# 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:** 235
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4681 "2026-06-08T22:23:28Z")
He was trying to prove that he was a legal resident of Alabama during the years 2018-2020. But, if you follow a [link](https://www.rawstory.com/tommy-tuberville-2677006003/) in the story linked above by @Smapti, you will find that > The report specifically zeroed in on “the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Alabama Form 40 state income tax returns released by the campaign,” because “it was clear there was no redaction in the first line for Alabama Income Tax Withheld for any of those years.” And what they show is that Tuberville paid no state income tax in Alabama during those periods. Whatever Tommy boy was trying to show, he didn’t do a very good job. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4682 "2026-06-08T22:32:55Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > That’s a video if you click on it. Man, that was satisfying. Apparently that was way back in 2018, though. ---
**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, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4683 "2026-06-08T23:06:22Z")
I hope the Streisand Effect really takes hold here. ---
**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, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4684 "2026-06-08T23:13:43Z")
It already is; it’s why we’re talking about it. ---
**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, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4685 "2026-06-08T23:19:14Z")
We here are not quite the Internet thought leaders we were back in the Teeming Millions days. More like teeming dozens now. But every bit of “Turberville is a lying moron” that gets out there is to the good. ---
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4686 "2026-06-08T23:28:25Z")
Mike Johnson says the complete absence of any evidence that Democrats rig elections is proof that Democrats rig elections. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mnshnuei322h)** > > RAJU: But what evidence is there to prove the California election is rigged? > > MIKE JOHNSON: Look, some of these efforts are so diabolical and so far upstream it's impossible to prove. But I think everybody knows instinctively that something is wrong... ---
**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, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4687 "2026-06-08T23:37:45Z")
If you repeat a baseless lie often enough it becomes the truth. - J. Goebbels ---
**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 9, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4688 "2026-06-09T00:08:31Z")
Schrodinger’s election rigging. ---
**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 9, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4689 "2026-06-09T00:46:11Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > 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 “President Tucker Carlson said today…” ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4690 "2026-06-09T00:48:58Z")
Perhaps the present-day equivalent would be someone who became famous on YouTube or social media, although that suggests we can look forward to President MrBeast. ---
**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 9, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4691 "2026-06-09T01:21:23Z")
More like Logan Paul, who is also a criminal and a Trump supporter. And they’ve both stepped into a pro wrestling ring. > **[Trump appears on YouTuber Logan Paul’s podcast in a bid for young voters](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/trump-logan-paul-podcast-interview-video-youtube-rcna157193)** > > Logan Paul, a controversial YouTuber and professional wrestler, hosted the former president on his popular podcast. If Paul was ever president, that would really be fucking awful. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4692 "2026-06-09T08:58:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Mike Johnson says the complete absence of any evidence that Democrats rig elections is proof that Democrats rig elections. It’s like how the complete absence of any evidence that he’s a good Christian proves he is one. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4693 "2026-06-09T12:58:12Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > We shall see. We do know that Donald’s TV fame was of immeasurable value in making him President. Fame? I never saw it, and never talked about it. Nor did anyone I know talk about it. It was just more BS through and through. That that stupid, made up show was even on is an embarrassment to, well, everyone. He has moved on to show that he hasn’t the first clue about business or economics, and the USA is paying for it. ---
**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 9, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4694 "2026-06-09T14:23:50Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Fame? I never saw it, and never talked about it. Nor did anyone I know talk about it. It was just more BS through and through. You may not have seen it or talked about it, but it was on (with Trump) for 14 years with millions of people watching each week. And even if you didn’t watch it, if you knew Trump was on it, his brand advertising worked. Now, you, I assume, would never have voted for him in the first place, so it’s moot, but a Republican that’s going to vote Republican, well, after 14 years of hearing his name or watching his show, may well be more likely to vote for him than someone they’ve never heard of (back in 2016) like Cruz or Rubio. ---
**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 9, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4695 "2026-06-09T14:25:28Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Fame? I never saw it, and never talked about it. Nor did anyone I know talk about it. It was just more BS through and through. And yet, that shit made him over $400 million. It saved his ass at a time when he might have gone completely bust without that massive cash infusion. > **[How Trump's Apprentice earnings helped rescue his failing empire](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/29/trump-tax-returns-the-apprentice-empire)** > > Documents show president earned $427m from NBC reality show – which he used to cover his vast real estate and casino losses ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4696 "2026-06-09T14:44:33Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Fame? I never saw it, and never talked about it. Nor did anyone I know talk about it. It was just more BS through and through. All he had to do was memorize a few stock phrases to convince people he was a successful tycoon. “Whose baby is that?” “What’s your angle?” “I’ll buy that.” ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4697 "2026-06-09T14:50:21Z")
Plus, it dovetailed with a line of BS that the Republican Party has been spouting for decades: “Government should be run like a business!” So when Trump came down the gold elevator, acting the part of the successful businessman despite having not been anywhere near that for his entire career, the party was primed to gobble up his patter hook, line and sinker. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4698 "2026-06-09T16:24:23Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > “Government should be run like a business!” And he IS!!! Like a Trump business. Running it right into the tank. ---
**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 9, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4699 "2026-06-09T16:54:53Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Plus, it dovetailed with a line of BS that the Republican Party has been spouting for decades: > > “Government should be run like a business!” And Trump then proceeded to run the government like he ran his businesses. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4700 "2026-06-09T17:07:09Z")
There’s a 2006 episode of L&O:Criminal Intent where the soon-to-be murder victim is bragging he is going to be introduced to “The Donald”. We who did not live in NYC were still expected to know who he was (at least by public reputation), Considering trump’s actual rep in NYC, I wonder why he was name dropped. Maybe the fact the character was murdered immediately after is the actual message. 🙂 Oh well, a different episode name dropped Randy Johnson, and far fewer people know who he is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=234) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=236)