# 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:** 18
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/342 "2021-01-06T20:40:57Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Now CNN reporting that the **WH press secretary has said** that Trump has ordered the National Guard to the capitol building. - And you believe her? ---
**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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/343 "2021-01-06T20:41:12Z")
No one, NO ONE in the White House is going to the podium to try to calm this. This is going to get really bad in a few hours when it gets dark. ---
**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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/344 "2021-01-06T20:41:46Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Railer13](#): > > > > Now CNN reporting that the WH press secretary has said that Trump has ordered the National Guard to the capitol building. - > > > [@Morgyn](#): > > > > He did something useful. Out of fear, or did someone literally twist his arm. - > > And you believe her? I would find it believable that, once Virginia called out the National Guard, Trump tried to save face and make it seem like his idea. He does that a lot. See, recently, him saying he admitted to the contents of the phone call on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/345 "2021-01-06T20:42:41Z")
From where I am now (Pentagon City), much blaring of sirens coming from the direction of DC-bound I-395 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/346 "2021-01-06T20:43:23Z")
Let’s wait and see what Trump has asked the National Guard to do. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/347 "2021-01-06T20:43:32Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Well you see, the protestors are white… Jake Tapper just said that too. “Imagine how the police would react if these were Black people? or Muslims?” ETA: may have been Van Jones. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/348 "2021-01-06T20:43:35Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > This is going to get really bad in a few hours when it gets dark. The temps are headed down to freezing, so bring in some water trucks and soak 'em. They’ll disperse. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/349 "2021-01-06T20:43:53Z")
So…will these protestors be treated an engaging in open rebellion against the US? ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/350 "2021-01-06T20:44:41Z")
The new ag is going to be a very, very, busy man. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/351 "2021-01-06T20:44:41Z")
My wife works at an elementary school here in “Trump country”. The TVs were on and the Trump supporters were excited about this. They are fighting for our country. Go team. (my wife couldn’t stand it and left work early) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/352 "2021-01-06T20:45:36Z")
Where is the response they had when Trump wanted to have a photo op at the church? Helicopters and ass kickings? ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/353 "2021-01-06T20:47:01Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > So…will these protestors be treated an engaging in open rebellion against the US? Storming the capitol would pretty much seem to fit that description, no? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/354 "2021-01-06T20:47:42Z")
They also said VA National Guard not too long ago as well. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/355 "2021-01-06T20:47:47Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Let’s wait and see what Trump has asked the National Guard to do. Is Trump federalizing the national guard? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/356 "2021-01-06T20:49:41Z")
Conservative protestors seems to generally be treated much better than liberal protestors. ---
**Author:** ![tingbudong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tingbudong/32/520_2.png) [@tingbudong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tingbudong)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/357 "2021-01-06T20:51:08Z")
2021 photo of the year…six days in. ---
**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, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/358 "2021-01-06T20:51:19Z")
CNN: National Guard on the way from Maryland and Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/359 "2021-01-06T20:51:51Z")
Can I just say that the thread title is even more appropriate than anticipated? ---
**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, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/360 "2021-01-06T20:52:05Z")
Trump is watching tv and is resisting any suggestion to do anything about this. He is mad at pence and has dug into his pouting. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/361 "2021-01-06T20:52:31Z")
Hopefully there was some sort of expectation of this sort of thing, and MD & VA have some Guard units already mustered and ready to go, or else it might be a little while for everyone to show up and get ready. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=19)