12-27T00:41:37Z")
The argument that, without immigrants, we wouldn’t have Stephen Miller is rather compelling in itself… ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2657 "2025-12-27T00:58:43Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And of course Stephen Miller himself is descended of poor migrants to America. (Googling, they came from Russia.) [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/13/stephen-miller-is-an-immigration-hypocrite-i-know-because-im-his-uncle-219351/](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/13/stephen-miller-is-an-immigration-hypocrite-i-know-because-im-his-uncle-219351/) ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2658 "2025-12-27T20:13:19Z")
Scenes from the MAGA civil war: noted testicle-tanner Tucker Carlson (who in what I’m sure is a completely unrelated note just bought a house in Qatar) says naked ladies are a bigger threat to America than jihadists, gets yelled at by Ben Shapiro and Meghan McCain. > **[Tucker Carlson Slammed Over Wild 'Radical Islam' Comments](https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/has-he-gone-insane-tucker-carlson-ignites-right-wing-fury-for-calling-radical-islam-less-of-a-threat-than-onlyfans/)** > > Tucker Carlson is facing backlash from conservative critics after he said he feels "sorry" for people who view "radical Islam" as a bigger threat than OnlyFans. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2659 "2025-12-27T21:20:54Z")
To be fair, it’s not just naked ladies that he’s afraid of. Women, in general, are a cause of terror for him. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2660 "2025-12-28T12:52:11Z")
> [@Zoobi](#): > > And pretty soon the Supes will get to decide > > [Tina Peters asks Colorado appeals court to recognize Trump's pardon, release her from prison](https://apnews.com/article/trump-pardon-tina-peters-colorado-appeal-28b86c413ae9d112931aaf3fb5a1abd3) > [@SwissMan](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > It’s not going to get to SCOTUS. They’re not going to have any interest. > > Even if they did, I doubt they are going to find that the Presidential pardon power should be able to extend to states. If they did that, they would effectively nullify criminal abortion penalties in red states when a Democrat is in office. “Justice” Alito would vote for SCOTUS to take the case, and would rule in her favor. He doesn’t even pretend to be an unbiased judge any more. And he would strain to come up with a reason (however implausible) why ruling in her favor doesn’t extend to future pardons by Democratic presidents. Maybe he will finally enshrine the principle into Supreme Court precedent that “It’s OK When Republicans Do It". 🙄 In the meantime, I fully expect him to do everything in his power to get her released by court order before the case is even heard. And I would be unsurprised if he can talk a few of the other conservative justices into going along with this, especially in an anonymous shadow docket ruling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=132) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=134)