# 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:** 137
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2721 "2026-01-01T06:38:22Z")
I assumed they were aiming for the 1850s. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2722 "2026-01-01T08:02:48Z")
Turns out the artist is Japanese. > **[Hiroshi Nagai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Nagai)** > > Hiroshi Nagai (Japanese: 永井博, born December 22, 1947) is a Japanese graphic designer and illustrator, known for his cover designs of city pop albums in the 1980s, which established the recognizable visual aesthetic associated with the loosely defined music genre. > Nagai was born on December 22, 1947, in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. He was inspired to become an artist by his father, who enjoyed oil-painted landscapes, and began working as a graphic designer in 1970. Later, Nagai traveled to Toky... [![](https://preview.redd.it/xi02vfz68qf41.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=0907cbb9446dfed89951046504937c84c11153ff) ](https://preview.redd.it/xi02vfz68qf41.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=0907cbb9446dfed89951046504937c84c11153ff) ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2723 "2026-01-01T22:16:56Z")
The New York Post is outraged that Zohran’s wife wore an expensive pair of shoes at his inauguration, because apparently being a socialist means you’re obligated to dress like a 19th century Ukrainian serf. > **['Hypocrites!' Wife of NYC mayor ignites right-wing firestorm with fashion choice](https://www.rawstory.com/rama-duwaji/)** > > MAGA fans took a brief pause Thursday from bashing New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, to heap criticism on his wife, who appeared to wear artisan leather boots worth over $600 to his official overnight swearing-in.The New York Post, owned by... ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2724 "2026-01-01T22:48:53Z")
Damn; the New York Post must have really excellent fashion sense if they can recognize those as [Miista Shelley boots](https://www.miista.com/en-US/product/shelley-black-back-lace-boots). [![](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/new-york-attorney-general-letitia-118109972_21cfd4.jpg) ](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/new-york-attorney-general-letitia-118109972_21cfd4.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2725 "2026-01-01T23:35:09Z")
> ‘Hypocrites!’ Wife of NYC mayor ignites right-wing firestorm You can [imagine my shock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631). And in **Dewey** ’s photo she’s a good six inches off her mark. Shameful. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2726 "2026-01-02T04:40:46Z")
[Decency, Intelligence, Patriotism, Turberville. One of these things is not like the others.](https://www.aol.com/articles/gop-senator-says-enemy-inside-204348311.html) > [@](#): > > Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville from Alabama [posted on social media](https://x.com/CoachForGov/status/2006391859778887941): “The enemy is inside the gates” upon learning that [Zohran Mamdani](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/inauguration-live-updates-zohran-mamdani-121703295.html) became the first mayor of New York City [to be sworn in using a Quran](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mamdani-uses-qurans-mayoral-oath-201027065.html). > > The Quran is the primary religious text of Islam, akin to the Christian Bible. Mamdani is the [first Muslim mayor of New York](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/amid-attacks-faith-zohran-mamdani-090322282.html), the nation’s largest city. > > Tuberville, a conservative football coach-turned-politician, [has a history of making anti-Muslim statements](https://islamophobia.org/islamophobic-individuals/tommy-tuberville/), according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2727 "2026-01-02T10:04:04Z")
Well, yeah - we all knew that there were MAGA fuckwits who were going to lose their shit over a Muslim mayor of NYC. Just like there were bigoted fuckwits who lost their shit because a Black man was elected President of the US. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2728 "2026-01-02T17:05:00Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Well, yeah - we all knew that there were MAGA fuckwits who were going to lose their shit over a Muslim mayor of NYC. Let’s recall this classic, when a Republican went completely mind-blank at the idea that swearing _on a Bible_ isn’t an actual requirement of the law: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WFYRkzznsc0/maxresdefault.jpg "Jake Tapper leaves Roy Moore spokesman speechless") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFYRkzznsc0) ---
**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:** [January 2, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2729 "2026-01-02T17:08:01Z")
That’s hilarious. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2730 "2026-01-02T18:24:53Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > That’s hilarious. - You can almost hear the dial tone. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2731 "2026-01-02T18:39:27Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Let’s recall this classic, when a Republican went completely mind-blank at the idea that swearing _on a Bible_ isn’t an actual requirement of the law: Heck, Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican himself, did not swear upon a Bible when assuming the Presidency. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2732 "2026-01-02T18:57:45Z")
The current members of the GOP might consider Teddy Roosevelt a RINO (Republican In Name Only). ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2733 "2026-01-02T19:05:20Z")
God damn! That Jake Tapper video above is a perfect example of what is wrong with Republicans. That’s SNL or Onion material in the stinking, hateful flesh. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2734 "2026-01-02T22:38:58Z")
Teddy did quite a few things that today’s Republicans would hate (like instituting industrial safety laws and wanting to preserve nature areas). ---
**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:** [January 3, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2735 "2026-01-03T02:04:42Z")
Laura Loomer thinks Kathy Hochul’s houndstooth scarf is a keffiyah. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreidbn22pcm7uqm7us6i5kl76fmchdshpkbhajja2hpjsgamd2oavhm@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreidbn22pcm7uqm7us6i5kl76fmchdshpkbhajja2hpjsgamd2oavhm@jpeg) ---
**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:** [January 3, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2736 "2026-01-03T12:09:50Z")
And some on Threads (and I’m sure other places) are burbling in conspiracy-talk that Mamdani had his inauguration in a tunnel…just like Hamas! And at least one suggestion that Mamdani married a guy. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2737 "2026-01-03T13:14:43Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Laura Loomer thinks Kathy Hochul’s houndstooth scarf is a keffiyah. I assume that means she’ll never eat in a restaurant again. Houndstooth is, if I had to guess, the most common pattern kitchen workers wear. Probably seen most often in, what otherwise appears to be, checkered pants. [![](https://www.ktchnrebel.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Professional_chefs_preparing_dinner_AdobeStock_300815401.tif_714045_master-e1688982218781.jpg) ](https://www.ktchnrebel.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Professional_chefs_preparing_dinner_AdobeStock_300815401.tif_714045_master-e1688982218781.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 3, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2738 "2026-01-03T13:34:02Z")
Well, his swearing in was in an unused subway station below City Hall. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2739 "2026-01-03T15:04:25Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > an unused subway station below City Hall. A really cool unused subway station. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2740 "2026-01-03T15:22:45Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > And at least one suggestion that Mamdani married a guy. What _is_ it with these peoples’ obsession with other peoples’ genitals. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=136) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=138)