# 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:** 61
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1201 "2025-07-12T17:30:28Z")
In normal circumstances, this might be an interesting test case. But right now? I fear what the Supreme Court might decide. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1202 "2025-07-12T21:51:41Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > It goes even deeper that that! Bondi, Biden, do I need to draw you a map?!?! Solving the equation yields Bidon, who lives in [Bidonville](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bidonville). ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1203 "2025-07-12T22:00:50Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Something must’ve set him off Google it. He’s had a feud with her for many years. He randomly restarts it every few years for reasons no sane person can understand ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1204 "2025-07-12T22:11:46Z")
A quick google indicates that O’Donnell has not yet secured Irish citizenship (Wikipedia says she is pursuing it based on descent). If that’s true, and if Trump is serious and moves forward, that’s rendering someone stateless. And we all know that it would be for political reasons because O’Donnell has been very public about her opposition to Trump. If he succeeds with one he can succeed with others. At that point we’re all in danger although, as usual, the MAGAs won’t realize it until they FAFO. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1205 "2025-07-12T22:21:54Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Who’s Bondi? Matt Gaetz is the AG. Where have you been? (cue Back To The Future theme music). Eric Stoltz would approve. But Bondi may actually NOT be the AG much longer. As the Epstein explosion shows no signs of damping down, Donald will be looking for a scapegoat. Pam may well be it. MAGA loves seeing women put in their place, after all. And maybe Donald thinks he’ll be able to get Gaetz in, after all! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1206 "2025-07-12T22:30:37Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Donald will be looking for a scapegoat. And then he can spend the rest of the term responding to reporter’s questions about the Epstein list with “I don’t know, Pam Bondi was the last person to have it, it was on her desk, ask her what she did with it, maybe she destroyed it, you should investigate her, I don’t know why you’re asking me about it”. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1207 "2025-07-12T22:37:54Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Who’s Bondi? Bondi… Pam Bondi. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1208 "2025-07-12T23:01:43Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > But Bondi may actually NOT be the AG much longer. As the Epstein explosion shows no signs of damping down, Donald will be looking for a scapegoat. I predict that the Epstein explosion will die down. After all, these are the guys who voted to keep marriage at 13 legal. > **[Why Are Some Republican Lawmakers Hellbent on Preserving Child Marriage?](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/republican-lawmakers-child-marriage-abortion-1235018777/)** > > GOP lawmakers across the U.S. have opposed raising the marriage age, with some arguing child marriage bans would encourage abortion. I am laying that out here. I predict that within 2 weeks, Epstein will be a nothingburger, and the MAGAverse will have moved on to something else. If I am wrong, feel free to mock me unmercilessly. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1209 "2025-07-12T23:39:26Z")
Why is MAGA so hot for the Epstein files? If the Orange Asshole wants it buried, don’t they think there’s a reason? ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1210 "2025-07-12T23:51:15Z")
MAGA **was** so hot for the Epstein files because they were a club to beat Democrats (Clinton) with. Of course Trump is connected to Epstein, that’s been proven in the open media. We don’t need to see any sealed files to know that. It also doesn’t matter. You don’t think that Republicans think chasing teen aged girls is actually wrong do you? It’s practically their whole brand these days. If it quits working as a club to beat the opposition, they will drop it immediately. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1211 "2025-07-12T23:55:02Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > It seems to me that the obvious retaliation is to cut the pay to police officers that are suspended during an investigation. That would just result in departments no longer suspending officers at all. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1212 "2025-07-13T00:24:58Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > As the Epstein explosion shows no signs of damping down, Donald will be looking for a scapegoat. Then he could just have Epstein killed again. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1213 "2025-07-13T00:40:11Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > MAGA **was** so hot for the Epstein files because they were a club to beat Democrats (Clinton) with. If Bill Clinton solicited young girls from Epstein, _he_ should go to jail, too. We already know he’s a sex offender. He just wasn’t convicted. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1214 "2025-07-13T03:44:09Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Trump, for no apparent reason, wants Rosie O’Donnell deported. She is unmutual. Unmutual! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DgsRjwmWcDE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Loneliness of the 'Unmutual'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgsRjwmWcDE) ---
**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:** [July 13, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1215 "2025-07-13T14:28:23Z")
Regarding the Superman movie, I don’t know if this has been posted yet, but apparently [Nazi’s have a history here:](https://archive.ph/ipWk5#selection-1689.38-1689.50) [![](https://i.imgur.com/kBjlzKl.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/kBjlzKl.png) Interestingly, we even see the Nazi’s doing something Trump is well known for doing. They referred to the creator, Jerry Siegel as “Jerry Israel Siegel” and “Jerry Sealing Wax”, which seems to be a play on his last name, but I’m not sure what the insult is. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1216 "2025-07-13T14:38:24Z")
The Nazis mandated the addition of the [name Israel to Jewish males and Sarah to Jewish women](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1933-1938/law-on-alteration-of-family-and-personal-names) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1217 "2025-07-13T18:50:04Z")
Der Superman, der super duper super man… ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1218 "2025-07-13T19:21:01Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > I predict that within 2 weeks, Epstein will be a nothingburger, and the MAGAverse will have moved on to something else. Trump’s SOP is to create new distractions every few days to divert attention from whatever the last shit thing is. The Epstein file fiasco seems to have fired up a lot of MAGAs against him. What’s the distraction(s) going to be this time? Trump might have to up his game if the Epstein thing doesn’t die down quickly enough for him because it’s pissing off some of his base and not the libs. Maybe cut off Ukraine completely? Bomb Iran again? Something stupid in Gaza? Saying the US is annexing Greenland? Take your pick. Trump only gives a shit about how actions affect him personally, not any real-world damage he may cause. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1219 "2025-07-13T19:54:02Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > What’s the distraction(s) going to be this time? Well, there’s always the ever-popular tariff thingie. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1220 "2025-07-13T20:07:05Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Well, there’s always the ever-popular tariff thingie. Tariffs are tried-and-true for Trump but seem stale. Trump really needs a shiny squirrel this time. After I posted above, I saw this video (~17 mins.) by Rick Wilson of The Lincoln Project: [The MAGA Crackup!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGO4cdhIpRQ) Wilson’s take is the Epstein debacle is a huge deal in the MAGA world and unprecedented in its divisiveness. There’s a recent video out there of Alex Jones crying about Trump’s betrayal. It seems a lot of MAGA media influencers aren’t down with this “coverup”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=62)