# 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:** 2148
**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:** [December 4, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42949 "2019-12-04T19:24:18Z")
Fox analyst Gregg Jarrett says maybe somebody stole Devin Nunes’s phone to make the questionable calls. Maybe it was Adam Schiff. > **[Fox News Analyst: ‘Somebody Else’ May Have Used Nunes’ Phone to Call Parnas...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-analyst-gregg-jarrett-somebody-else-may-have-used-devin-nunes-phone-to-call-parnas-and-giuliani)** > > “We just don’t know,” Gregg Jarrett claimed. “We don’t know the details. In fact, it’s a call log.” ---
**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:** [December 4, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42950 "2019-12-04T19:28:35Z")
Rick Wiles’s Tru News are at pains to point out that Jerry Nadler, the three constitutional scholars who testified before the House Intel Committee today, and the Democratic counsel Norman Eisen are Jews, and labeled it a “Jew coup”. This is a “news” site that regularly gets White House press credentials. [https://twitter.com/TruNews/status/1202280754450980864](https://twitter.com/TruNews/status/1202280754450980864) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42951 "2019-12-04T20:24:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fox analyst Gregg Jarrett says maybe somebody stole Devin Nunes’s phone to make the questionable calls. Maybe it was Adam Schiff. > [Fox News Analyst Gregg Jarrett: ‘Somebody Else’ May Have Used Devin Nunes’ Phone to Call Parnas and Giuliani](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-analyst-gregg-jarrett-somebody-else-may-have-used-devin-nunes-phone-to-call-parnas-and-giuliani) Not but a moment ago somebody posted that very hypothesis here as a joke! Guys! They’re monitoring us! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42952 "2019-12-04T23:50:15Z")
[Florida Republican: ‘We should hang’ treasonous Democrats](https://apnews.com/25e2f36b05b5eb2ad6c050493f195202) > [@](#): > > George Buck, one of six Republican primary candidates for Florida’s 13th Congressional District, referred to several Democrats but in particular to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota. Omar was born in Somalia and came to the U.S. as a child. > > In the recent letter to potential donors, he said that “we should hang” Omar and other “traitors” for “abusing our system to destroy our country.” He mentioned “tinfoil hat accusations” against President Donald Trump, but didn’t elaborate. > > Buck’s letter cited an unverified story that Omar is an asset of a foreign government who passed information to another foreign government. Omar has denied the report, calling it ”outlandishly absurd” in a statement. > > “For all their false, tinfoil-hat accusations of President Trump, the Democrats have foreign assets among their most outspoken leadership!” the letter read. “We should hang these traitors where they stand. I have no tolerance for those who are abusing our system to destroy our country.” There _has_ been pushback: > [@](#): > > Buck previously had been on the National Republican Congressional Committee’s “Young Guns” program, which mentors and supports candidates in races across the country. Chris Pack, the committee’s communications director, said in an email Wednesday that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy decided to remove Buck from the program with the support of NRCC Chairman Tom Emmer. > > Todd Jennings, chairman of Republicans in Pinellas County, linked via Facebook to a Tampa Bay Times report on the letter, and wrote: “There is no room for this kind of rhetoric in either political party. No one should ever condone a candidate’s call for violence.” Buck followed up by showed everyone what kind of person he really is: > [@](#): > > Buck did not respond to an email sent via his website or to a telephone message. Buck initially told the Times he didn’t write the email, though it was signed by him. “I would never talk like that,” he said. > > In a follow-up statement, Buck appeared to stand by the campaign’s email. “Anyone who commits treason against the United States should be tried to the full extent of the law,” Buck said, adding that death is a possible punishment for treason. He declined to elaborate. Did y’all catch it? I love it: “should be tried to the full extent of the law.” 😛 That’ll show 'em! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42953 "2019-12-05T01:47:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Buck previously had been on the National Republican Congressional Committee’s “Young Guns” program… [George Buck, “Young” Gun.](https://vote.lwvspa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/17714071-225x300.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 5, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42954 "2019-12-05T02:07:22Z")
Didn’t another leading pubbie get banned from twitter recently for tweeting the same nonsense? ---
**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:** [December 5, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42955 "2019-12-05T03:43:45Z")
Matt Gaetz says a former president can be impeached. > ---
