# 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:** 200
**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:** [March 31, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3981 "2026-03-31T20:38:17Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Matt Gaetz says the government is kidnapping people out of migrant caravans and breeding them with aliens for purposes of “intergalactic communication”. - Who wouldn’t mind getting some more of that Arcturian poontang? ---
**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 31, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3982 "2026-03-31T20:41:09Z")
I wasn’t just putting in a dig at Gaetz, his drug abuse is part of the public record. > **[Gaetz paid 'tens of thousands' for sex and drugs, ethics report says](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg1d9pzjkno)** > > An investigation details allegations of drug use and payments for sex - which the former US congressman denies. And while Cawthorn isn’t necessarily the most reliable source, he did allege that Republicans were engaging in drug orgies. > **[Congressman Madison Cawthorn under fire over claims of DC drugs and orgies](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/30/madison-cawthorn-washington-orgies-cocaine-claims)** > > Republican faces condemnation from House minority leader over podcast remarks but will not face immediate discipline ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3983 "2026-03-31T20:57:22Z")
Well, this isn’t at all scary … [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/trump-jews-penn-list-judge.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/trump-jews-penn-list-judge.html) > # Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn > > The government’s effort to collect the names and phone numbers of Jewish people on campus as it investigates antisemitism has upset some people who worry about how the information will be used. ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3984 "2026-03-31T21:25:14Z")
FWIW, the judge is an Obama appointee. ---
**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 31, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3985 "2026-03-31T22:03:24Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > That’s somehow both extremely surprising and not surprising at all. The existence of the program, or that for some reason Gaetz was read into it? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3986 "2026-03-31T22:55:57Z")
Well I for one think it’s nice that Nancy Mace wants trans people to get all the help they need to promote their visibility. /s ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3987 "2026-04-01T02:18:25Z")
Congressman Rich McCormick (R-GA) says America won the Vietnam War. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mif47l7pl22h)** > > McCormick: "We were horrible in Vietnam until we did Rolling Thunder Two, then we won. As soon as we do half-measures, we lose. The faster we get this over the better. If we seize Kharg island, it could be done almost flawlessly. If we have enough... ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3988 "2026-04-01T02:29:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Congressman Rich McCormick (R-GA) says America won the Vietnam War. Ignorance and Republicans go together like domestic violence and bodily injuries. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3989 "2026-04-01T03:04:16Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > \*Surely a trivial matter of engineering. [![](https://integrityaction.org/media/16494/untitled-design-15.png) ](https://integrityaction.org/media/16494/untitled-design-15.png) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3990 "2026-04-01T11:26:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > Matt Gaetz says the government is kidnapping people out of migrant caravans and breeding them with aliens for purposes of “intergalactic communication”. - > > Who wouldn’t mind getting some more of that Arcturian poontang? I’d expect any Arcturians who made it to Earth would be well over eighteen. So, not exactly Matt’s cup of tea. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3991 "2026-04-01T11:49:27Z")
Who cares?! As long as it’s Aurcturian! ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3992 "2026-04-01T11:51:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Congressman Rich McCormick (R-GA) says America won the Vietnam War. He watched a whole documentary on it. I believe it was called “Rambo”. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3993 "2026-04-01T13:16:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Congressman Rich McCormick (R-GA) says America won the Vietnam War. > > [@atrupar.com on Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mif47l7pl22h) Forget it, he’s rolling. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3994 "2026-04-01T13:35:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Congressman Rich McCormick (R-GA) says America won the Vietnam War. Well, we’re not speaking Vietnamese today, now are we? That _must_ mean we won! ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3995 "2026-04-01T13:37:09Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Well, we’re not speaking Vietnamese today, now are we? That _must_ mean we won Pronounce the word “pho”. See? _Losers._ ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3996 "2026-04-01T14:18:40Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Pronounce the word “pho”. Give your answer in the form of a question. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3997 "2026-04-01T14:43:12Z")
> [@Congressman Rich McCormick (R-GA)](#): > > "We were horrible in Vietnam until we did Rolling Thunder Two, Not only is he wrong on the basic fact (uh, we didn’t win) he’s wrong on the details, too. There _was no_ Rolling Thunder II. There was just Rolling Thunder, and it ended in 1968. He’s probably, in his addled Republican thing that passes for a brain in higher life forms, thinking of Linebacker II, which was in 1972, and arguably had an effect on the end of the war. That is, Nixon used it to declare victory and leave.\* We still lost, though. \*Sound familiar? Sounds like trump and Iran. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3998 "2026-04-01T15:26:40Z")
No, there really was a [Rolling Thunder 2.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Thunder_2) It was a FPS arcade game released in 1991. Probably where McCormick learned everything he knows about combat. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3999 "2026-04-01T15:58:20Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@Horatius](#): > > > > Pronounce the word “pho”. > > Give your answer in the form of a question. I imagine it would sound a lot like [this Sudanese town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Um_Dafuq). ---
**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:** [April 2, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4000 "2026-04-02T00:15:22Z")
Jeannine Pirro really, really, REALLY wants to be able to touch kids and teenagers. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mihduwncgd2c)** > > US Attorney Jeanine Pirro: "What's gotta change is we have to lower the age of criminal responsibility ... I can't get my hands on these kids. They're not kids. I misspoke." > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mihdolaucx2z)** > > Jeanine Pirro: "We cannot touch these teenagers, because we coddle them and there's no retribution" > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mihdnfba2s25)** > > US Attorney Jeanine Pirro: "These are not children. These are teens. There is this apologetic mentality in DC that doesn't allow us to have access to these kids." [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=199) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=201)