# 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:** 145
**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 16, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2881 "2026-01-16T14:34:46Z")
Trump claims that the United States _needs_ to take Greenland for national security reasons and that if it doesn’t, Russia or China will. The thing is that under existing agreements, the US can place as many military bases on Greenland as it needs, without acquiring it. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2882 "2026-01-16T15:16:13Z")
> “I don’t recognize your authority to impose these controls over me,” he told them. Hmmm … where have we heard these sentiments before? Did the flag in the room have a gold fringe? And it seems his peers are not amused: > **[Police group to consider expelling Sheriff Keith Swank for ‘threatening'...](https://www.newsbreak.com/tacoma-news-tribune-1592581/4444808467813-police-group-to-consider-expelling-sheriff-keith-swank-for-threatening-remarks)** > > The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs announced Thursday it would consider expelling Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank from the organiza To be sure, WASPC seem to agree with Swank on the bills in question, but even they have a line that can be crossed. Which he did. As a denizen of the Armpit of Puget Sound who voted for his opponent, Swank’s comments don’t surprise me a whit. His campaign was largely an appeal for “law and order” ([Bull Connor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Connor) style) — aka “keep the uppity [racial epithet]s in their place” — and he’s openly defiant about state law which restricts LEOs when it comes to cooperating with ICE _et.al._ This has set him on a collision course with the county prosecutor and led him to seek outside legal counsel more to his liking, an issue which is wending its way through the court system. Haven’t heard of a recall campaign yet, but it wouldn’t surprise me if one does emerge; it it does, I’m in. ---
**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 16, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2883 "2026-01-16T16:43:02Z")
Fucking Hell. And I work in Tacoma. 😫 ---
**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 16, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2884 "2026-01-16T17:47:53Z")
Trump threatens to punish countries with tariffs if they don’t support his attempt to steal Greenland. > **[Trump threatens tariffs on nations opposing US control of Greenland](https://www.tmj4.com/world/europe/trump-threatens-tariffs-on-nations-opposing-us-control-of-greenland)** > > Trump threatens tariffs on nations opposing U.S. control of Greenland, amid pushback from European and NATO leaders siding with Denmark. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2885 "2026-01-16T18:05:14Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Hmmm … where have we heard these sentiments before? Did the flag in the room have a gold fringe? Does this guy consider himself a [constitutional sheriff](https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/constitutional-sheriffs/)? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2886 "2026-01-16T18:20:56Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Fucking Hell. And I work in Tacoma. > > 😫 You have my sympathies. And being retired, I don’t even get to leave at the end of the day. But I do live close to Side Piece Kitchen, so it’s not a total loss. > [@SunUp](#): > > Does this guy consider himself a [constitutional sheriff](https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/constitutional-sheriffs/)? Haven’t heard him describe himself as such — nor mention of the CSPOA — but it wouldn’t surprise me. Though he does seem to be at odds with the county government, especially (as noted above) the prosecutor. Or he could be just a garden variety racist asshole. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2887 "2026-01-16T18:24:10Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Trump threatens to punish countries with tariffs if they don’t support his attempt to steal Greenland. So he’s admitting the tariffs are political and not economic? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2888 "2026-01-16T18:30:04Z")
As is the case with so much of this malAdministration, they’re Schrödinger’s tariffs. It all depends on what the Orange Peril thinks (and I use the word advisedly) this picosecond. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2889 "2026-01-16T18:58:41Z")
Sweet lord above. The guy whose name is on a book called “The Art of the Deal” is the worst deal maker in the history of the universe. He’s either hammering someone with a tariff, threatening violence, or asking for a naked bribe. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2890 "2026-01-16T21:09:51Z")
And that’s the art of the deal! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2891 "2026-01-17T01:36:40Z")
Following leaked messages, New Hampshire State House Republican education chair says she favors politically segregated schools > “Republicans have been self-segregating out of the leftist indoctrination centers for decades,” wrote Rep. Kristin Noble, the chair of the House Education Policy and Administration committee, apparently referring to public schools. > > “If democrats had their own schools, and we had our own, families wouldn’t need to avail themselves of the wildly successful education freedom account program,” she added. “It’s a win / win proposition." > **[Following leaked messages, House Republican education chair says she favors...](https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026-01-16/nh-house-gop-education-chair-favors-politically-segregated-schools?fbclid=Iwb21leAPXxg9jbGNrA9fFnGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHtkFYxezqIBARPnBqCIt2YLSgvAvlC4_vxe7PUlOjVqRkaDkl-MCm8y0D9X__aem_7vmC3OsS7bVRTlnnti5jcQ)** > > In a statement in response, state Rep. Kristin Noble wrote that “it’s funny to watch the Democrats feign outrage when I thought they’d be supportive of managing their own schools, with libraries full of porn, biological males in girls sports and... ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2892 "2026-01-18T20:17:15Z")
WTF? That’s insane. This is Nazi Youth shit. ---
**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 18, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2893 "2026-01-18T20:56:52Z")
Not insane - planned. We have fascists trying to take over the country. This is completely in line with such bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2894 "2026-01-18T21:19:12Z")
Not for nothing, but New Hampshire always has a few fringe crazies in the house. Chair of the education committee is a bit more serious than random house member, but those people are always lurking there somewhere. It comes from having a huge house compared to the population, so it doesn’t take that many votes to get elected. Also being New Hampshire. ---
**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 18, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2895 "2026-01-18T21:53:56Z")
Katie Miller likes her coffee like she likes her country - watered down, bland, and weak. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dv6lzwf7qmnkv3ox7d4rkik2/bafkreihpnwia5wnttex6d4hsmhkb6g3ohhvekw3s53b5f6i4bcjbr442iy@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dv6lzwf7qmnkv3ox7d4rkik2/bafkreihpnwia5wnttex6d4hsmhkb6g3ohhvekw3s53b5f6i4bcjbr442iy@jpeg) ---
**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 18, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2896 "2026-01-18T22:41:03Z")
I have a coffee mug that says: I like my coffee how I like my Sabbath. ---
**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 18, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2897 "2026-01-18T22:41:55Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I like my coffee how I like my Sabbath. …kept warm on a hot plate since Friday evening? 🙂 ---
**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 18, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2898 "2026-01-18T22:46:16Z")
Close. Ha ha. For anyone genuinely puzzled, I found it available in the merch section of the official Black Sabbath website. 🤘 Back to stupid Republican ideas… ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2899 "2026-01-18T23:00:56Z")
Elon Musk and Laura Loomer have implied that Ilhan Omar should be put to death for her language when she said that the last place she should expect to find fascism is the “U.S. goddamn states”. > **[Trump's top allies call for Dem lawmaker to be 'put to death for offensive...](https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-free-speech-2674906185/)** > > Elon Musk and other top allies of Donald Trump are apparently calling for a Democratic Congresswoman to be put to death based on her words.The official White House rapid response team posted a video on social media of Dem congresswoman Ilhan Omar,... ---
**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 18, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2900 "2026-01-18T23:02:53Z")
Nothing says fascism like condemning someone to death for what they said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=144) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=146)