# 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:** 2168
**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:** [January 16, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43349 "2020-01-16T15:22:02Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Too easy. You got to offer an over/under if you want any action. That’s what [one of the seven Republicans] said! ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43350 "2020-01-16T15:44:11Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > While the odds are extremely high that this man is a conservative, how is this a SRIotD? Virulent racism isn’t a “Republican Idea”, it is a flaw of human design pre-dating current political ideology. Sure, hating blacks is as American as apple pie. _But this guy was so afraid of the black cooties that he set his girlfriend’s SUV on fire!_ If you expect us to imagine a non-Republican doing something like that, we’re going to need a cite. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43351 "2020-01-17T02:58:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Michigan state Senator tells a female reporter that she should stick around because the boys at an all boys school could have a lot of fun with her. > [Sen. Peter Lucido facing investigation for remarks to reporter Allison Donahue](https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/01/15/peter-lucido-comments-michigan-senator-reporter/4475903002/) And now he’s facing a sexual harrassment investigation, the dumbfuck. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43352 "2020-01-17T21:41:39Z")
Lara Trump mocks Joe Biden’s stutter. > **[Lara Trump Makes Fun of Joe Biden's Speech — Seemingly Unaware He Used to...](https://people.com/politics/lara-trump-mocks-how-joe-biden-talks-stutter/)** > > President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump made a crack about former Vice President Joe Biden's speech — seemingly unaware he used to stutter ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43353 "2020-01-18T00:04:00Z")
Server lied to me here. Gave an error. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43354 "2020-01-18T00:07:21Z")
I was hoping for a Lara Croft look-alike. Not even close. ☹ ---
**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:** [January 18, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43355 "2020-01-18T04:05:27Z")
The entire Idaho state legislature, Democrats and Republicans, voted unanimously to expel one of their members because he’s a “tax protester” who teaches clients how to avoid paying taxes, and he was convicted in federal court of tax fraud. > **[Idaho House expels lawmaker convicted of felony fraud in Texas](https://www.postregister.com/news/government/idaho-house-expels-lawmaker-convicted-of-felony-fraud-in-texas/article_587526a6-3c8f-58aa-a6c9-599cacc591cb.html)** > > BOISE — The Idaho House of Representatives voted unanimously Thursday to expel North Idaho Rep. John Green, a day after he was convicted on felony charges in Texas and refused ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43356 "2020-01-18T05:02:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The entire Idaho state legislature, Democrats and Republicans, voted unanimously to expel one of their members . . . Unanimously? He even voted to expel himself? ---
**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:** [January 18, 2020, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43357 "2020-01-18T08:22:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lara Trump mocks Joe Biden’s stutter. > [Lara Trump Mocks How Joe Biden Talks](https://people.com/politics/lara-trump-mocks-how-joe-biden-talks-stutter/) Anybody, anybody at all, connected to/supportive of president Trump has zero qualification to criticize how another person speaks. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43358 "2020-01-20T19:10:30Z")
When asked what Individual 1 was going to do on Martin Luther King Day, Kellyane Conway said, “… [He] agrees with many of the things that Dr. Martin Luther King stood for and agreed with for many years, including unity and equality and he’s not the one trying to tear the country apart through an impeachment process and a lack of substance” [https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/conway-links-impeachment-to-injustice-mlk-faced-trump-fights-for-unity-equality-like-mlk-did](https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/conway-links-impeachment-to-injustice-mlk-faced-trump-fights-for-unity-equality-like-mlk-did) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43359 "2020-01-20T21:08:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > When asked what Individual 1 was going to do on Martin Luther King Day, Kellyane Conway said, “… [He] agrees with many of the things that Dr. Martin Luther King stood for and agreed with for many years, including unity and equality and he’s not the one trying to tear the country apart through an impeachment process and a lack of substance” > [https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/conway-links-impeachment-to-injustice-mlk-faced-trump-fights-for-unity-equality-like-mlk-did](https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/conway-links-impeachment-to-injustice-mlk-faced-trump-fights-for-unity-equality-like-mlk-did) As documented in Dr. King’s famous “read the transcript, Governor Wallace had a PERFECT CALL with the Grand Dragon” address. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43360 "2020-01-23T23:15:33Z")
