# 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:** 2189
**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:** [March 21, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43769 "2020-03-21T07:49:53Z")
Thats should read _constitutional duty_ above. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43770 "2020-03-21T12:34:49Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > … > > Speaking of that disgrace, did you see how he’s referring to the US State Department now? No, I haven’t looked at all the news yet. Do tell. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43771 "2020-03-21T13:27:57Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > No, I haven’t looked at all the news yet. Do tell. I think this is a reference to Trump’s new talking point about the “Deep State Department”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43772 "2020-03-21T13:29:10Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > No, I haven’t looked at all the news yet. Do tell. I think he was probably6 referring to this: [Dr. Anthony Fauci Did a Facepalm During Trump's Coronavirus Briefing](https://www.businessinsider.com/dr-anthony-fauci-did-a-facepalm-during-trumps-coronavirus-briefing-2020-3) ---
**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:** [March 21, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43773 "2020-03-21T13:37:48Z")
Re posts 43794 and 43795: that would be correct. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43774 "2020-03-21T14:44:21Z")
Holy fuck. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43775 "2020-03-21T15:01:25Z")
Ah; so that was the Fauci Facepalm. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43776 "2020-03-21T18:22:43Z")
**As coronavirus creates ‘unprecedented obstacles’ to voting, Kentucky adds another: voter ID** > **[As coronavirus creates ‘unprecedented obstacles’ to voting, Kentucky GOP...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-coronavirus-creates-unprecedented-obstacles-to-voting-kentucky-adds-another-voter-id/2020/03/20/74268bd6-6ad4-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html)** > > The GOP-controlled legislature sent the voter-ID measure to the governor’s desk before recessing because of the pandemic. > [@](#): > > As states across the country took steps this week to make voting easier in light of the novel coronavirus, the Republican-controlled legislature in Kentucky approved a new measure requiring a government-issued photo ID to vote, prompting an outcry from voting-rights groups. > > Lawmakers sent the bill to the governor’s desk before recessing until March 26 because of the pandemic, which claimed a second life in the state Thursday. > … > > “In no uncertain terms, we condemn the adoption of a restrictive photo-ID law at a moment when voters face unprecedented obstacles to the ballot box,” Kristen Clarke, the president and executive director of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said in an interview. “Many people in Kentucky aren’t even able to visit a state office to obtain ID given office closures and other crisis-related obstacles. Lawmakers should be working on ensuring access to the polls in 2020, and this bill runs fully contrary to that.” > … This is going to be the rule in Republican controlled states. Throw up as many roadblocks as possible that disproportionately affect minorities. I’m sure Country Club photo i.d.s will be totally acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43777 "2020-03-22T00:16:30Z")
It’s the Crazy Eddie virus! > [@Martha McSally](#): > > Asymmetric people are spreading this virus ---
**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:** [March 22, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43778 "2020-03-22T15:40:13Z")
Florida Republican says you can kill the coronavirus by aiming a hairdryer up your nose, because he heard it on OANN. > ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43779 "2020-03-22T15:50:15Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Florida Republican says you can kill the coronavirus by aiming a hairdryer up your nose, because he heard it on OANN. > > [https://twitter.com/BillyCorben/status/1241740081343447040?s=19](https://twitter.com/BillyCorben/status/1241740081343447040?s=19) Morons should have checked [Snopes](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hair-dryer-coronavirus/). “[OANN] is the new Fox News, if you wanna know the truth.” Really says it all, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43780 "2020-03-22T16:00:50Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Florida Republican says you can kill the coronavirus by aiming a hairdryer up your nose, because he heard it on OANN. > > [https://twitter.com/BillyCorben/status/1241740081343447040?s=19](https://twitter.com/BillyCorben/status/1241740081343447040?s=19) This only works on republicans though, and I recommend they all do this. Bic lighter works too. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43781 "2020-03-22T16:02:08Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > This only works on republicans though, and I recommend they all do this. Bic lighter works too. Hmmm… Republicanism could turn out to be a self-limiting problem. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43782 "2020-03-22T17:45:08Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > This only works on republicans though, and I recommend they all do this. Bic lighter works too. Especially one of [these](https://www.amazon.com/BIC-Multi-purpose-Classic-Lighter-Assorted/dp/B006SM2G1U/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?ie=UTF8&aaxitk=P8N66u0b1Is6CakaDe0lbA&hsa_cr_id=3256637460201&ref_=sb_s_sparkle). Gets right up to the infection site, don’cha know. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43783 "2020-03-22T17:59:33Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > It’s the Crazy Eddie virus! > > > [@Martha McSally](#): > > > > Asymmetric people are spreading this virus On the one hand, this is two very old references. On the other hand, one of them is semi-obscure. On the gripping hand, Og I love the Dope! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43784 "2020-03-22T18:08:58Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Hmmm… Republicanism could turn out to be a self-limiting problem. Oh, yes. [Yes, it’s true](https://www.axios.com/rand-paul-coronavirus-847b3df1-92bc-4ee6-833b-952d16f3ee3f.html) (Axios). > [@](#): > > Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office announced on Twitter Sunday. > > \ > > Paul, a notorious deficit hawk, was the only senator to vote against a bipartisan $8 billion deal to provide emergency coronavirus funding earlier this month. Enjoy the schadenfreude! ---
**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:** [March 22, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43785 "2020-03-22T19:59:24Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Oh, yes. [Yes, it’s true](https://www.axios.com/rand-paul-coronavirus-847b3df1-92bc-4ee6-833b-952d16f3ee3f.html) (Axios). > > Enjoy the schadenfreude! Oh not to worry. He’ll gladly accept his government paid for healthcare. And also any bailout money coming his way. He just does not think anyone else should get what he gets. Selfish, amoral scumbag prick. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43786 "2020-03-22T20:21:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office announced on Twitter Sunday. How do you test positive for a hoax? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43787 "2020-03-22T20:24:43Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > How do you test positive for a hoax? Something tells me Rand Paul has tested positive for every hoax that has ever come his way. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43788 "2020-03-22T21:11:32Z")
One America News Network, purported to be [Trump’s](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/15/oan-oann-fox-news-donald-trump) [favorite](https://www.businessinsider.com/one-america-news-donald-trump-news-network-2019-10) [news](https://www.vox.com/2019/5/13/18617594/trump-one-america-news-network-explained) [network](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/12/think-fox-news-bad-wait-see-one-america-news-network/), has come up with some… novel ways to fight the Coronavirus. According to Okeechobee County (Florida, of course) Commissioner Bryant Culpepper, he learned from the network that you can kill coronavirus by holding a blow dryer up to your nose. > At a previous emergency meeting, he said his son discovered a coronavirus “cure” on website that sells “nano ozone vapor” device hunters use to mask their scent from deer (he’s ordered 5 of them) and he hopes the White House is watching. > There is video. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2188) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2190)