# 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:** 238
**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 11, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4741 "2026-06-11T19:17:46Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I didn’t realize that Biden was responsible for people entering Mexico from Central America, and then on into the USA. Never mind that the life cycle of the screwworm is about 21 days. In RW lore, Biden personally stopped all border enforcement during his term and invited millions, _millions_ of hardened Latin American criminals to come on up and sign up for that sweet sweet welfare the Ds love so much. They’ve repeated that nonsense to one another so much they can’t construct a story that’s actually grounded in anything truthfully real about the real world. It’s all just one fantasy citing other fantasies as support. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4742 "2026-06-11T19:18:46Z")
“Brought the **virus** with them.” Holy hell, journalism is in bad shape. ---
**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 11, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4743 "2026-06-11T19:31:45Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > [Republican Senator Blames Screwworm Outbreak on Joe Biden](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/republican-senator-blames-screwworm-outbreak-151656414.html) When I read a story like that I see a mental picture of the compliant, eager-to-please Trump politicians being fed fish: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RdLYmoC5QEs/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCuYWv9Ab8PxV-h96DF4dPiM3H1qA "Seals being fed at the Vienna Zoo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdLYmoC5QEs1) ---
**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 11, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4744 "2026-06-11T19:40:53Z")
> **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mnzriv3qgk2l)** > > Brooke Rollins says DHS wants to put "AI on drones" to detect screwworm ---
**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 11, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4745 "2026-06-11T20:22:09Z")
I guess “AI” and “drone” are the modern equivalent of the Middle Ages “wizard’s magic wand”. They’re both based utterly on credulous belief. And are equally ineffective at doing [whatever] while also equally highly effective at relieving the ruler of some ducats. Lots and lots of ducats. ---
**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 11, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4746 "2026-06-11T22:12:25Z")
Markwayne “(R-CTE)” Mullin says racist mobs setting houses on fire in Belfast are good actually. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mnzdnhbanc2l)** > > Kilmeade to an agreeing Markwayne Mullin: "In Belfast they're standing up because their leaders have let them down. They're trying to take their country back. They want to label them as racist. All they want to be is Irish. They want Ireland back. I... ---
**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:** [June 11, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4747 "2026-06-11T22:17:00Z")
Not only are racist mobs not a good thing, but these particular racist mobs very much _don’t_ want to be Irish, they hate Irish people and want to be British. ---
**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 11, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4748 "2026-06-11T23:59:41Z")
From the link: > “Oh no,” said my hostess, donning the smile polite people use when giving an order, “you must have aquavit with lutefisk.” It doesn’t really make it tasty but it does dull the horror. It’s kind of like those shots of whiskey they give a guy before sawing his leg off. ---
**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 12, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4749 "2026-06-12T00:05:37Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It’s all just one fantasy citing other fantasies as support. It’s bullshit all the way down. ---
**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 12, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4750 "2026-06-12T11:02:54Z")
It was just a bit over two years ago that Trump instructed his followers to boycott Bud Light. [![](https://i.imgur.com/xYPlnjf.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/xYPlnjf.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4751 "2026-06-12T12:22:46Z")
Man, I hope it pours on this shit show. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4752 "2026-06-12T12:25:54Z")
Are you disagreeing with a man with all the obvious benefits of a high-school education? ---
**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 12, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4753 "2026-06-12T12:44:42Z")
We were visiting when it started to rain and it was an absolute downpour. Like streets flooding in a couple of minutes. It would be a shame for one of those heave deluges to hit. ---
**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 12, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4754 "2026-06-12T14:18:09Z")
For some reason I thought it’s supposed to rain there on Sunday. In addition to rain and lightening, Dana White mentioned he’s also concerned about the “Holy Shit” level of gnats/mosquitos he encountered a few days ago at the White House. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4755 "2026-06-12T14:18:32Z")
Yes and no… I want it to just fail. No outside influence needed. It’s certainly going to be a cluster. If it does rain, Trump will just do it again. ---
**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 12, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4756 "2026-06-12T14:36:27Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > …gnats/mosquitos he encountered a few days ago at the White House. I guess the swamp still hasn’t been drained enough yet. ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4757 "2026-06-12T15:02:22Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I guess the swamp still hasn’t been drained enough yet. It really hasn’t. I visited DC in summer once, and “swampy” is how the air felt for sure. ---
**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 12, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4758 "2026-06-12T18:06:00Z")
Apologies if this has been mentioned here or elsewhere. SOS Marco Rubio defended the UFC match on the White House lawn, comparing the organization to the USA’s efforts to put a man on the moon. > “When President Kennedy announced that we were going to put a man on the moon and return them safely to the earth, no one thought that was possible, and we did it,” Rubio said > “We are a nation founded on doing what no one else dared to do, and no one else aspired to do,” he continued. > > “And at some level, that’s what this whole company, what UFC has been,” Rubio said. You can’t make up this shit. Link to [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/11/politics/rubio-ufc-dana-white-moon) ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4759 "2026-06-12T18:14:07Z")
“Doing what no one else aspired to do”. That sums up the Trump administration, all right. ---
**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 12, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4760 "2026-06-12T18:21:12Z")
Plenty of people aspired to putting a man on the Moon. That word, I do not think it means what Rubio think it means. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=237) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=239)