# 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:** 302
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6021 "2026-10-13T20:33:11Z")
She was also one of those Mike Lindell types who denied the result of any election she didn’t win, including primaries within the Republican party. A real winner there ---
**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:** [October 13, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6022 "2026-10-13T20:33:22Z")
I remember the failed governor race, as that came up a lot when she was in the national news, but forgot about the senate race. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6023 "2026-10-13T23:21:25Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I got the full on Columbus as brave explorer bit in elementary school and not a single thing about Italian heritage. Got more about Spain than Italy, at that. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcToPDdwTqi10z1I2qi6oObTfi8Kj-Z5seRfW5uay3EINoDpb9VZ8sljnd1c&s=10) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcToPDdwTqi10z1I2qi6oObTfi8Kj-Z5seRfW5uay3EINoDpb9VZ8sljnd1c&s=10) ---
**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:** [October 14, 2026, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6024 "2026-10-14T04:58:19Z")
“I didn’t mean _any_ of that. That’s just something you say.” > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mxsls6pjw22y)** > > HOCHUL: 4 days ago you screamed 'We love Donald Trump.' You said he is the greatest POTUS of your lifetime. Is it the high utility costs, grocery costs, use of ICE, healthcare cuts? > > BLAKEMAN: At a rally you say things to get the crowd worked up.... ---
**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:** [October 14, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6025 "2026-10-14T19:01:11Z")
TX school district shuts down a high school production of _Little Shop of Horrors_ for being “sexually-oriented” because they cast a girl as Seymour. [https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/texas-school-cancels-little-shop-horrors-female-cast-male/507-2123224f-d9ca-4d67-94f1-78fbeeb21246?tbref=hp](https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/texas-school-cancels-little-shop-horrors-female-cast-male/507-2123224f-d9ca-4d67-94f1-78fbeeb21246?tbref=hp) ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6026 "2026-10-15T00:28:02Z")
Kansas gubernatorial candidate accuses his opponent of being a witch because he doesn’t understand Gen Z humor. > **[“Demonic Stuff”: Kansas GOP Accuses Democrat of Being a Witch](https://newrepublic.com/post/216642/demonic-stuff-kansas-gop-accuses-democrat-witch)** > > Ty Masterson had a lot to say about witchcraft while speaking at a Wichita church this weekend. > “Like I said, my opponent, she didn’t even hide it,” Masterson added. “She talked—they had witch—I mean, they’re doing like witchcraft spells on TikTok so she can win the governorship. I mean, they’re like … it’s like demonic stuff that they’re doing, right? Just in your face that way.” > > The state senator had seemingly drawn his conclusions from a series of playful TikTok videos posted by Holscher’s 20-year-old daughter, Maddie, who had shared clips of her and her mom brushing their teeth set to a song from the Wicked soundtrack. > > “Casting a spell so my mom wins Kansas Governor except she’s so done with me,” Maddie Holscher captioned one clip from April, in which she waves her arms around her mother. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6027 "2026-10-15T00:36:14Z")
When was the last time any school production of any play didn’t have a girl playing some male role? ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6028 "2026-10-15T01:45:26Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Anyone actually think that Tuberville thinks that Puerto Rico is a part of the United States? Heck, the felon-in-the-oval didn’t even know that. And that alone raises the question, yet to be answered, if he didn’t know it’s part of the US, why was he even there? [What are you, a journalist, doing recording me at a public event?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/rep-andy-harris-threatens-reporter-230416404.html) > [@](#): > > Maryland Republican Rep. Andy Harris on Tuesday appeared to lose his cool during a gaggle with reporters, singling out a journalist and threatening her with legal consequences if she recorded him on video. > > “You do not have my permission to record. If you record, we will refer you to prosecutors,” Harris told the reporter in a [video captured by a Baltimore Banner photojournalist](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FBaltimoreBanner%2Fstatus%2F2110353543022752199%3Fs%3D20&data=05%7C02%7CJohn.R.Parkinson%40abc.com%7C755792b4dded4222c69708df2a1534d3%7C56b731a8a2ac4c32bf6b616810e913c6%7C1%7C0%7C639275942812136306%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=kPLs5POcNFDcx6WU61IzpX19GS%2F2b6vR0EJ3uTACrrs%3D&reserved=0)following his debate against Democratic opponent Dan Schwartz in Cambridge, Maryland. > > “Everyone in here is recording,” responded the reporter, identified as Cat Murphy, a data reporter at Capital News Service. “Why am I not allowed to?” > > “But you are not allowed to,” Harris responded. “We are in a two-party state. You are not allowed to.” > > Harris had just left the contentious debate in which some in the audience interrupted him with laughter as he tried to blame Democrats for the high price of diesel. > > “You’re rude,” he said angrily, pointing to a woman in the audience. > > Harris, who is seeking a ninth term in the House, repeatedly referenced Maryland’s all-party consent law, the Maryland Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, which makes it unlawful for any person to “willfully intercep. … any wire, oral, or electronic communication” – a felony subject to imprisonment for not more than five years and/or a fine of not more than $10,000. > > But the law protects only private conversations, not situations such as a public official conducting a news conference with accredited journalists where the participants have no reasonable expectation of privacy. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6029 "2026-10-15T02:02:15Z")
