# 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:** 234
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4661 "2026-06-04T20:39:52Z")
My sister lives in that area ( Gardnerville). When I visited her, maybe 2020 or 21, they still had a siren that went off at 6pm every evening to let the injuns and darkies know it was time to get off the streets. A fecking sundown town. In 2020. Nothing coming out of there sueprises me. ---
**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 5, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4662 "2026-06-05T22:14:34Z")
Randy Fine says he accidentally got someone else’s mail delivered to him, which proves the Democrats are stealing elections. > **[MAGA rep buried after claiming  misaddressed ballot proves Dems stealing...](https://www.rawstory.com/randy-fine-2677004837/)** > > Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), one of the House GOP's most recently elected lawmakers, flew into a rage on social media over the fact that the mail ballot for the previous resident of his D.C. apartment was sent to him."Yesterday, I received an official... ---
**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 6, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4663 "2026-06-06T01:40:42Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > A fecking sundown town. In 2020. According to [wiki,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardnerville,_Nevada) the siren creepiness came to an end in 2023. 🙂 > [@](#): > > The area claimed that the nightly siren was a tribute to first responders. Riiiiiiight. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4664 "2026-06-06T02:00:01Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > The area claimed that the nightly siren was a tribute to first responders. Just to clarify, that is most definitely not the stance my sis and mother took. ---
**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 6, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4665 "2026-06-06T14:34:30Z")
Following up: (coulda gone in Texas thread also) > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I understand beef is a point of pride for many Texans. Curious how this plays out. Well, for starters (way to go Canada!) > **[Flesh-eating screwworm: Canada bans Texas over US outbreak](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevpv3r7jmpo)** > > The ban came as a second infected calf was identified in Texas, and the US state declaring a state of disaster over the outbreak. Hoping Abbot is uncontrollably sharting. EDIT: Guessing this would be tantamount to anarchy if the ban is applied within the state. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4666 "2026-06-06T20:07:07Z")
> **[Trump issues pardon to former Republican congressman convicted of insider...](https://apnews.com/article/buyer-trump-pardon-congressman-illegal-stock-trades-26f4698e76d333ae66e041be590e5f85)** > > President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana who served nearly two years in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information after he left office. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4667 "2026-06-07T18:01:57Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/2HAp69E.gif) ](https://i.imgur.com/2HAp69E.gif) That’s a video if you click on 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:** [June 8, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4668 "2026-06-08T19:17:53Z")
Greg “Obersturmfuhrer” Bovino is running for president. > **['Gestapo' ex-Border Patrol boss collides with Trump by launching his own...](https://www.rawstory.com/bovino-president-2028-new-run/)** > > The man California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called "Gestapo Greg" is now gunning for the White House — and he's ready to take on whoever President Donald Trump has in mind as his successor.Gregory Bovino, the firebrand former Border Patrol... ---
**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 8, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4669 "2026-06-08T20:06:13Z")
How is this a Stupid Idea? ---
**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 8, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4670 "2026-06-08T20:36:47Z")
Yes, at first glance it looks like an All-Too-Likely-To-Be-Successful idea. When Donald is gone, the raging hordes will NOT be satisfied with Don Jr (much less Erik). And, no, they won’t want Ivanka either. Pundits talk up Rubio but it seems insane to think that the ‘all Spanish-speakers should be locked up’ folks will embrace Little Marco. And Vance is just pathetic. No, the bloody-minded will want a Real Man. Bovino has sold himself that way, and will have genuine fans. (Despite being a small-statured fellow. Once the raging hordes take that in fully, Bovino may have to settle for the #2 spot, in support of some larger dude. Paging John Cena!) ---
**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 8, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4671 "2026-06-08T21:18:53Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > No, the bloody-minded will want a Real Man. Bovino has sold himself that way, and will have genuine fans. The issue is that he’s a relatively small profile guy; he doesn’t have that much fame. And the Trump administration threw him under the bus somewhat (and he deserved it, and more) so I don’t know that even people on the right who know who he is would be enthused by him. Sure, there is going to be a fringe that gets twitterpated seeing a Nazi cosplayer running for president, but I think he’s going to need a lot more than that. Yes, the right is quite fascist-friendly these days, and acting like a Nazi is not a political career killer like it used to be. But you need more than that. He has a couple of years to try to build something up, but I’m just not seeing it. ---
**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 8, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4672 "2026-06-08T21:26:22Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Pundits talk up Rubio but it seems insane to think that the ‘all Spanish-speakers should be locked up’ folks will embrace Little Marco. Yup, of course it’s insane. Just like it’s insane to expect that the “Tall, blond men are the ubermenschen” Nazis would rally behind Hitler. People are insane. ---
**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 8, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4673 "2026-06-08T21:29:20Z")
If Bovino was still in government he’d have a decent shot at building that rep. As a civilian he can’t do much more than bloviate. If some tycoon wants to buy him a million-bot following to catalyze his media star power he might go somewhere. Otherwise not. Consider the example of Sheriff Arpaio of Phoenix (Maricopa County actually). While in office he did many outrageous things that increased his profile among the hate-filled. And he worked hard to get all the credit for the hateful stuff he did. His only failing as a fascist was that he peaked a bit before the country was ready for him. Hell, even red-meat Arizona started having misgivings before he was pushed out. If he was just getting going as Fascist-in-Chief of Maricopa County now, or better yet back in about 2023, he’d be much better placed to become prez than Bovino or Vance in 2028. ---
**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 8, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4674 "2026-06-08T21:29:54Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > He has a couple of years to try to build something up, but I’m just not seeing it. I hope you’re right. Suggestive in that direction is that a similarly bloody-minded ‘real man,’ Mike Flynn, has fans but isn’t really talked about as the Obvious Successor to Donald. (Flynn is 67 now, which of course doesn’t help. But on his side is that he was an actual Army General, whereas Bovino has never been anything but a Border Patrol poseur.) We shall see. We do know that Donald’s TV fame was of immeasurable value in making him President. To find his successor I suppose we should be looking more at cable-TV personnel than at in-the-field bully-boys like Bovino. ---
**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 8, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4675 "2026-06-08T21:30:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Just like it’s insane to expect that the “Tall, blond men are the ubermenschen” Nazis would rally behind Hitler. People are insane. Can’t argue with 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 8, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4676 "2026-06-08T21:33:41Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If some tycoon wants to buy him a million-bot following to catalyze his media star power he might go somewhere. If you hear stories about Peter Thiel spending time with Bovino though, all bets are off. ---
**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 8, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4677 "2026-06-08T21:35:49Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > If you hear stories about Peter Thiel spending time with Bovino though, all bets are off. And then you hear that Mark Bennett is creating a new reality series that will showcase Bovino as a Brilliant Businessman-----get ready to start worshipping a new Dear Leader. ---
**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 8, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4678 "2026-06-08T21:37:30Z")
The word “Thiel” was echoing around in my brain as I wrote that. Perzactly. ---
**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 8, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4679 "2026-06-08T22:05:28Z")
Tommy Tuberville sends his tax returns to a newspaper then threatens to sue them for reporting it. > **[MAGA Senator threatens to sue outlet for publishing tax returns he...](https://www.rawstory.com/tommy-tuberville-2677013160/)** > > Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has threatened to sue a publication after it revealed details of his tax returns, which he had sent to them by mistake.According to Lagniappe Daily, which broke the original story, "In a cease-and-desist letter emailed... ---
**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 8, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4680 "2026-06-08T22:19:36Z")
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