# 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:** 261
**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:** [July 22, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5201 "2026-07-22T17:50:27Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > The applicant’s official United States military identification card, together with a United States military record of service showing that the applicant’s place of birth was in the United States > > So this is a partial end around to get birthright citizenship started. Soldiers, even though citizens, not born in the USA won’t be able to vote; but they can die. I’m pretty sure that not all members of the military are citizens. In fact, I think enlisting can accelerate the process of getting citizenship. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5202 "2026-07-22T18:06:45Z")
It does, plus in my day we had plenty of Filipinos who had no intention of becoming US citizens enlisting to be what are now Culinary Specialists. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5203 "2026-07-23T08:36:51Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > [@Broomstick](#): > > > > A passport or enhanced ID are both supposed to have your current residence in them. > > The passport application has a place for your address, if I recall correctly. There is absolutely no requirement whatsoever for that to be updated and it is not included in the actual passport book. I stand corrected, then. So I guess it would be a passport with, say, a state ID for the recent address. As usual, the US has use multiple bits of paper and plastic where maybe other countries use one discreet ID item. Or, like we have up until now, just freakin’ use our usual ID’s a.k.a. driver’s license or state ID’s. Once again, the Republicans want to fuck up something that has been working just fine until now. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5204 "2026-07-23T08:49:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Do you really need to show proof of citizenship when registering? I don’t remember doing so but it was a long time ago. No. You have to answer a question/swear you’re a citizen (again, based on the states where I have voted in the past and therefore had to register). That is what the Republicans want to change and complicate. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5205 "2026-07-23T08:58:00Z")
And not even once have I been asked to “unregister”/“deregister” to vote where I’ve previously registered. This is a problem that’s not a problem unless you’re a magaflatearther. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2026, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5206 "2026-07-23T10:13:08Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Once again, the Republicans want to fuck up something that has been working just fine until now. Truly. [The Freakouts of the Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631) office is down the hall. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5207 "2026-07-24T12:54:35Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > As usual, the US has use multiple bits of paper and plastic where maybe other countries use one discreet ID item. Or, like we have up until now, just freakin’ use our usual ID’s a.k.a. driver’s license or state ID’s. Canada doesn’t have a “one discreet ID” to vote that everyone has, but the list of “bits of paper” you can use to establish your right to vote is pretty freaking long. Take a look. > **[ID to Vote](https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=ids&document=index&lang=e)** > > \--- ---
**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:** [July 24, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5208 "2026-07-24T13:03:27Z")
But of course, Republicans also oppose any attempt to make an actual national ID card, because mumble mumble Mark of the Beast. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5209 "2026-07-25T00:47:42Z")
Rep. Zach Nunn (R-ID) assaults a constituent trying to ask him a question. [https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/2080811808970207408](https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/2080811808970207408) ---
**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:** [July 25, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5210 "2026-07-25T01:16:13Z")
Got a link that doesn’t give a click to Twitter? ---
**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:** [July 25, 2026, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5211 "2026-07-25T01:30:10Z")
Go to Google News and enter [Zach Nunn]. Plenty of reading there. I don’t do X/twitter either. But this isn’t hard. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5212 "2026-07-26T12:46:58Z")
I’m tired of cars being safe! Bike lanes are DEI! Next up: seatbelts! Because if the Lord didn’t want us to eat the windshield he would have given us thicker skulls! I’ve heard that Sean Duffy can’t ride a bike anyway. [https://www.npr.org/2026/07/23/nx-s1-5900901/bike-lanes-dot-websites?renderPlatform=nprone\_ios&unified=true](https://www.npr.org/2026/07/23/nx-s1-5900901/bike-lanes-dot-websites?renderPlatform=nprone_ios&unified=true) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5213 "2026-07-26T13:15:00Z")
From the article: > “Since nearly 80% of the population uses cars to get to work and their important medical appointments, we are taking a closer look at federal guidance to ensure American families have the infrastructure they need,” the spokesperson said. “This is a common sense approach despite the Left’s belief that everyone should ride a bike to their shoebox-sized apartment to eat crickets to achieve a phony climate agenda.” IOW, they’re regurgitating talking points from The Onion: > **[Study: 90% Of Bike Accidents Preventable By Buying Car Like A Normal Person](https://theonion.com/study-90-of-bike-accidents-preventable-by-buying-car-1820403123/)** > > WASHINGTON—Saying it was a simple but effective measure to reduce potentially deadly incidents, a study published Monday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that 90 percent of bike accidents could be prevented by buying a car... ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5214 "2026-07-26T13:21:40Z")
“Put the lead back in gasoline! This country has gotten more stupider since they took the lead out of gasoline! And paint!” ---
**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:** [July 26, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5215 "2026-07-26T14:47:04Z")
Well, the GOP has always been very 2Nd Amendment friendly, and politics is so divisive, so why not bring a gun to work in the Senate? And the drugs are just for fun! No harm no foul! To sum up the article:,”The government relations director for the conservative [Heritage Foundation](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/heritage-foundation) was arrested on a drug possession charge after he accidentally brought pistol ammo into the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington.” > **[Heritage Foundation exec faces drug charge after bringing ammo into Senate...](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/heritage-foundation-exec-arrested-drug-114411077.html)** > > Chris Wingate, 45, of Alexandria, Virginia, was stopped after an X-ray screening revealed pistol magazine, affadavit says ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5216 "2026-07-26T14:50:35Z")
I, too, support putting paint back in gasoline! ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5217 "2026-07-26T17:59:21Z")
Good to see shameless and extreme Republican strawmanning and fear mongering is alive and well. I, for one, stand firmly against the well known and established Democratic policy of forcing people to eat crickets. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5218 "2026-07-26T18:07:13Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > director for the conservative [Heritage Foundation](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/heritage-foundation) was arrested on a drug possession charge after he accidentally brought pistol ammo into the Russell Senate Office The article didn’t mention the slew of money in his briefcase for Senators on the fence about the bogus SAVE Act. Calling him a director is just WOKE. He’s a bagman. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5219 "2026-07-26T18:49:32Z")
Winning- it’s not an option! [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreido3ewzfo6sjamgtx23jchgeecqpaja5unjskmoys7pffptes7num) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreido3ewzfo6sjamgtx23jchgeecqpaja5unjskmoys7pffptes7num) ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5220 "2026-07-26T19:07:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I, too, support putting paint back in gasoline! 😁 I’ve wondered how easily some of the congressional magats could be triggered by this. “Put the lead back in paint!” “TV has gotten so much worse ever since ‘they’ banned cigarette commercials!” I’m sure there are many more… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=260) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=262)