# 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:** 175
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3481 "2026-03-04T20:16:30Z")
I desperately want to see his war crimes trial. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3482 "2026-03-04T20:28:40Z")
I want to be on the jury. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3483 "2026-03-04T21:22:49Z")
I want to be on the gallows. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3484 "2026-03-04T23:04:54Z")
Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) breaks a Marine veteran’s arm on camera. > **[Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/charlotteclymer.bsky.social/post/3mgbbhlip4k22)** > > \[WARNING: This is a bit graphic.\] > > A Marine Corps veteran protesting Trump’s War on Iran had his arm broken by Capitol Police and GOP Senator Tim Sheehy. It appears to be a compound fracture. > **[GOP senator claims he was 'de-escalating' as video catches him injuring...](https://www.rawstory.com/tim-sheehy-2675555269/)** > > A Senate Republican claimed he was attempting to "de-escalate" after video emerged of him helping police forcefully remove an anti-war Marine during a mid-hearing scuffle, leading to audible gasps as the man appeared to be injured.Bystanders accused... ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3485 "2026-03-04T23:18:14Z")
I believe that is criminal assault. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3486 "2026-03-04T23:43:19Z")
The man who protested is also the Green Party candidate for Senate. I wonder if it will hurt or help his campaign. > **[Montana Sen. Sheehy gets in altercation with veteran anti-war protester on...](https://dailymontanan.com/2026/03/04/montana-sen-sheehy-gets-in-altercation-with-anti-war-protester/)** > > Montana Sen. Sheehy gets in altercation with veteran anti-war protester ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3487 "2026-03-04T23:46:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) breaks a Marine veteran’s arm on camera. Did he get lucky (as it were) or did he know what he was doing? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3488 "2026-03-05T06:09:03Z")
[The Law & Order party just elected a murderer as candidate for sheriff.](https://www.aol.com/articles/arkansas-man-accused-killing-daughters-191156396.html) > [@](#): > > An [Arkansas father](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/midwest/arkansas) facing second-degree murder charges for allegedly gunning down his teenage daughter’s suspected sexual predator won the Republican nomination Tuesday for Lonoke County sheriff. > > Aaron Spencer, who is accused of killing Michael Fosler, 67, defeated Lonoke County Sheriff John Staley in the [primary election](https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/elections), winning more than 53% of the vote, according to unofficial results posted by the Arkansas Secretary of State. > > Spencer allegedly shot and killed Fosler in October 2024 after he woke up and found his daughter missing from the family’s home. > > He found his daughter inside Fosler’s truck and forced the vehicle off the highway before an [altercation led to a shootout](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/homicide). ---
**Author:** ![billy-jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3489 "2026-03-05T07:16:42Z")
Not hardly. First of all, he was charged with murder, but it looks to me like a very justified shooting. Not a murder at all. The father was looking for his 13 year old daughter and found her in a vehicle with a man who had previously raped her. The judge let the alleged child molester out on $5,000 bond and a no contact order. When the father tried to get her out, the alleged child molester fought hard to keep her. At some point in the scuffle, the father shot the child molester. The prosecutor indicated that he thought the father should have just called 911 and let the child molester drive away with his daughter so he could rape/molest her some more. The judge was doing everything she could to hamper the ability of the father to mount a defense. She imposed a ridiculously large gag order against everyone including the father to keep them from commenting on the case. That got struck down as unconstitutional by the Arkansas supreme court. The judge then imposed limits on the number of people who could be in the courtroom – a maximum of 55 people. That included everyone. It was reportedly even limiting the defense team. The Arkansas supreme court removed her from the case and appointed another judge. The trial was supposed to be in January, but it got postponed to bring on another judge. In the very unlikely event that he is convicted (I have more faith in juries to come to the right conclusion, I guess), he will not be able to serve as sheriff if elected. By the way, he beat the current sheriff in the Republican primary in a Republican county. Supposedly, very few people there think that the shooting was anything but fully justified. Most people there probably would have done the same. I would be surprised if most Democrats in the county would have thought that he did wrong. But tell us how if she had been your daughter, you would have happily watched her molester drive away with her. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3490 "2026-03-05T07:50:24Z")
