# 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:** 272
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5421 "2026-08-14T14:33:41Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > It’s purely reflexive at this point. Facts are for losers. He’s following in his messiahs footsteps. What they can’t seem to understand is that they are the losers. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5422 "2026-08-14T15:01:31Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Facts are for losers. He’s following in his messiahs footsteps. What they can’t seem to understand is that they are the losers. Whither in the face of the superior argument: > No - You are! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5423 "2026-08-14T15:33:38Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Whither in the face of the superior argument: “You’re a terrible person saying that.” ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5424 "2026-08-14T19:57:02Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > (and I did see So I Married an Axe Murderer, and it was funny, but I remember almost no quotes from it beyond “Woman, woman, whoa, man.”) She was a thief, you got to belief. She stole my heart and my cat. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5425 "2026-08-15T05:09:18Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Do you think Lindell understands _anything at all?_ He’s never struck me as the overly-intellectual type. > > He ‘thinks’ the election was rigged because he lost. That’s just what some Republicans do now, no matter what the circumstances. It’s purely reflexive at this point. But even Trump knows you don’t point the finger at yourself. So apparently Mike Lindell is dumber than Donald Trump. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5426 "2026-08-16T01:39:04Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But even Trump knows you don’t point the finger at yourself. Trump has totally turned on Republicans many times when things didn’t go his way. He is not smarter than Lindell. They are both simpletons. Remember that he also tried to investigate the 2016 election **that he won** , because during the campaign when he was sure he was going to lose he never shut up about how much it was rigged. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5427 "2026-08-16T03:14:47Z")
Chuck Grassley, who is third in the presidential line of succession, has announced another death in the family. > ---
**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:** [August 16, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5428 "2026-08-16T03:16:57Z")
Has the senator never heard of a vacuum cleaner repair shop? I’m pretty sure such a shop could recondition and rebuild his beloved, which might allow him to get back to serving the people of his state. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5429 "2026-08-16T03:29:13Z")
I daresay the people of Iowa might be better served by him spending his time mourning his vacuum cleaners. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5430 "2026-08-16T04:41:53Z")
I was wondering why the flag was at half-staff when I got to work today. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5431 "2026-08-16T09:08:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I daresay the people of Iowa might be better served by him spending his time mourning his vacuum cleaners. I daresay the people of Iowa might be better served by his vacuum cleaners. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5432 "2026-08-16T11:55:03Z")
Okay, say what you will about Chuck Grassley, but his vacuum cleaner schtick is legitimately funny. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5433 "2026-08-16T15:08:33Z")
The bit could use a couple more open mics to iron out the delivery. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5434 "2026-08-16T17:26:12Z")
I can’t hear it. I can see the video, but it’s silent. If i like at it to try to turn on the volume, it asks me to install X. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5435 "2026-08-16T19:16:33Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > If i like at it to try to turn on the volume, it asks me to install X. That’s a new thing Elon is doing. He should know by now that if you don’t want X, nothing is going to make you install it. But he keeps trying. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5436 "2026-08-16T19:53:02Z")
We’ve reached the stage of capitalism where “line must go up at all costs” means trying to find ways to FORCE people to consume your product. Hence the techbros’ embrace of fascism. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5437 "2026-08-16T20:42:08Z")
“Free market,” my ass. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5438 "2026-08-16T22:12:50Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Has the senator never heard of a vacuum cleaner repair shop? That’s how you end up managing an Omaha Cinnabon. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2026, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5439 "2026-08-17T07:13:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > We’ve reached the stage of capitalism where “line must go up at all costs” means trying to find ways to FORCE people to consume your product. Bill Gates was doing that thirty years ago. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5440 "2026-08-17T14:27:18Z")
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