# 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:** 48
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/941 "2025-05-28T15:46:27Z")
And such boss uniforms, amirite? Would it be wrong to wish Kyle got to take a train ride to a camp, and experience what the nazis did for himself? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/942 "2025-05-28T16:10:32Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Would it be wrong to wish Kyle got to take a train ride to a camp, and experience what the nazis did for himself? Not at all, it would be . . . AWESOME! ---
**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:** [May 28, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/943 "2025-05-28T16:28:53Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Kyle Langford, California Gubernatorial Candidate, “The Nazis were cool and what the Germans did in WWII was awesome.” Here he was a month ago. > **[California candidate threatens immigrants with deportation if they don't...](https://boingboing.net/2025/04/16/california-candidate-threatens-immigrants-with-deportation-if-they-dont-marry-incels.html)** > > Some days, you just have to sit back and wonder how the American political project got here. Today is one of those days. Nick Fuentes is a name that pops… He suggests that immigrants who don’t marry incels will be deported. At the same time… > **[California Republican opposes ICE in schools](https://www.newsweek.com/california-republican-kyle-langford-ice-schools-immigration-2064211)** > > "I endorse Senate Bill 48 because children should feel no fear of going to school under any circumstances," Kyle Langford said. He supports a California bill backed by Democrats to oppose ICE being allowed in schools. It’s hard to take his candidacy seriously with inconsistent crap like this. It almost seems like he’ll say anything to get himself attention. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/944 "2025-05-28T16:35:59Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And such boss uniforms, amirite? ISWYDT ---
**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:** [May 29, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/945 "2025-05-29T22:30:48Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It’s hard to take his candidacy seriously with inconsistent crap like this. It almost seems like he’ll say anything to get himself attention. Yes, if he’d decided to run in Louisiana, he’d be getting NO press due to being indistinguishable from other candidates in that state. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/946 "2025-05-29T23:49:15Z")
Republican demands that Washington DC name their trains after Trump. > **[Republican threatens to kill DC transit funding unless it names trains for Trump](https://www.rawstory.com/congress-2672231066/?link_source=ta_thread_link&taid=6838e6f995b7de0001c4b00f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=threads.net)** > > A Florida Republican is demanding that Washington, D.C., name subway trains in its transit system after President Donald Trump and, If it doesn't, he says Congress will cut funding to the public system shared by the district as well as the states of... ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/947 "2025-05-29T23:58:03Z")
Alright, everyone: Hop on the Douche train! So it is written. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/948 "2025-05-30T00:17:43Z")
I’d maybe ride the Taco Train. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/949 "2025-05-30T00:23:47Z")
It’s going to get real confusing real fast if every line in the system is the Orange Line. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/950 "2025-05-30T00:28:11Z")
Since Trump’s businesses have always operated at a loss, they can keep the Red Line, 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:** [May 30, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/951 "2025-05-30T00:33:07Z")
There of course has to be a [golden line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_line). ---
**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:** [May 30, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/952 "2025-05-30T01:10:28Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > It sure would be fun to see the MAGAt repubs kissing up to DST (dog shit trump). Oh sir, you have the best smell. And the nicest shade of brown, no ne else has that! I’m told some types of diarrhea are, in fact, orange. > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > It’s going to get real confusing real fast if every line in the system is the Orange Line. > [@dasmoocher](#): > > Since Trump’s businesses have always operated at a loss, they can keep the Red Line, too. And I’ll bet real money there most definitely will not be a black line, nor will there be a brown line. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/953 "2025-05-30T01:45:21Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > And I’ll bet real money there most definitely will not be a black line, nor will there be a brown line. There could be. The Black/Brown Line will go straight to the Donald J Trump Federal Deportation Center [coming soon]. It’s a one-way trip. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/954 "2025-05-30T03:04:34Z")
No doubt that line will also be called the N Line. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/955 "2025-05-30T04:10:07Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Republican demands that Washington DC name their trains after Trump. “Cult, you say? What makes you think we’re in a cult?” ---
**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:** [May 30, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/956 "2025-05-30T05:21:46Z")
Let’s hope he doesn’t find out how many of the streets in Dale City are named. It might give him an idea. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/957 "2025-05-30T14:53:05Z")
> **[Federal officials under scrutiny after alleging undocumented Milwaukee man...](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2025/05/29/controversy-grows-over-ice-arrest-of-milwaukee-man-accused-of-threatening-trump/83925998007/)** > > Homeland Security officials said an undocumented man arrested in Milwaukee had threatened to kill Trump — but their account is now under scrutiny. > The Department of Homeland Security [issued a statement six days later](https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/28/secretary-noem-releases-statement-after-ice-arrests-illegal-alien-who-threatened) accusing Morales Reyes of writing a letter threatening to assasinate Trump. > That claim — made by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — is now coming under scrutiny. > The letter published by DHS reads, “I will self deport myself back to Mexico but not before I use my 30 yard 6 to shoot your precious president in (h)is head.” The “30 yard 6” mentioned in the letter likely refers to a type of hunting rifle. (That should be ‘thirty ought six’, right? ) > However, his family members and his attorney say Morales Reyes — who does not speak English and is not proficient at writing in Spanish — could not have authored the letter. > officials had already determined Reyes did not write the letter by the time they interviewed him. Reyes’ handwriting and the handwriting on the letter didn’t match, the source told CNN. > the public statement from Noem has already done irreversible damage to the family and prompted numerous death threats against them on social media. And Noem’s initial statement: > **[Secretary Noem Releases Statement After ICE Arrests Illegal Alien who...](https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/28/secretary-noem-releases-statement-after-ice-arrests-illegal-alien-who-threatened)** > > DHS Security Secretary Kristi Noem released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an illegal alien who threatened to assassinate President Trump.   > _“Thanks to our ICE officers, this illegal alien who threatened to assassinate President Trump is behind bars,”_ **said Secretary Kristi Noem** _. “This threat comes not even a year after President Trump was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania and less than two weeks after former FBI Director Comey called for the President’s assassination. All politicians and members of the media should take notice of these repeated attempts on President Trump’s life and tone down their rhetoric. I will continue to take all measures necessary to ensure the protection of President Trump.”_ ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/958 "2025-05-30T15:02:03Z")
Well, this is one I had not heard. At a comedy club, an audience member told the standup that she voted for Trump because Biden was cheating on his wife. Wow. [Comedian Shoves MAGA Woman’s BS Straight Back in Her Face](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqEUGSzRYV0) It’s around the 1:15 mark. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/959 "2025-05-30T15:07:17Z")
> [@Kristi Noem](#): > > I will continue to take all measures necessary to ensure the protection of President Trump.” I thought she was supposed to be Secretary of _Homeland_ Security, not Secretary of _President Trump_ Security. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/960 "2025-06-01T07:03:53Z")
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