# 1/6/21 insurrection post mortem: How did it happen? What could/should have been done? What should be the response? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 7, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-6-21-insurrection-post-mortem-how-did-it-happen-what-could-should-have-been-done-what-should-be-the-response/929915 "2021-01-07T14:10:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 101
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-6-21-insurrection-post-mortem-how-did-it-happen-what-could-should-have-been-done-what-should-be-the-response/929915/101 "2021-01-08T03:48:16Z")
This is copied from something I posted in another thread. What needs to be investigated is why that rally was allowed in the first place. You invite a couple of hundred thousand people to “Stop The Steal” outside the building where the “steal” is taking place, and you think people won’t try to stop it? > [@The American Coup: 11.9.2020 -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/2169): > > Something I’m surprised I haven’t seen any reporting on—- Who authorized a massive “STOP THE STEAL” demonstration for January 6th? Is that something Trump can do unilaterally, or did he have to bully several government organizations into agreeing to it? Because it seems like a recipe for disaster, security-wise. Was there no one able to say - You can have that rally on the 5th or 7th, but not on the sixth? This is an example of how entrenched Trumpism has come inside our government. They nee… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-6-21-insurrection-post-mortem-how-did-it-happen-what-could-should-have-been-done-what-should-be-the-response/929915)._