# 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:** 2219
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44369 "2020-05-13T22:40:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Joey Salads just got suspended from Twitter “for repeated violations of our platform manipulation and spam policy.” Of course, he’s still on YouTube. > [https://www.dailydot.com/debug/joey-salads-permanently-suspended-by-twitter/](https://www.dailydot.com/debug/joey-salads-permanently-suspended-by-twitter/) Salads got tossed? At a guess: some form of that has been posted at least 47,293,118 times, today. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44370 "2020-05-13T22:52:25Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Salads got tossed? > > At a guess: some form of that has been posted at least 47,293,118 times, today. Salad barred. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44371 "2020-05-13T23:56:40Z")
Salad truly forked. ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44372 "2020-05-14T00:04:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Joey Salads just got suspended from Twitter “for repeated violations of our platform manipulation and spam policy.” Of course, he’s still on YouTube. > [https://www.dailydot.com/debug/joey-salads-permanently-suspended-by-twitter/](https://www.dailydot.com/debug/joey-salads-permanently-suspended-by-twitter/) From that article: > [@](#): > > Saladino has continued in his attempts to rebrand himself as a conservative thinker. That last phrase is an oxymoron if ever I saw one. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44373 "2020-05-14T00:59:20Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Salad truly forked. After being dressed down. ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44374 "2020-05-14T01:05:32Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > After being dressed down. You guys need to lettuce be! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44375 "2020-05-14T01:13:58Z")
I agree-this needs to come to an endive. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44376 "2020-05-14T01:24:07Z")
no longer the salad daze ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44377 "2020-05-14T03:25:57Z")
[The FBI has served a search warrant on Richard Burr and confiscated his cell phone in connection to his insider trading.](https://www.axios.com/fbi-warrant-richard-burr-in-stocks-sell-off-probe-ecd7dbb2-a807-433f-b9b6-183845118dd9.html) Do we suppose Loser Donald will go with “WITCH HUNT!” or “I don’t know anything about him, I never met him”? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44378 "2020-05-14T03:44:02Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [The FBI has served a search warrant on Richard Burr and confiscated his cell phone in connection to his insider trading.](https://www.axios.com/fbi-warrant-richard-burr-in-stocks-sell-off-probe-ecd7dbb2-a807-433f-b9b6-183845118dd9.html) > > Do we suppose Loser Donald will go with “WITCH HUNT!” or “I don’t know anything about him, I never met him”? And this right here is exactly why the politicization of our federal law enforcement poses such a dreadful blow to our country. Burr was never as far in the bag for Trump as Trump would have liked, and I’m sure Burr earned lots of shit points for issuing the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report that unanimously found that the Russians interfered in the 2016 election. Burr’s actions surely deserve investigation. Also trial and conviction if warranted. But it’s hard to think those actions will be honestly or fairly investigated by this FBI in the era of Orange Injustice. That’s a terrible price for the FBI to pay if they are operating on the level – and an even more terrible price for the country to have lost its confidence in the impartiality of the FBI. On the dimly lit bright side, Trump can be relied upon to say out loud which thing is true. But we can guess, based on the _lack_ of prosecutions for Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman, Rudy Giuliani and others. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44379 "2020-05-14T10:36:34Z")
Representative and Trump ass remora Greg Steube crafted a bill specifically aimed at Ilhan Omar that would “prohibit a candidate for election to federal office from using amounts contributed to the candidate’s campaign to make payments to vendors owned or controlled by an immediate family member of the candidate.” This bill is very subtly called the [“Obstructing Monetary Allocations to Relatives Act”](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6659?s=1&r=37) or the OMAR Act. To quote [this article](https://www.theroot.com/maga-nificent-idiot-congressman-came-for-rep-ilhan-om-1843443364) (which also sets out what Omar did that Steube is trying to block): > [@](#): > > The bill would prohibit campaign payments “to a vendor which is owned or controlled by an immediate family member of the candidate,” which it defines as “a father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, wife, father-in-law, or mother-in-law.” This apparently includes “payments to a company that is ‘controlled’ by a candidate’s family member if that family member ‘is a member of the board of directors or similar governing body of the vendor’”. The thing is, Rep. Steube seems to have forgotten that Omar isn’t the only one who does this sort of thing, and indeed there is one particular individual in the middle of a campaign who handed over control of