# 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:** 152
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3021 "2026-01-29T02:25:39Z")
The tragic couch accident that turns Vance into a pancake would have to happen before he had a VP in place. I don’t think we have to worry about Grassley ascending to the Golden Toilet. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3022 "2026-01-29T02:26:22Z")
Defense attorneys are irrelevant if any attempt to shoot a thug / militia / ICE agent results in all their pals returning fire until you’re hamburger. These folks are past the point where legalities enter into the behavior of either side. ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3023 "2026-01-29T02:37:38Z")
I thought Linda McMahon was Secretary of Education. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3024 "2026-01-29T02:40:09Z")
That was last week 🤪 ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3025 "2026-01-29T02:51:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Defense attorneys are irrelevant if any attempt to shoot a thug / militia / ICE agent results in all their pals returning fire until you’re hamburger. That’s assuming they’re only being opposed by an individual, and not a group of vigilant people wary of a group of masked militia folks invading their neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3026 "2026-01-29T03:05:01Z")
Jesus Christ…! You’d need a Browning A5 shotgun to catch all of them… probably with bird shot… ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3027 "2026-01-29T04:04:40Z")
I think everone in Trump’s cabinet has three or four jobs now. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3028 "2026-01-29T07:18:23Z")
How many of them were appointed/picked by Trump? ---
**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 29, 2026, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3029 "2026-01-29T09:29:47Z")
The best… men. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3030 "2026-01-29T11:05:28Z")
Sorry I don’t have a link but Toby Morton - the former South Park writer who buys up right-wing domain names and puts up satirical websites there - says that GoDaddy has approached him to broker a potential sale of the [TrumpKennedyCenter.com](http://TrumpKennedyCenter.com) web domain he owns for a grand total of… **$400**. Morton recently turned down a similar offer for the .org site. ---
**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 29, 2026, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3031 "2026-01-29T11:11:25Z")
I am poor but a low ball offer like that would elicit a laugh and, “Make a serious offer.” ---
**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 29, 2026, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3032 "2026-01-29T11:40:22Z")
If he ever _does_ sell it, wait for the check to clear with these people. Trump doesn’t pay _anyone_ for _anything._ ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3033 "2026-01-29T13:02:30Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > President Pro Tempore of the Senate should not be in the presidential line of succession. Sure, they have experience, but they’re also very, _very_ old. That’s a problem with Senate rules/customs, though. ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3034 "2026-01-29T13:04:27Z")
I know. But someone that old shouldn’t even be in the federal government, let alone a few hamburgers away from the presidency. We need a maximum age limit for Congress, but we’ve addressed that before. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3035 "2026-01-29T14:32:50Z")
The GOP-heavy Kansas legislature just passed a ‘bathroom bill’, which mandates that people must use the bathroom in government buildings that matches their biological sex at birth. These buildings include locations owned by the state and local governments, public schools, and public universities. Testimony by a female representative in favor of the bill said the bill ‘protected women’. The bill was rammed through the Senate via a procedure that did not allow any public debate. Many observers believe that the bill is a direct attack on Representative Ali Boatman, a Wichita Democrat who is a transgender woman. Democratic Governor Laura Kelly will certainly veto the bill, but the GOP majority in both houses have enough votes to override her veto. You can read more details here from the [Kansas Reflector](https://kansasreflector.com/2026/01/28/this-bill-spits-on-basic-human-decency-kansas-legislature-passes-bathroom-ban-without-hearing/?emci=7ea994e1-c7fc-f011-8d4c-0022482d279b&emdi=0f3e3c4b-f9fc-f011-8d4d-000d3a15feb0&ceid=552442). I don’t think it’s paywalled. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3036 "2026-01-29T16:11:17Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I think everone in Trump’s cabinet has three or four jobs now. God, I pity those poor Pages… ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3037 "2026-01-29T16:51:27Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > The GOP-heavy Kansas legislature just passed a ‘bathroom bill’, which mandates that people must use the bathroom in government buildings that matches their biological sex at birth. The stupidest part of this isn’t the hatred, but the unenforcibility. Unless you’re a recognizable person who is publically “out” as transgendered, how is anyone going to know? ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3038 "2026-01-29T17:41:29Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I am poor but a low ball offer like that would elicit a laugh and, “Make a serious offer.” I would say that they left off about 4 zeros from that offer. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3039 "2026-01-29T17:41:37Z")
These bathroom bills are being successfully challenged in court under the ADA. Gender Dysphoria is a condition in the DSM-5. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3040 "2026-01-29T17:48:50Z")
Should be fine as long as no trans person has to go pee before the challenge makes it through the court system. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=153)