# 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:** 291
**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, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5801 "2026-09-28T21:38:16Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > So maybe TWO interviewers caught RFK Jr. blatantly lying?? Apparently yes. The Kasie Hunt interview took place December 15, 2023, according to the date stamps on both of these clips hosted by CNN. > **[RFK Jr. talks to CNN about the 2024 election, Donald Trump, and vaccination |...](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/12/15/exp-robert-kennedy-junior-rfk-2024-election-biden-trump-vaccines-121511aseg1-cnni-politics.cnn)** > > Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks to CNN’s Kasie Hunt about his campaign, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and his past claim that “there is no vaccine that is, you know, safe and effective.” > **[‘So you did say it’: Hunt debunks RFK Jr. vaccine claims | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/12/15/robert-f-kennedy-jr-vaccine-claim-not-safe-hunt-max-vpx.cnn)** > > Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended himself against the unfounded claims he repeated about Covid-19 and vaccines. CNN’s Kasie Hunt fact-checks his claims. The preview box for that second link says December 16, but the actual URL says the 15th just like the first one. ---
**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, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5802 "2026-09-28T21:47:56Z")
You’d think that JUST having been caught (in November 2023) would have made RFK Jr. less likely to flat-out lie mere weeks later (in December). But apparently his arrogance is such that he learned no such lesson. (In the November encounter, of course, the host did NOT have the clip proving the lie ready to hand. By December the CNN people had figured out they should have it queued up–because he _ **was** _ going to lie.) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5803 "2026-09-28T23:40:30Z")
No more entries please! The Internet has been won for today. 🏆 ---
**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 29, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5804 "2026-09-29T00:23:23Z")
Oh yeah? Here’s Fox News panelists complaining about how quality of life in NYC has gone down because (checks notes) the hookers are all too fat. > > **[Fox News host's strange take on New York 'quality of life issue' sparks...](https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-2677956483/)** > > A Fox News host sparked an uproar after uncorking a strange take about what he described as a "quality of life issue" New Yorkers face during Monday's broadcast of "The Five." "It's something that a lot of people are talking about in terms of a... ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5805 "2026-09-29T03:08:39Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > > [@Jihi](#): > > > > Left-handed people? > > All it would take is rebranding the term “Leftist”. _I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded a communist_ _Cause I’m left-handed_ _That’s the hand I use… well, never mind_ Paul Simon, [“A Simple Desultory Phillipic”](https://genius.com/Simon-and-garfunkel-a-simple-desultory-philippic-or-how-i-was-robert-mcnamarad-into-submission-lyrics#about) ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5806 "2026-09-29T05:02:19Z")
[Hang 'em all!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-republican-called-public-execution-160428447.html) > [@](#): > > Bo French, a Texas Republican running to lead a powerful state agency, has a history of making controversial social media posts, including calling for the public execution of Democratic leaders, according to a recent investigation from[CNN’s KFile team](https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/politics/kfile-bo-french-tweets-executions). > > French, who is running to lead Texas’s railroad commission, has recently faced criticism from members of his own party after [making a racist post](https://x.com/bofrench/status/2099118916282810552)on social media. Powerful Republicans, including the Texas senator John Cornyn, said they would not support French in the upcoming election. > > But the latest spat over French’s social media has led to a deeper look at his online history. In a review of old posts from social media accounts that seemingly belonged to French, CNN’s KFile team found that the Texas Republican repeatedly called for public executions of opponents. > > In 2020, French [used a now-suspended X account](https://x.com/rwbofrench) to seemingly [call for the execution](https://web.archive.org/web/20200512211414/https://twitter.com/rwbofrench/status/1258832698002550786) of former president Barack Obama and [other Obama administration officials](https://web.archive.org/web/20200512082713/https://twitter.com/rwbofrench/status/1258832231721832455)that he believed had disseminated false information about Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election. > > In February 2025, French used his X account, under a former handle, to [call for other public executions,](https://web.archive.org/web/20250218132557/https://twitter.com/Bo_French_TX/status/1891841586683654647) including [Senator Adam Schiff](https://web.archive.org/web/20250223031451/https://twitter.com/Bo_French_TX/status/1893499737925402725). ---
**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 29, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5807 "2026-09-29T08:38:55Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Here’s Fox News panelists complaining about how quality of life in NYC has gone down because (checks notes) the hookers are all too fat. _Of course_ Jesse Watters has noticed this too. I don’t know what we’re supposed to take away from this other than the confirmation that these guys are seriously creepy. Meanwhile in Utah - how it started: [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:6guagmhjwdanmotimn45j3pq/bafkreicaqfgz6bibmcgvrrdmh5dvb7iobld3e7oe3zlnyan446yaiwuorq) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:6guagmhjwdanmotimn45j3pq/bafkreicaqfgz6bibmcgvrrdmh5dvb7iobld3e7oe3zlnyan446yaiwuorq) How’s it’s going: [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:6guagmhjwdanmotimn45j3pq/bafkreihe6p5lrlvbvjwgusagwpkqs6j7sehigt6gyeztdr2d4gqqwl3usm) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:6guagmhjwdanmotimn45j3pq/bafkreihe6p5lrlvbvjwgusagwpkqs6j7sehigt6gyeztdr2d4gqqwl3usm) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5808 "2026-09-29T11:42:15Z")
Just noting that I finally saw the video that this meme comes from, and now I can fully appreciate it. I would post a link to it for other semi-confused folks, but I don’t remember where I saw 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:** [September 29, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5809 "2026-09-29T11:51:54Z")