> [@billy-jack](#): > > But tell us how if she had been your daughter, you would have happily watched her molester drive away with her. Not at all what I said or implied. Shove it. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3491 "2026-03-05T08:08:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The ShamWow guy is running for Congress to fight woke because it’s what Charlie Kirk would have wanted. UPDATE: He finished the primary in 6th place with 4.1% of the vote. He claims the election was rigged because they wouldn’t let him include “Shamwow” in his name on the ballot. > **[Texas primaries: ‘ShamWow Guy’ Vince Offer loses GOP bid for Texas’ 31st...](https://www.fox7austin.com/election/texas-primaries-results-district-31-shamwow-guy-vince-offer-schlomi)** > > The race for the Republican nomination in Texas' 31st Congressional District came down to two familiar faces to voters Tuesday night. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3492 "2026-03-05T09:56:02Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Not at all what I said or implied. Shove it. One of the things I really like about you, @Monty: you call a spade a fucking shovel. ---
**Author:** ![billy-jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3493 "2026-03-05T10:37:55Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Not at all what I said or implied. Shove it. The father was resisting another assault on his 13 year old daughter by a 67 year old man and it ended up in the death of the child molester. You claimed that was murder. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3494 "2026-03-05T13:29:10Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > He claims the election was rigged because they wouldn’t let him include “Shamwow” in his name on the ballot. “Rigged election by these rhinos.” I’m torn between that being a simple autocorrect error or him not knowing what a RINO is beyond it being a insult to a republican that you don’t consider republican enough. Also, why on earth would he think you can use a nickname on a ballot? Has he _ever_ seen that in the past? Hell, I recall the republicans getting all worked up about Jill Biden wanting to be referred to as Dr Biden, and she wasn’t even on a ballot. IIRC they called it fraudulent because she’s a PhD not an MD. I’d bet a hundred bucks if she was an MD, they’d still have a problem with it, they’d just find a different reason. It doesn’t seem like it requires all that much knowledge to know that if you want a nickname to appear on something official (like a ballot), you’re going to need to get your name legally changed to include said nickname. All he needed to do is change his middle name to “Shamwow Guy” and I assume he’d could then have it listed on the ballot as Vince Shamwow Guy Offer. Assuming he already changed his last name to Offer from Shlomi. Even better, leave your name alone and just use “The Shamwow Guy” during the campaign. That nickname is very much associated with him already, so it wouldn’t have been difficult. And lets not forget this is the guy that punched a prostitute that tried to bite his tongue off. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3495 "2026-03-05T14:07:07Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Also, why on earth would he think you can use a nickname on a ballot? Talk to Jimmy Carter. I recall he was pushing to get listed on ballots as Jimmy, versus “James Earl”. [He lost a case in Maine](https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/21/archives/maine-ballot-requires-james-e-not-jimmy.html), not sure what happened in other states. ---
**Author:** ![JoePockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3496 "2026-03-05T14:29:45Z")
Yes Sir ! He says that he made a mistake and informed his wife! …All is good on the home front at the Gonzales ! I believe he and Mike Johnson would like to more on ! It’s the christian thing to do!…..Yikes “ His wife must be a saint” ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3497 "2026-03-05T17:31:53Z")
> [@JoePockets](#): > > … I believe he and Mike Johnson would like to **more on**! … Seems to me the highlighted text — although I believe it’s a typo — perfectly describes the parties in question. And MAGA in general. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3498 "2026-03-05T19:40:41Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Not at all what I said or implied. Your outrage at the situation and labeling the guy a murderer, as opposed to even using “alleged” because he has not had a trial yet, suggests that you think the man’s actions were not justifiable. Ergo, it implies that you would have acted differently. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3499 "2026-03-05T20:22:16Z")
RFK says the American people are being attacked by demons and to defeat them we must “reinstitute the sacred ritual of eating with each other and cooking”. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mgdbppkig72u)** > > RFK Jr: "President Trump understands that we're engaged right now in spiritual warfare and that the malevolent forces want to drive us apart and end our connection to each other. One of the ways we can remedy that is by reinstituting this sacred... Pete “murder death destruction kill main destroy” Hegseth, meanwhile, is ranting about “narco-Communism”. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mgd2ki7nqa2y)** > > Pete Hegseth just fear-mongered about "radical narco communism" ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3500 "2026-03-05T20:34:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > RFK says the American people are being attacked by demons and to defeat them we must “reinstitute the sacred ritual of eating with each other and cooking”. I suspect they garbled that a bit; I believe the original quote was that they must “reinstitute the sacred ritual of cooking and eating each other”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=176)