# 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:** 2192
**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:** [March 26, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43829 "2020-03-26T05:18:26Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > You mean by April. Remember? The twerp wants the country to be fully at work again by Easter. I was thinking more in terms of a gradual increase, with a little noise in the curve (the way Italy’s numbers are currently rising and falling somewhat erratically). ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43830 "2020-03-26T06:36:56Z")
[Mississippi governor Tate Reeves not only won’t call for any shutdowns, he just overrode cities and counties that are doing so.](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/rachel-maddow-blasts-mississippi-governor-for-banning-cities-from-coronavirus-business-closures/) So, is he a Trump cultist who still believes that everything will be fine soon and shutdown and stay-at-home orders are only something liberals do? Is he in the pocket of special interests who are telling him to keep the state open? A mix? Something else? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43831 "2020-03-26T10:52:43Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > [Mississippi governor Tate Reeves not only won’t call for any shutdowns, he just overrode cities and counties that are doing so.](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/rachel-maddow-blasts-mississippi-governor-for-banning-cities-from-coronavirus-business-closures/) > So, is he a Trump cultist who still believes that everything will be fine soon and shutdown and stay-at-home orders are only something liberals do? Is he in the pocket of special interests who are telling him to keep the state open? A mix? Something else? I’m pretty sure it’s in the state constitution that the guv has to be a moron. ---
**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 26, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43832 "2020-03-26T11:11:38Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I was thinking more in terms of a gradual increase, with a little noise in the curve (the way Italy’s numbers are currently rising and falling somewhat erratically). Yeah, but all those crowds in churches all over the nation, if Trump gets his wish, will ensure the increase is anything but gradual. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43833 "2020-03-26T17:46:09Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > I had to look it up, so to help anyone else who isn’t familiar with it, [Runyon’s Law](http://www.sanjeev.net/murphys-laws/runyons-law.html): I debated whether I should put in a link, decided the law was well enough known on this board, and concluded I’d just wind up looking like a pretentious twit. Sorry; next time I’ll risk the pretentious twit label. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43834 "2020-03-26T18:12:03Z")
Senator Kevin Cramer claims that his calling Nancy Pelosi retarded is due to his autocorrect. > **[GOP senator apologizes for tweet calling Pelosi ‘retarded,’ blames autocorrect](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/489486-gop-senator-apologizes-for-tweet-calling-pelosi-retarded-blames-autocorrect/)** > > Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) has apologized for a since-deleted tweet that was sent from his official account earlier this week that called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) “retarded,” blaming h… ---
**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:** [March 26, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43835 "2020-03-26T18:14:24Z")
The Cabinet’s favorite Bible meeting pastor (and former professional basketball player) Ralph Drollinger says that Covid-19 was sent by God because of the gays. > **[Trump Cabinet's Bible teacher says gays cause 'God's wrath' in COVID-19 blog...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1168981)** > > Environmentalists and people with “depraved minds” are also igniting "God's wrath," according to Rev. Ralph Drollinger. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43836 "2020-03-26T18:30:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Cabinet’s favorite Bible meeting pastor (and former professional basketball player) Ralph Drollinger says that Covid-19 was sent by God because of the gays. > [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1168981](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1168981) In the ‘no duh’ department: > [@](#): > > stated Deere, who said President Trump does not attend Drollinger’s Bible class. And of course, in the IOKIARDI world we live in, Drollinger will continue to be welcome in the White House, where (for one example out of many) Obama was forced to throw his long-time pastor under the bus. ---
**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 26, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43837 "2020-03-26T18:55:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Senator Kevin Cramer claims that his calling Nancy Pelosi retarded is due to his autocorrect. > [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/489486-gop-senator-apologizes-for-tweet-calling-pelosi-retarded-blames-autocorrect](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/489486-gop-senator-apologizes-for-tweet-calling-pelosi-retarded-blames-autocorrect) Well, that excuse is just… nah, too easy. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43838 "2020-03-26T19:41:06Z")
Matt Gaetz complains about $13 million going to Howard University out of the $2 trillion in the stimulus bill. He could have asked, but decided to go public. So he gets schooled on why it’s there. > **[GOP's Matt Gaetz obliterated after going full ‘Florida Man’ with racist,...](https://www.alternet.org/2020/03/gops-matt-gaetz-obliterated-after-going-full-florida-man-with-racist-uninformed-coronavirus-tweet)** > > There are all kinds of issues one might have with the coronavirus emergency relief bill. However, one of those issues is obviously not going to be earmarking money to go to medical facilities that are dealing directly with COVID-19 cases.... ---
