# 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:** 290
**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:** [September 27, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5781 "2026-09-27T07:40:05Z")
Honestly, he sounds fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5782 "2026-09-27T10:01:09Z")
My sister had a theory: all the focus on the FBI policy has been put on Kash Patel’s comments about bestiality, which has distracted from the other elements of that change that includes prostitution and sex trafficking. So while everyone is up in arms about the “both sides” of bestiality, nobody is calling out the sex trafficking part. Now does the existing law prevent _victims_ of sex trafficking from joining the FBI? Or is it the perpetrators, the criminals, that are being let in? Her theory is that this is a deliberate distraction, political theater from Patel. Just how many _victims_ of sex trafficking and former prostitutes are we taking about? How many bestiality participants? ---
**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:** [September 27, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5783 "2026-09-27T15:40:24Z")
The scary think isn’t Senator Turdville’s pronouncements. But that there’s a large audience who’s eating that shit up, not laughing and pointing at the obvious moron. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5784 "2026-09-27T22:56:07Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PxLKf_BVUY8/maxresdefault.jpg "Sen. @JohnFetterman (D-PA) says he is a "lifelong Republican"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxLKf_BVUY8) ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5785 "2026-09-28T00:03:08Z")
I hate when people post videos with zero fucking context. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5786 "2026-09-28T00:33:40Z")
It’s right there in the title of the clip. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5787 "2026-09-28T00:36:00Z")
All I see is “Sen. @JohnFetterman (D-PA) says he i…” Is that sufficient context? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5788 "2026-09-28T00:40:22Z")
Yeah the headline inside a YT thumbnail gets truncated depending on your screen size and settings. “…says he is a Lifelong Republican” apparently. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5789 "2026-09-28T00:56:04Z")
The statement is in response to him being asked why he won’t switch parties and become a Republican. He thereafter corrects himself and says he meant to say “because I’m a lifelong Democrat”. Wrong thread. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5790 "2026-09-28T02:23:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The statement is in response to him being asked why he won’t switch parties and become a **Republican.** _Independent_ is what I heard. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5791 "2026-09-28T02:25:37Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > All I see is “Sen. @JohnFetterman (D-PA) says he i…” And I saw a tiny bit less. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5792 "2026-09-28T03:15:05Z")
[![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/da6xkuhass2yil98v9qv) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/da6xkuhass2yil98v9qv) ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5793 "2026-09-28T03:16:13Z")
[![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/sox1wrmc4zvyigvklwns) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/sox1wrmc4zvyigvklwns) ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5794 "2026-09-28T03:17:55Z")
[![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/lc9z5nnyrwjlwzivquwm) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/lc9z5nnyrwjlwzivquwm) ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5795 "2026-09-28T04:21:08Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/da6xkuhass2yil98v9qv](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/da6xkuhass2yil98v9qv) So he _did_ say it. But March isn’t in the summer. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5796 "2026-09-28T10:56:49Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > All I see is “Sen. @JohnFetterman (D-PA) says he i…” > > And I saw a tiny bit less. Gabby Johnson: “Hey! The Senator is a Republi-“ [BONG] ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5797 "2026-09-28T18:56:43Z")
> **[Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'](https://www.sacurrent.com/news/politics-and-elections/karl-rove-says-republican-party-is-being-taken-over-by-nazis/)** > > The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee. [![](https://media.tenor.com/NIS0Ge3RQdgAAAAe/suspect-guilty.png) ](https://media.tenor.com/NIS0Ge3RQdgAAAAe/suspect-guilty.png) ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5798 "2026-09-28T21:12:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > So he _did_ say it. But March isn’t in the summer. The dates are VERY much up in the air (and the 2026 date on the bottom of that meme graphic is wildly misleading, even if it is the date on which the graphic was (re)posted). I’m seeing dates from 2023 to 2025 for the “play the clip” interview with Kasie Hunt, and 2022 to 2024—in all sorts of months—for the “summer” when RFK Jr. made the “no vaccines” remark. In short: this seems to have become some sort of Rashomon distortion where different people make differing claims. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5799 "2026-09-28T21:28:16Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I’m seeing dates from 2023 to 2025 for the “play the clip” interview with Kasie Hunt, and 2022 to 2024—in all sorts of months—for the “summer” when RFK Jr. made the “no vaccines” remark. You should use a reliable source, like [Factcheck.org](http://Factcheck.org): > **[RFK Jr. Incorrectly Denies Past Remarks on Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness -...](https://www.factcheck.org/2023/11/scicheck-rfk-jr-incorrectly-denies-past-remarks-on-vaccine-safety-and-effectiveness/)** > > In a "PBS NewsHour" interview, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly denied previously saying that “no vaccine” is safe and effective. But Kennedy said exactly that on the Lex Fridman podcast in July. It was November 7, 2023 that the PBS NewsHour interview took place, where RKF Jr denied making the prior statement. And it was July 6, 2023 when RFK Jr made the original remark on the Lex Fridman podcast. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5800 "2026-09-28T21:32:46Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It was November 7, 2023 that the PBS NewsHour interview took place Okay. But the Kasie Hunt interchange did NOT take place on PBS News Hour. (It was, instead, on CNN and/or CNN Max.) So maybe TWO interviewers caught RFK Jr. blatantly lying?? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=289) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=291)