his businesses to his children yet continues to funnel large sums of campaign money to those businesses… ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44380 "2020-05-14T11:32:02Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The thing is, Rep. Steube seems to have forgotten that Omar isn’t the only one who does this sort of thing, and indeed there is one particular individual in the middle of a campaign who handed over control of his businesses to his children yet continues to funnel large sums of campaign money to those businesses… But said individual now has firm control of all of the agencies that would investigate and/or prosecute said violations…so, not gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44381 "2020-05-14T14:27:10Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > And this right here is exactly why the politicization of our federal law enforcement poses such a dreadful blow to our country. You act as if this is a new thing. Under W. Bush, federal prosecutors were bringing weak or sham charges against people in an effort to smear Democrats running for office. [This is one from Wisconsin](https://madison.com/news/georgia-thompson-acquitted-set-free-her-conviction-in-travel-agency-case-is-overturned/article_2b25e3db-767e-55a0-94f7-a7f28854feb6.html), where a long time state employee was convicted of fraud for approving a contract with a travel company. It was thrown out almost immediately upon appeal. The case was used heavily by Republicans to smear the Democratic candidate in the election for governor. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44382 "2020-05-14T15:43:24Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > You act as if this is a new thing. Under W. Bush, federal prosecutors were bringing weak or sham charges against people in an effort to smear Democrats running for office. [This is one from Wisconsin](https://madison.com/news/georgia-thompson-acquitted-set-free-her-conviction-in-travel-agency-case-is-overturned/article_2b25e3db-767e-55a0-94f7-a7f28854feb6.html), where a long time state employee was convicted of fraud for approving a contract with a travel company. It was thrown out almost immediately upon appeal. The case was used heavily by Republicans to smear the Democratic candidate in the election for governor. I’m not “acting” any way at all. Well aware this went on during the administration of Bush the Lesser, and if you were familiar with my posts (no reason you should be), you’d understand that I consider the current “administration” just a continuation of the GWB presidency. So many familiar faces, up to their old tricks. They’re just carrying on with the grand plan. I’m not defending Burr. What he did deserves investigation and possibly arrest, trial and conviction. My point was about the continuing erosion of trust in our institutions – which is accelerated in the Trump era. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44383 "2020-05-14T16:25:09Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > But said individual now has firm control of all of the agencies that would investigate and/or prosecute said violations…so, not gonna happen. Exactly. Draconian laws with selective enforcement. Best path to fascism. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44384 "2020-05-14T18:11:38Z")
After the FBI confiscated Senator Richard Burr’s phone in their investigation for his insider trading, he has stepped down as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. > **[Richard Burr to step down as Senate Intelligence chair amid insider trading...](https://www.axios.com/2020/05/14/richard-burr-steps-down-senate-intelligence)** > > It comes one day after reports that the FBI seized Burr's phone as part of an investigation into possible insider trading. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44385 "2020-05-14T18:14:08Z")
nm, server fart ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44386 "2020-05-14T23:48:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > After the FBI confiscated Senator Richard Burr’s phone in their investigation for his insider trading, he has stepped down as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. In keeping with EC\*45’s modus operandi, who will be the worse or worst replacement? ---
**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:** [May 15, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44387 "2020-05-15T00:27:31Z")
Rep. @DevinNunes admits the GOP to use illegal measures to win in November: “It’s the only way to win…as long as we have a robust ballot harvesting operation come November—I hate saying that because it’s illegal in 49 states…[we’re] in good shape” [https://t.co/FYzPxoKRJ2](https://t.co/FYzPxoKRJ2) ---
**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:** [May 15, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44388 "2020-05-15T04:05:53Z")
Mitch McConnell admits he was “wrong” about the Obama administration not leaving a pandemic plan book. > **[McConnell admits he was wrong to say Obama administration failed to leave a...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/14/politics/mitch-mcconnell-obama-coronavirus-pandemic/index.html)** > > Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded Thursday night that he was wrong to claim that the Obama administration had not left behind a plan to deal with a pandemic in the US. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2218) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2220)