# 6 January 2021; A Day worth a Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 6, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770 "2021-01-06T04:30:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/241 "2021-01-06T19:59:37Z")
The rebels have seized the Senate Chambers. There is a photo of one of them sitting in the president’s seat. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/242 "2021-01-06T19:59:49Z")
They have some seriously heavy wood furniture in the chambers. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/243 "2021-01-06T20:00:02Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > Seriously. They should have had more people around the capital. Seriously-The protesters are White Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/244 "2021-01-06T20:00:07Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > Trump won’t be on any more ballots after this. Very true. No party will want to touch him after this. If he plans a 2024 run, it will have to be as an independent. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/245 "2021-01-06T20:01:08Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > So - entertaining a hypothetical - suppose that no certification would or could ever be done (although, of course, in real life Biden will) - does Biden just get inaugurated anyway without the certification? (more of a General Questions question) Under the current law (3 USC 15 IIRC) it would be the Speaker of the House until the vote is certified. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/246 "2021-01-06T20:01:11Z")
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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/247 "2021-01-06T20:01:24Z")
Pelosi becomes President. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/249 "2021-01-06T20:01:31Z")
That’s what I was thinking. You know Trump is basking in this. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/250 "2021-01-06T20:01:49Z")
I can’t believe the police aren’t doing anything. I’m starting to think the police are sympathetic to the rebels. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/251 "2021-01-06T20:02:12Z")
If Trump wanted to egg this on, he’d be tweeting calls for more rebels to join in, not tweeting support for police. Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/252 "2021-01-06T20:02:27Z")
I was thinking similarly. It has to affect them directly to get them to change their tune, and they’re generally cowards at heart. The odds of any kind of casualty strikes me as low, so I’m not worrying about that yet. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/253 "2021-01-06T20:02:38Z")
Feel sorry for the laundryman of the Kremlin. Their probably isn’t a clean pair of underwear left there. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/254 "2021-01-06T20:02:47Z")
[quote=“Saint\_Cad, post:232, topic:929770”] if Trump shows up to encourage the rebels or worst yet leads them into the Capitol I would not be surprised. [/ Trump will never lead them anywhere. He will tweet from a safe distance. He is a utter coward. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/255 "2021-01-06T20:02:53Z")
MSNBC just showed footage of someone being removed from the Capitol building on a stretcher, covered in blood. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/256 "2021-01-06T20:02:58Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > I’m starting to think the police are sympathetic to the rebels. You think old white racist misogynistic men would be sympathetic to Trump? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/257 "2021-01-06T20:03:43Z")
Soooooooo cute. The crowd went nuts after Mitches speech. They all fall in line after this. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/258 "2021-01-06T20:03:44Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > If Trump wanted to egg this on, he’d be tweeting calls for more rebels to join in, not tweeting support for police. Just saying. No, he wouldn’t. He’s a coward. He’s scared he’s gonna get in trouble, so he’s covering his ass. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/259 "2021-01-06T20:03:54Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Feel sorry for the laundryman of the Kremlin. > Their probably isn’t a clean pair of underwear left there. For what? The Russians must be entertained, nothing more. Nothing to soil pants over, this is fun to watch for them. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/260 "2021-01-06T20:04:28Z")
Huh. During the BLM protests last summer, an emergency barricade was built around the White House. But it couldn’t be done today. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/261 "2021-01-06T20:04:33Z")
Got this link from Reddit comment. Not suggesting it. It’s loud and screeching. It looks surreal, like another country. Not even sure what I’m watching. [Twitch channel](https://www.twitch.tv/woke) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=14)