It’s from I Think You Should Leave. ETA [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WLfAf8oHrMo/maxresdefault.jpg "I Think You Should Leave | Hot Dog Car Sketch | Netflix Is A Joke") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLfAf8oHrMo) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5810 "2026-09-29T12:27:04Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > _Of course_ Jesse Watters has noticed this too. I don’t know what we’re supposed to take away from this other than the confirmation that these guys are seriously creepy. > > Meanwhile in Utah - how it started: I assume that Trevor Lee would agree with the other two people with regards to NYC. Meanwhile look at the typo in the “Learing Center”. They clearly asked the AI to print out “Leering Center”. ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5811 "2026-09-29T14:19:15Z")
Good post. What fucking nutbags. It’s worth pointing out to folks who’re not familiar with the details of Texas government that the Texas Railroad Commission is misnamed and does lots else than railroads. The lede in this preview pretty well tells the tale. > **[Railroad Commission of Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_Commission_of_Texas)** > > The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC; also sometimes called the Texas Railroad Commission, TRC) is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining. Despite its name, it ceased regulating railroads in 2005, when the last of the rail functions were transferred to the Texas Department of Transportation. Established by the Texas Legislature in 1891, it is the state's oldest ... In short, they regulate the operation and safety of Texas’s largest and most important industries. Which are inherently dirty polluting industries too. Giving them vast power, vast scope for graft, and zero accountability. So a natural place to want a raging violent Fascist in charge. 🤦‍♂️ ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5812 "2026-09-29T14:26:25Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > _Of course_ Jesse Watters has noticed this too. I don’t know what we’re supposed to take away from this other than the confirmation that these guys are seriously creepy. Nobody should be surprised. > **[Groups predict prostitution spike at RNC](https://www.denverpost.com/2008/08/04/groups-predict-prostitution-spike-at-rnc/)** > > Groups predict prostitution spike at RNC > **[Prostitution could spike during RNC](https://www.twincities.com/2008/08/29/prostitution-could-spike-during-rnc/)** > > Of the 5,000 or so “erotic services” ads on the Twin Cities craigslist Web site, the word “Republican” appears twice. In an ad looking for event “hostesses” during next week’s presidential… And 8 years later. > **[Human trafficking expected to increase during the Republican National Convention](https://www.cleveland19.com/story/32216551/human-trafficking-expected-to-increase-during-the-rnc/)** > > The Republican National Convention is shedding light on a dark problem in our city: Human Sex Trafficking. We're getting answers on human sex trafficking in Cleveland and how our city is preparing for an expected increase in business during the... They like their loving to be nice and professional. ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5813 "2026-09-29T14:51:15Z")
Prostitutes rarely blackmail, nor do they do tell-all interviews. Nor do they become pregnant. Unlike groupies, sycophants, barflies, and other forms of mostly willing sex toys for men who think they’re bigshots. ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5814 "2026-09-29T14:59:30Z")
Bo French, Republican candidate for the Texas Railroad Commissioner (which is a powerful position in Texas), made a racist Twitter post showing South Asian students in the stands at a University of Texas-Austin football game celebrating a win against Ohio State. The suggestion is that whites are being replaced by brown and black people. Never mind that the students shown are wearing Longhorn shirts and cowboy hats and are making the “[Hook 'em Horns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_%27em_Horns)” sign. In other words, the kids are enveloped in the local culture. > ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5815 "2026-09-29T15:04:47Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Bo French, Republican candidate for the Texas Railroad Commissioner (which is a powerful position in Texas), made a racist Twitter post showing South Asian students in the stands at a University of Texas-Austin football game celebrating a win against Ohio State. And when called out on it, even by other Texas Republicans, opted to double down hard. On multiple occasions, too. ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5816 "2026-09-29T15:07:52Z")
At least he has the courage and conviction to really own his racism. /s ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5817 "2026-09-29T15:10:07Z")
I read that Bo French defended his racism by talking about how the black and brown kids aren’t “assimilating.” What do you call it when they’re at a Longhorns game dressed like everyone else and celebrating the win? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5818 "2026-09-29T15:13:03Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > This is a new one to me. I had no idea that furries had a tropism for airline pilots, or vice-versa. > > Hopefully there will be few bats and flying squirrels in the mix If the pilots like to dress up as birds does that make them featheries? If they wear carp heads does that make them fishies? Or just fishy? ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5819 "2026-09-29T15:22:23Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > What do you call it when they’re at a Longhorns game dressed like everyone else and celebrating the win? Cultural appropriation! /s ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5820 "2026-09-29T15:28:43Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I read that Bo French defended his racism by talking about how the black and brown kids aren’t “assimilating.” What do you call it when they’re at a Longhorns game dressed like everyone else and celebrating the win? They didn’t magically turn white or let a white kid have their spot at UT. How can they be assimilating if they don’t know their place? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=290) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=292)