**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:** [March 26, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43839 "2020-03-26T20:15:12Z")
Ainsley Earhardt of Fox News whining about she and her friends not being able to get their hair and nails done. [Fox News Host Ainsley Earhardt: People Under Lockdown 'Can't Get Their Nails Done' | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-ainsley-earhardt-hair-nails-coronavirus_n_5e7ccf35c5b6cb08a92987b5)? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43840 "2020-03-26T20:21:06Z")
You’d think that a governor of a state with an oil economy would know better: [Gov. Greg Abbott issues executive order to quarantine individuals flying in from NY, NJ, CT and New Orleans](https://www.kvue.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/texas-executive-order-quarantine-new-york-new-orleans-covid19-coronavirus-abbott/269-a3b0dfc9-78ee-4e26-a396-b1c24dbf618d) So… I can _drive_ in from New Orleans, just not fly? No problem. It’s cool that I can drive from Trenton to Philly and fly into Dallas, given I’m not flying in from Jersey. Oh! I can fly from JFK to Tulsa, and then drive to Dallas? That’ll work! ---
**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:** [March 26, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43841 "2020-03-26T20:22:41Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > You’d think that a governor of a state with an oil economy would know better: > > [Gov. Greg Abbott issues executive order to quarantine individuals flying in from NY, NJ, CT and New Orleans](https://www.kvue.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/texas-executive-order-quarantine-new-york-new-orleans-covid19-coronavirus-abbott/269-a3b0dfc9-78ee-4e26-a396-b1c24dbf618d) > > So… I can _drive_ in from New Orleans, just not fly? No problem. > > It’s cool that I can drive from Trenton to Philly and fly into Dallas, given I’m not flying in from Jersey. > > Oh! I can fly from JFK to Tulsa, and then drive to Dallas? That’ll work! Isn’t that a violation of the Interstate Commerce clause? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43842 "2020-03-26T20:29:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Isn’t that a violation of the Interstate Commerce clause? Probably not? He’s not banning it, he’s just invoking a health/safety wait. Of course, as **JohnT** noted, it is trivially easy to bypass, so it certainly belongs in the “Stupid” thread. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43843 "2020-03-26T20:31:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Isn’t that a violation of the Interstate Commerce clause? > [@Folacin;22212589\*\*](#): > > Probably not?\*\* He’s not banning it, he’s just invoking a health/safety wait. Of course, as **JohnT** noted, it is trivially easy to bypass, so it certainly belongs in the “Stupid” thread. IWBIADDI (It Would Be If A Democrat Did It) ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43844 "2020-03-26T20:35:45Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > IWBIADDI > (It Would Be If A Democrat Did It) [A Democrat is doing it.](https://www.golocalprov.com/news/Passengers-on-Domestic-Flights-Returning-to-RI-Must-Self-Quarantine-for-14) > [@](#): > > Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo announced 23 news cases of coronavirus in the state on Monday bringing the total to 106. > > Raimondo also unveiled an announcement about domestic travel, saying she will sign an executive order requiring all domestic flights returning to Rhode Island – in addition to international travelers – to self-quarantine for 14 days. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43845 "2020-03-26T20:45:22Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > [A Democrat is doing it.](https://www.golocalprov.com/news/Passengers-on-Domestic-Flights-Returning-to-RI-Must-Self-Quarantine-for-14) There’s a [difference.](https://www.kvue.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/texas-executive-order-quarantine-new-york-new-orleans-covid19-coronavirus-abbott/269-a3b0dfc9-78ee-4e26-a396-b1c24dbf618d) > [@](#): > > According to Gov. Abbott, the quarantine will be run and enforced by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Gov. Abbott said those flying in from the designated areas will have to fill out a form provided by the DPS\*\* that will designate where the individual will quarantine.\*\* > > Gov. Abbott said during the conference that **DPS troopers will conduct visits to the designated quarantine locations to verify compliance with the executive order.** It’s a self-quarantine in Rhode Island. Plus it’s all incoming flights, not just from selected areas. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43846 "2020-03-27T00:13:12Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I debated whether I should put in a link, decided the law was well enough known on this board, and concluded I’d just wind up looking like a pretentious twit. Sorry; next time I’ll risk the pretentious twit label. It’s like when teaching or giving a lecture…for every one question there are 3 people staying silent because they don’t want to appear stupid, and there is at least one thinking (and sometimes saying under his/her breath) “he should’ve known that, the dummy”, reinforcing the ones staying quiet. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43847 "2020-03-27T10:46:27Z")
Jesus fucking Christ! Republican lawmaker is forcing lawmakers back to Capitol Hill over the stimulus vote because reasons!! [Link](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/extreme-precautions-ordered-in-house-ahead-of-historic-vote-on-largest-stimulus-package-in-us-history) ---
**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 27, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43848 "2020-03-27T12:55:47Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Jesus fucking Christ! Republican lawmaker is forcing lawmakers back to Capitol Hill over the stimulus vote because reasons!! [Link](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/extreme-precautions-ordered-in-house-ahead-of-historic-vote-on-largest-stimulus-package-in-us-history) The guy is from Kentucky. You don’t think a few minutes in the woodshed with Unca Mitch would change his mind? :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2191) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2193)