# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2047
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40924 "2019-04-19T22:03:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > New Mexico border militia group holds hundreds of immigrants at gunpoint. Law enforcement is not pleased. > [https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/us/border-militia-migrants/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/us/border-militia-migrants/index.html) I wonder what would happen is someone refused the militia’s order to sit down while Border Patrol is brought in. I hope the militia members doing this are found and arrested on kidnapping and unlawful detention charges, then tried, convicted, and tossed into prison for a few years. Where the fuck do they get off doing this shit? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40925 "2019-04-19T22:17:42Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I wonder what would happen is someone refused the militia’s order to sit down while Border Patrol is brought in. > > I hope the militia members doing this are found and arrested on kidnapping and unlawful detention charges, then tried, convicted, and tossed into prison for a few years. Where the fuck do they get off doing this shit? I can’t help but to think of that scene from The Andy Griffith Show: Gomer Pyle: “Citizen’s Arrest!! Citizen’s arrest!!” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40926 "2019-04-20T01:47:11Z")
Barney Fife, heretic! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40927 "2019-04-20T14:59:59Z")
No, no. Gomer was arresting Barney for making an illegal u-turn. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40928 "2019-04-20T18:17:08Z")
A couple adorned in Nazi regalia and MAGA hats were confronted after filming themselves laughing and making Nazi salutes in the Rhode Island Holocaust memorial. > **[Woman squares off with couple wearing Nazi regalia at Holocaust memorial](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/woman-squares-off-with-couple-wearing-nazi-regalia-at-holocaust-memorial-oh-hell-no-234829640.html)** > > "When you see something so reprehensible, you have to stand up,” said Sondra Pierson of Rhode Island. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40929 "2019-04-20T18:30:13Z")
I wonder if they got a free armband with the purchase of the hat or if it was the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40930 "2019-04-20T21:22:49Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > I wonder if they got a free armband with the purchase of the hat or if it was the other way around. You can get both items as prizes in Trump-Os cereal boxes. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40931 "2019-04-20T22:36:28Z")
[Washington state senator slammed for saying nurses ‘play cards’ for ‘considerable amount of the day’](https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/20/politics/washington-state-senator-nurse-remarks/index.html) The intelligence and compassion of Republicans is not limited to the Federal government. > [@](#): > > The Washington State Senate considered a bill Tuesday, SHB 1155, that would provide nurses with uninterrupted meal and rest periods. > > “By putting these types of mandates on a critical access hospital that literally serves a handful of individuals, I would submit to you those nurses probably do get breaks. They probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day,” Washington state Senator Maureen Walsh said on Tuesday during a debate on the Washington state Senate floor. > > Walsh, a Republican, was arguing in support of an amendment that would exempt critical access hospitals, in rural areas, and hospitals with less than 25 beds from the bill. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40932 "2019-04-21T02:42:00Z")
The FBI has arrested the leader of the militia group that has been kidnapping immigrants along the border. [FBI Arrests Larry Mitchell Hopkins, Leader of United Constitutional Patriots Border Militia](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-arrests-larry-mitchell-hopkins-leader-of-united-constitutional-patriots-border-militia)? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40933 "2019-04-21T06:35:40Z")
Washington state legislator talked with right wing activists to spy on political enemies, planned violence against targeted enemies, and planned to organize attacks on their homes, their workplaces, and their children’s childcare facilities. > **[Republican discussed violent attacks and surveillance with rightwingers](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/20/matt-shea-rightwing-messages-chat-records)** > > Washington state representative Matt Shea exchanged messages with far-right figures, chat records obtained by the Guardian reveal ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40934 "2019-04-21T17:46:06Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > [Washington state senator slammed for saying nurses ‘play cards’ for ‘considerable amount of the day’](https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/20/politics/washington-state-senator-nurse-remarks/index.html) > > The intelligence and compassion of Republicans is not limited to the Federal government. One of my daughters is an RN. Works 12 and a half hour shifts (15 minutes of hand off time at the beginning and end of each shift) and occasionally does not have time to take any lunch break and always is rushed for lunch and very tired at the end of a shift. Even taking a pee can be difficult. She has had great fun mocking this on Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40935 "2019-04-21T18:06:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Washington state legislator talked with right wing activists to spy on political enemies, planned violence against targeted enemies, and planned to organize attacks on their homes, their workplaces, and their children’s childcare facilities. > [Republican discussed violent attacks and surveillance with rightwingers | The far right | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/20/matt-shea-rightwing-messages-chat-records) A drysider\* like the “nurses play cards” dingaling referenced elsewhere. The fact that he’s been denounced by the (Republican) Sheriff of his county is notable because to many of his ilk, the Sheriff is the highest legitimate governmental official. \*Someone from east of the Cascades, an area that is drier, more rural and generally more conservative than the west side. For many, their main complaint in life is how they’re oppressed by the lib’ruls in Seattle. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40936 "2019-04-21T22:02:31Z")