**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:** [December 5, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42956 "2019-12-05T03:57:22Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Didn’t another leading pubbie get banned from twitter recently for tweeting the same nonsense? Yeah, the Republican who’s running against Ilhan Omar. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42957 "2019-12-05T04:00:16Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > The complete 180 of the Republican party on nearly every issue makes it difficult to avoid the conclusion that the entire platform of the party for the past several decades was a complete lie. Hey, it is all normal: they are always declaring a revolution of one kind or another. Clearly it is making them dizzy. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42958 "2019-12-05T13:33:02Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Matt Gaetz says a former president can be impeached. > > [https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1202334061504716801?s=19](https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1202334061504716801?s=19) I heard they are starting impeachment proceedings against Abraham Lincoln for attacking the peaceful South! ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42959 "2019-12-05T13:44:07Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Matt Gaetz says a former president can be impeached. > > [https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1202334061504716801?s=19](https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1202334061504716801?s=19) Actually calls himself _Florida man_ in his Twitter profile. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42960 "2019-12-05T13:52:51Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Matt Gaetz says a former president can be impeached. > > [https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1202334061504716801?s=19](https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1202334061504716801?s=19) Dean Wormer was wrong - apparently one _can_ go through life fat, drunk and stupid and still have a successful career in politics. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42961 "2019-12-05T15:05:44Z")
Hey, it worked for President Blutarsky. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42962 "2019-12-05T16:58:59Z")
Not to mention Emperor Flounder. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42963 "2019-12-05T17:30:29Z")
The man with the cow is complaining that Schiff’s subpoena of his phone records is an [infraction upon his civil rights](https://twnews.us/us-news/nunes-rips-schiff-over-subpoena-of-phone-records-i-actually-have-some-civil-rights-here-too) and is looking at “legal remedies”. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42964 "2019-12-05T17:59:58Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > The man with the cow is complaining that Schiff’s subpoena of his phone records is an [infraction upon his civil rights](https://twnews.us/us-news/nunes-rips-schiff-over-subpoena-of-phone-records-i-actually-have-some-civil-rights-here-too) and is looking at “legal remedies”. Welp. good luck with that, man. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42965 "2019-12-05T18:33:16Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Welp. good luck with that, man. Hey, don’t have a cow, man! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42966 "2019-12-05T18:41:15Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > The complete 180 of the Republican party on nearly every issue makes it difficult to avoid the conclusion that the entire platform of the party for the past several decades **was a complete lie**. It was. It has ALL been pure bullfuckingshit. All they care about is staying in office, fucking someone over, and grabbing more money and power. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42967 "2019-12-05T18:41:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rick Wiles’s Tru News are at pains to point out that Jerry Nadler, the three constitutional scholars who testified before the House Intel Committee today, and the Democratic counsel Norman Eisen are Jews, and labeled it a “Jew coup”. This is a “news” site that regularly gets White House press credentials. > [https://twitter.com/TruNews/status/1202280754450980864](https://twitter.com/TruNews/status/1202280754450980864) Tweet is gone: This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42968 "2019-12-05T18:44:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fox analyst Gregg Jarrett says maybe somebody stole Devin Nunes’s phone to make the questionable calls. Maybe it was Adam Schiff. > [Fox News Analyst Gregg Jarrett: ‘Somebody Else’ May Have Used Devin Nunes’ Phone to Call Parnas and Giuliani](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-analyst-gregg-jarrett-somebody-else-may-have-used-devin-nunes-phone-to-call-parnas-and-giuliani) Maybe it was Devin Nunez’ cow too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2147) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2149)