The super tough Charlottesville nazi who made a super tough internet tape, crying, when he learned that the police were looking for him has gotten himself arressted by the FBI. 🙂 I wonder if he learned of his impending FBI visit, and was able to find time to cry. “So if you don’t want me to come and f— your wife in front of your kids, then you should make yourself scarce[.]," Cantwell texted the victim, the indictment says. At his initial court appearance Thursday afternoon, a New Hampshire federal judge ordered Cantwell held without bond pending a Jan. 28 detention hearing. Cantwell’s lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment. Cantwell became one of the most familiar faces of the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville after he was featured in a Vice News documentary on the far-right that showed him chanting “Jews will not replace us.” > **['Crying Nazi' involved in 'Unite the Right' rally arrested by the FBI](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/crying-nazi-involved-unite-right-rally-arrested-fbi-n1121266)** > > Christopher Cantwell became one of the most familiar faces of the rally after he was featured in a documentary that showed him chanting "Jews will not replace us." ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43361 "2020-01-23T23:25:10Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The super tough Charlottesville nazi who made a super tough internet tape, crying, when he learned that the police were looking for him has gotten himself arressted by the FBI. > 🙂 > I wonder if he learned of his impending FBI visit, and was able to find time to cry. > > “So if you don’t want me to come and f— your wife in front of your kids, then you should make yourself scarce[.]," Cantwell texted the victim, the indictment says. > At his initial court appearance Thursday afternoon, a New Hampshire federal judge ordered Cantwell held without bond pending a Jan. 28 detention hearing. Cantwell’s lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment. > Cantwell became one of the most familiar faces of the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville after he was featured in a Vice News documentary on the far-right that showed him chanting “Jews will not replace us.” > ['Crying Nazi' involved in 'Unite the Right' rally arrested by the FBI](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/crying-nazi-involved-unite-right-rally-arrested-fbi-n1121266) What the fuck? AGAIN? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43362 "2020-01-24T11:16:40Z")
He seems nice. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43363 "2020-01-27T21:39:17Z")
Republican state legislator in Pennsylvania arrested for child pornography. > **[Pennsylvania state senator Mike Folmer arrested for child pornography](https://www.abc27.com/local-news/pa-state-senator-charged-for-child-pornography/amp/)** > > HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Four-term Pennsylvania state Sen. Mike Folmer has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography, Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced. Folmer was … ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43364 "2020-01-27T22:21:56Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The super tough Charlottesville nazi who made a super tough internet tape, crying, when he learned that the police were looking for him has gotten himself arressted by the FBI. > 🙂 > I wonder if he learned of his impending FBI visit, and was able to find time to cry. > > “So if you don’t want me to come and f— your wife in front of your kids, then you should make yourself scarce[.]," Cantwell texted the victim, the indictment says. > At his initial court appearance Thursday afternoon, a New Hampshire federal judge ordered Cantwell held without bond pending a Jan. 28 detention hearing. Cantwell’s lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment. > Cantwell became one of the most familiar faces of the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville after he was featured in a Vice News documentary on the far-right that showed him chanting “Jews will not replace us.” > ['Crying Nazi' involved in 'Unite the Right' rally arrested by the FBI](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/crying-nazi-involved-unite-right-rally-arrested-fbi-n1121266) Pretty much a Trump dream voter. Trump will probably appoint him to a cabinet post. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43365 "2020-01-27T22:29:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Republican state legislator in Pennsylvania arrested for child pornography. > [Pennsylvania state senator Mike Folmer arrested for child pornography | ABC27](https://www.abc27.com/news/local/pa-state-senator-charged-for-child-pornography/amp/) From the depiction of how he got busted the suspect’s not just an alleged pedo perv, he’s a _stupid_ alleged pedo perv. Tumblr, really? But that’s not really a stupid Republican idea per se, just “stupid criminal” behavior. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43366 "2020-01-28T21:03:20Z")
Sandy Hook denier and Alex Jones guest arrested in Florida for possession of another person’s ID. The ID belongs to the father of a Sandy Hook victim. > **[Sandy Hook denier charged with having victim's dad's ID info](https://apnews.com/da09f08ef3aad4c7eb149962387005c2)** > > SORRENTO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who repeatedly harassed parents of shooting victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School has been arrested for possessing the identification of one of the parents, authorities said... ---
**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:** [January 29, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43367 "2020-01-29T05:02:46Z")
Darrell Issa is making sure that all of the voters in his district know that his Republican primary opponent is gay. > **[Issa defends himself from accusations of 'gay-baiting' in campaign ad](https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/01/24/issa-defends-himself-from-accusations-of-gay-baiting-in-campaign-ad-1254753)** > > The ad, which uses black-and-white photos of MS-13 gang members, attacks DeMaio as being insufficiently supportive of President Donald Trump and soft on issues like the border wall and prosecution of criminal gangs. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43368 "2020-01-29T05:23:46Z")
Dems currently hold that seat. Pubbies can’t have it back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2167) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2169)