Not sure which of our many, many threads to post this in: [Mueller’s report looks bad for Obama](https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/opinions/mueller-report-obama-jennings/index.html) > [@Scott Jennings on CNN.com](#): > > The partisan warfare over the Mueller report will rage, but one thing cannot be denied: Former President Barack Obama looks just plain bad. On his watch, the Russians meddled in our democracy while his administration did nothing about it. I keep seeing this turd of a story pop up. Gee, why _didn’t_ Obama do more about Russian election interference? Well, for one thing, I imagine the Democratic President of the United States publicly accusing the Russians of trying to aid the Republican nominee in the election to succeed him might just be a wee bit divisive without some support from prominent Republican leaders, who, as patriotic statesmen, would presumably put country before party and– [Biden: McConnell Refused To Sign Bipartisan Statement On Russian Interference](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/24/580171396/biden-mcconnell-refused-to-sign-bipartisan-statement-on-russian-interference) > [@](#): > > Former Vice President Joe Biden says he and President Barack Obama decided not to speak out publicly on Russian interference during the 2016 campaign after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to sign a bipartisan statement condemning the Kremlin’s role. :smack: And who the fuck is Scott Jennings, anyway? > [@CNN.com](#): > > Scott Jennings, a CNN contributor, is a former special assistant to President George W. Bush and former campaign adviser to Sen. Mitch McConnell. Fuck you, Scott Jennings! And fuck you, too, Mitch McConnell! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40937 "2019-04-21T23:43:16Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > …[Biden: McConnell Refused To Sign Bipartisan Statement On Russian Interference](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/24/580171396/biden-mcconnell-refused-to-sign-bipartisan-statement-on-russian-interference) > > > [@](#): > > > > Former Vice President Joe Biden says he and President Barack Obama decided not to speak out publicly on Russian interference during the 2016 campaign after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to sign a bipartisan statement condemning the Kremlin’s role. > > … This is [del]why[/del] one of the many reasons why I fucking HATE Mitch McConnell. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40938 "2019-04-22T00:07:50Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This is [del]why[/del] one of the many reasons why I fucking HATE Mitch McConnell. He’s almost certainly going to go down in history as America’s version of [the Brothers Gracchi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODI1VOOoey0&list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5B6Z5nLF5o46E3mVIlWeNjP). I just wish he could go down in history a little _sooner_. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40939 "2019-04-22T01:10:05Z")
Horrible Senate Majority leaders seldom go down in history, unless they acquire a higher office. Mitch is just gonna be another in a long long line of forgotten Washington skunks. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40940 "2019-04-22T14:22:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Washington state legislator talked with right wing activists to spy on political enemies, planned violence against targeted enemies, and planned to organize attacks on their homes, their workplaces, and their children’s childcare facilities. > [Republican discussed violent attacks and surveillance with rightwingers | The far right | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/20/matt-shea-rightwing-messages-chat-records) Asshole Matt Shea is up to his shenanigans again. This is the guy that has pulled a gun during a road rage incident, went to Malheur to support the sovcit moron movement, and thinks eastern WA and northern ID should form its own state. And even with all this right-wing, moron, crazy bullshit, he got re-elected. Fucking idiots…the lot of them! ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40941 "2019-04-23T01:25:54Z")
That nurses spend most of their working day playing cards: [State senator says nurses 'play cards for a considerable amount of the day'](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/state-senator-slammed-saying-nurses-play-cards-180514537.html) ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40942 "2019-04-23T03:24:33Z")
The idea that “vaccine science isn’t settled.” [Measles Vaccine Bill Makes It Harder To Get Exemptions In Washington State : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2019/04/18/714713364/washington-state-senate-passes-bill-removing-exemption-for-measles-vaccine) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40943 "2019-04-23T13:01:39Z")
[Sean Hannity melts down over report that Russian state-run media uses his segments](https://thinkprogress.org/sean-hannity-fox-russia-mueller-report-052c632a112a/) Again, does no conservative find it distressing they used to consider Russia the enemy, accused them of spying, tampering with American politics and elections, and trying to undermine capitalism, and now the Russians are all the sudden OK? Wouldn’t they be horrified at the notion the Russians are taking their side? Anybody suspected of having Russian ties would have been tarred and feathered and labeled as Communist. Now, the conservatives are the very thing they accused liberals of being. 35% of Trump Towers is leased to Russian oligarchs. It’s not us, it’s the Deep State. Fuck the facts! All they have to do was tweet THERE WAS NO COLLUSION and millions of Trumpsters salivate in Pavlovian response. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2046) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2048)