What a maroon. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6030 "2026-10-15T04:05:07Z")
@Dewey_Finn Awesome! I just found the [handicapped placard](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ac6f0_db6786e4028443af8f4fd11842cc5478~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_543,h_630,al_c,lg_1,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/8ac6f0_db6786e4028443af8f4fd11842cc5478~mv2.jpg) Harris uses. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6031 "2026-10-15T11:07:35Z")
Of course what the Fascists want is that the law restricts anyone from recording or publishing whatever the Fascists don’t want recorded or published. They have rights. Nobody else does. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6032 "2026-10-15T13:56:56Z")
I think in the case of Representative Andy Harris, this wasn’t about a fascist who wanted to control others but instead simply someone who got flustered and lashed out. (When he suggested “Democrats’ environmental regulations” were the cause of high diesel fuel prices, he got laughed at. And note that the person asking the question was a graduate student in journalism at the state university. That’s someone I would expect would be well aware of the rules, though they were obvious in this case. And BTW, [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-rep-andy-harris-challenges-student-reporters-right-to-record-him-heated-debate/) suggested why the congressman might have acted. > “If the congressman is having a conversation with journalists whom he invited into a public venue, then the congressman would not have an expectation of privacy, meaning what we would refer to as a two-party consent rule would not be applicable,” [attorney Jeremy] Eldridge said. > > In 2019, a college student at Salisbury University was charged with illegally streaming a meeting with a congressional staffer for Harris. > > Eldridge said that earlier case may help explain why Harris was particularly sensitive to the issue, but he said the circumstances of Tuesday’s exchange were different. > > “This congressman in particular has been the victim of illegal wiretapping previously and that matter was prosecuted in the Maryland court system,” Eldridge said. “So the congressman is probably sensitive to this issue, but in this situation, the congressman was wrong on the law.” ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6033 "2026-10-15T15:04:47Z")
All the more reason why he should have understood what the law actually says. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6034 "2026-10-15T15:13:12Z")
Surely one can’t be expected to understand a law like this when one is busy serving one’s eighth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6035 "2026-10-16T14:14:04Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > All the more reason why he should have understood what the law actually says. I think he knows what the law actually says. I think he was just hoping that the young woman reporter wouldn’t know what the law actually says, and thought he might be able to intimidate her. Notice during his diesel prices spiel, he only singled out women in the crowd when men were laughing at him too. Fucking misogynist coward. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6036 "2026-10-17T17:50:24Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > Fucking misogynist coward You misspelled “Loyal Trump Sycophant”. They’re all taking their lead from him, even if they’re enjoying the role. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6037 "2026-10-17T19:13:36Z")
> **[Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/paleofuture.bsky.social/post/3mxyvr6r5ns2m)** > > Tucker Carlson: "If you look at pornography enough or bestiality videos all day, after a while... it's kind of an attractive horse, I get it." ---
**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:** [October 17, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6038 "2026-10-17T19:21:28Z")
I was trying to find that video in context because people keep responding to that tiny clip. I finally found something with enough context to see the actual point he was making. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8cNlEHU1yWQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Best!ality…") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cNlEHU1yWQ) He was talking about people becoming desensitized to content that would normally be shocking just because they are being constantly inundated by it. And that context doesn’t make his comment any less weird. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6039 "2026-10-17T19:31:07Z")
So…is there a _Mrs._ Ed? 😏 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6040 "2026-10-17T19:53:10Z")
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