# 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:** 233
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4641 "2026-06-03T20:07:20Z")
Dr. Oz says that Trump takes so many medical tests [because he likes hearing the results](https://people.com/dr-oz-says-trump-keeps-returning-for-health-checkups-because-he-likes-the-results-11989653?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6a2020a2c262ce0001d69d4c&utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwZnRzaASNZtZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEenVquxo79cY8vHwcQHy3qYcFx4SR9ZJ74LoVyCOKkRW_OAGJulicgYPrV7WU_aem_cwnisjeyyVa-ynsI8OFdRQ). ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4642 "2026-06-03T20:28:09Z")
Remember folks, if we make health care free it’s the poors that will abuse it. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4643 "2026-06-03T20:33:56Z")
It’s not stupid as much as nakedly greedy, but there wasn’t a better fit for this story. If they’re going to be shills for various businesses, at least have a little subtlety or class about it. > **[Inside MAGA’s Fake Gay Motorcycle War](https://www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-maga-fake-gay-motorcycle-war-harley-davidson-freakout-indian)** > > Dunces of Anarchy. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4644 "2026-06-03T20:54:28Z")
I’d love to see MAGA influencers go up to a group of Harley riding Hells Angels and call them gay. Just let me get some popcorn first. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4645 "2026-06-03T21:01:04Z")
Look four posts above yours. 😉 ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4646 "2026-06-03T21:05:45Z")
Discourse should have warned that the link was already posted; weird. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4647 "2026-06-03T21:12:03Z")
Nope. Oh well, great minds and all that 😁. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4648 "2026-06-03T21:13:39Z")
Totally. And Discourse isn’t always the most reliable. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4649 "2026-06-04T04:36:39Z")
Decades ago, the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating insect that preys on cattle, was a pestilence that wreaked havoc on the American beef industry. 70 years ago, it was eradicated by airdropping millions of radioactively-sterilized males into the areas where the worms were active, so the females would breed with them and die without producing offspring. The screwworm was thus eradicated in the US - and though it has remained endemic in Central America, the US has long maintained a partnership with Mexico in which we airdropped sterile males to prevent the worms from migrating northward. Then Elon Musk cut funding for the program because it was woke. Now the screwworms are infecting Texan beef. > **[Bird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by Trump](https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/22636-bird-flu-screwworm-monitoring-among-foreign-aid-programs-killed-by-trump)** > > Among the more than 5,300 grants and programs killed as a result of the Trump administration’s USAID cuts are a slate of U.S.-funded programs at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, including efforts to fight zoonotic diseases. > **[Flesh-eating screwworm infection confirmed in South Texas, USDA says](https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/flesh-eating-screwworm-infection-detected-in-south-texas-usda-says/)** > > With the case confirmed, it is the fly's first breach of the US-Mexico border. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4650 "2026-06-04T11:22:10Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I assume this account was under his own name but I’m also assuming he didn’t use it when he placed bets on himself. You have a greater respect for his intelligence than I do. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4651 "2026-06-04T12:26:38Z")
Nah, he just never does anything under his own actual name. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4652 "2026-06-04T13:00:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > to declare that Harley-Davidsons are woke and gay So now they’re ripping off old South Park episodes? [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1539447/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1539447/) ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4653 "2026-06-04T14:07:28Z")
I’m imagining the name “N. Ciderbett”. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4654 "2026-06-04T14:15:43Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Now the screwworms are infecting Texan beef. Waiting for scumbag Abbot’s / Texan MAGA’s Biden spin on this. EDIT: I understand beef is a point of pride for many Texans. Curious how this plays out. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4655 "2026-06-04T14:33:35Z")
‘Texas Beef! Now with the subtle nutty flavor and buttery texture of screwworm!’ [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSF65OA_9wWPAxwi0sMnEFzfAvsMbmrKyxYwIkq116xSC4Ah0fUBT-mQEbM&s=10) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSF65OA_9wWPAxwi0sMnEFzfAvsMbmrKyxYwIkq116xSC4Ah0fUBT-mQEbM&s=10) ‘Screwy says "It’s beef-alicious!’" ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4656 "2026-06-04T14:53:35Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > > I assume this account was under his own name but I’m also assuming he didn’t use it when he placed bets on himself. > > You have a greater respect for his intelligence than I do. No, I just figure in any given situation, it’s safe to assume George Santos is giving out false information about himself. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4657 "2026-06-04T15:37:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Now the screwworms are infecting Texan beef. This could easily go in the “leopards eating faces” thread as well! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4658 "2026-06-04T16:44:29Z")
Not sure where to share this story but this seems like a good fit: I live in Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District, which is now open but will probably go to a Republican in November (it’s the only R district of Nevada’s 4) – contains purple Reno but a lot of deep red rural counties. I attended a forum of the leading Democratic candidates for that office, one of whom told this story: he went out to those rural areas to meet the voters, and to determine what the Number One issue that was on their minds. Was it affordability? The war in Iran? Air and water quality? Something totally local like Bureau of Land Management control over public lands? No, none of those. You’ll never guess… Sharia Law. I shit you not. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4659 "2026-06-04T16:47:23Z")
The news and social media they consume is totally full of that stuff. _Of course_ it’s their main concern. And the folks behind the propaganda are well aware of what they’re doing and why they’re doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4660 "2026-06-04T20:39:04Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > he went out to those rural areas to meet the voters, and to determine what the Number One issue that was on their minds. Was it affordability? The war in Iran? Air and water quality? Something totally local like Bureau of Land Management control over public lands? No, none of those. You’ll never guess… > > Sharia Law. I guess “the caravans” isn’t in favor, this year. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > The news and social media they consume is totally full of that stuff. _Of course_ it’s their main concern. And the folks behind the propaganda are well aware of what they’re doing and why they’re doing it. Of course they may decide what to sell to the rubes by spinning a dial. But on the other hand, the “Sharia Law” choice may reflect a current billionaire-anxiety over Mamdani and what he may achieve. He’s definitely freaking them out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=232) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=234)