# 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:** 158
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3141 "2026-02-05T16:32:35Z")
Ah. The man with the dead eyes. Well, if he’s declared open season on dissenters, that makes it open season right back. Ministry of Truth… Department of Justice. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3142 "2026-02-05T16:34:37Z")
Dead eyes and a dead soul. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3143 "2026-02-05T18:44:31Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > If the bath is hot enough you can have chicken soup Nitpick: Chicken&Human soup. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3144 "2026-02-05T18:51:53Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > All hail fatherland. MTG tried to warn us! She warned us of the Gazpacho Police. We all laughed at her and called her an idiot. Well, who is laughing now? The Gazpacho Police is ICE, because gazpacho is always served cold. [![](https://i.redd.it/the-congress-tart-said-gazpacho-police-instead-of-gestapo-v0-wqt59t2rqdh81.jpg?width=801&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37edeb62913b2e4235280ddcc45662809281a7ef) ](https://i.redd.it/the-congress-tart-said-gazpacho-police-instead-of-gestapo-v0-wqt59t2rqdh81.jpg?width=801&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37edeb62913b2e4235280ddcc45662809281a7ef) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3145 "2026-02-05T19:24:09Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > They’ve been told that they have [federal immunity](https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2011213308968538361). I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3146 "2026-02-05T19:32:10Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > They’ve been told that they have [federal immunity](https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2011213308968538361). > > > To all ICE officers: You have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. Anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop you or tries to obstruct you is committing a felony. You have immunity to perform your duties, and no one—no city official, no state official, no illegal alien, no leftist agitator or domestic insurrectionist—can prevent you from fulfilling your legal obligations and duties. The Department of Justice has made clear that if officials cross that line into obstruction, into criminal conspiracy against the United States or against ICE officers, then they will face justice. Well, we know that they at least will have _functionally_ Federal immunity - Bondi won’t prosecute. However, three ICE officers will be finding out that they do not have STATE immunity. I fully expect prosecution on murder charges. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3147 "2026-02-05T19:33:21Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Bondi won’t prosecute. Hopefully the statute of limitations hasn’t run out by the time she’s gone (and hopefully Trump doesn’t pardon them before he’s gone). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3148 "2026-02-05T19:36:00Z")
I don’t care if he does, as long as the State of Minnesota prosecutes. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3149 "2026-02-05T19:38:05Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Hopefully the statute of limitations hasn’t run out by the time she’s gone (and hopefully Trump doesn’t pardon them before he’s gone). There’s no statute of limitation on murder. As Bunk in _The Wire_ said, murders stay murders. You can go after them any time you want. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3150 "2026-02-05T19:42:34Z")
But they’re doing plenty of illegal things that aren’t murder. I don’t have a problem with them getting charged, even a few years down the road, for pepper spraying kids or dragging people out of their cars. Even if they never actually get charged, they should at least be concerned about the possibility of being held responsible for their illegal actions after Trump is out of office and no longer able to protect them. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3151 "2026-02-05T19:55:34Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Fucking Republican (didn’t catch who) was saying on CNN that the problem with Democrats dealing with undocumented aliens is that that want to extend Constitutional rights to the “illegal aliens”, but they aren’t citizens, so the Constitution doesn’t apply to them. I happen to have been able to listen to NPR yesterday, and heard [this story](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/04/nx-s1-5696428/american-dream-denied-a-frenchmans-ice-nightmare). [bolding mine] > PEREIRA: Yeah, I was in shock. I was like, guys, like, I’m really trying to do the right thing. I always made sure, like, I was legal in the country. > > BEARDSLEY: This apolitical youngster says he had no problem handing over his devices and passwords. He had nothing to hide. But he wasn’t even allowed to call his parents initially. **Border Patrol told him foreigners do not have the same rights.** After a few days in detention, Pereira was handed over to ICE. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3152 "2026-02-05T20:22:27Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > They’ve been told that they have [federal immunity](https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2011213308968538361). > > I stand corrected. Note that Stephen Miller was _probably_ incorrect in claiming ICE officers have “federal immunity.” As [this CNN story](https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/politics/ice-immunity-jd-vance-minneapolis) says, there are two questions that need to be addressed. First, was the agent acting in the course of their official duties? Second, was the action “reasonable” based on the circumstances? ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3153 "2026-02-06T01:09:15Z")
You got something you wanna tell us, Ross? [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6waxgers6k753hgsmh2prmv7/bafkreifvy4udjulj24rvovy5soibpofsryfs35pcpexa5ifjguhn3euj4i@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6waxgers6k753hgsmh2prmv7/bafkreifvy4udjulj24rvovy5soibpofsryfs35pcpexa5ifjguhn3euj4i@jpeg) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3154 "2026-02-06T01:20:59Z")
Funny enough, Ross yesterday was lamenting how Trump is turning the country against conservatives. > **[‘Trump Has Lost the Country’: Ross Douthat Warns Conservatives Will Bear the...](https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/trump-has-lost-the-country-ross-douthat-warns-conservatives-will-bear-the-brunt-of-trumps-failings/)** > > "It isn’t moderates and swing voters who lose out when the Trump administration becomes unpopular. It’s people on the right. People like me, and certainly people further to my right" > “And all of this was predictable. From the first days of DOGE through the debacle in Minneapolis, the Trump administration has consistently governed as if swing voters aren’t part of its coalition. And now, guess what? They’re not,” Maybe next time don’t make a senile. racist, sexual predator who was convicted of multiple felonies your leader. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3155 "2026-02-06T02:20:44Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Maybe next time don’t make a senile. racist, sexual predator who was convicted of multiple felonies your leader. So who does that leave? ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3156 "2026-02-06T10:04:55Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Nitpick: Chicken&Human soup. [![](https://media1.tenor.com/m/rt8VmzIbzcQAAAAd/me-flavored-water-disenchantment.gif) ](https://media1.tenor.com/m/rt8VmzIbzcQAAAAd/me-flavored-water-disenchantment.gif) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3157 "2026-02-06T10:45:18Z")
Reminds me of Man-in-Oil in [_Circle of Iron_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9wD29z-DKc). (You’ll see him starting around 25 seconds in.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3158 "2026-02-06T12:24:42Z")
Or the ladies in the city of Sogo who smoke from a kookah that has a guy in the water-filled chamber. Asked what they are smoking, on e replies “Essence of Man”. > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j\_kE30bXRJE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_kE30bXRJE) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3159 "2026-02-06T12:57:50Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > Maybe next time don’t make a senile. racist, sexual predator who was convicted of multiple felonies your leader. > > So who does that leave? [Adam Kinzinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kinzinger)? A legitimately “conservative” politician who wouldn’t have raised an eyebrow among Republicans 20 years ago, but one who is sane enough that Democrats wouldn’t freak out at his being elected, and would be willing to work with him to actually govern, rather than this shit show we have now. Too bad his principled stand against Trump and the MAGAs has made him anathema to the party. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3160 "2026-02-06T14:33:39Z")
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