# 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:** 23
**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, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/442 "2021-01-06T21:25:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Side note: Trump just unfollowed Pence on Twitter. - Who will he get adoring looks from now? ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/443 "2021-01-06T21:26:00Z")
Anyone got a link to Biden’s speech? I went to NPR which supposedly had it, but the video didn’t play. ---
**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, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/444 "2021-01-06T21:26:10Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > This IMHO is the only constitutional option. What makes you think Trump would leave if impeached? ---
**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, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/445 "2021-01-06T21:27:10Z")
> **[Trump’s sons declare war on GOP](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-jr-eric-trump-election-protest-b1783318.html)** > > Don Jr accused the GOP of not doing enough to help his father overturn the election results ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/446 "2021-01-06T21:27:13Z")
At least, when told that “our nation is under attack,” George W. Bush only spent seven minutes reading ‘My Pet Goat.’ ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/447 "2021-01-06T21:27:51Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > On the upside, when this coup attempt fails (and it will), it will put paid to Trump and Trumpism for a good long time. His followers will still be out there, but any politician who tries to invoke The Holy Name will torpedo his chances in any state in the union, even Alabama. Nothing stinks (politically) more than a loser than a loser who tried (and failed) to overthrow the Government. Yep. Now Repubs in Congress have to decide not only if they will continue to say there was fraud, they will have to decide whether or not to condemn Trump for incitining this, and not going on TV immediately to say it should end. It’s like Bush reading to children on 9/11 ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/448 "2021-01-06T21:28:20Z")
He might not, but his orders would no longer be legally valid. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/449 "2021-01-06T21:29:21Z")
So I’ve been at work. Home now, did I miss anything? ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/450 "2021-01-06T21:29:22Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > He’s not incapacitated, he’s a traitor. That is impeachment. I think there’s a good case to be made that he’s unhinged beyond even his 2017 starting level of unhingedness, which has rendered him unfit for office. But any action removing him will also be seen by his supporters as a “coup” as well, so it wouldn’t necessarily calm anything down. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/451 "2021-01-06T21:29:28Z")
That was the most pathetic non-condemnation. He basically says “I know you guys are angry. You’re right to be. You think we’re fighting for democracy and you’re right. We won that election in a landslide. They’re trying to take it away. They’re trying to run a coup against me, the rightful president. But… you know… listen to cops… go home” They’re going to read between the lines that they’re doing the right thing. I’m not 100% sure he was trying to encourage them. I think it was plausible that he doesn’t want them to be violent but at the same time he cannot bear to tell the truth and undermine his precious “I actually won!” narrative, so he’s trying to play both sides and both calm shit down but also protect his delusion. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/452 "2021-01-06T21:29:47Z")
I just saw it – absolutely infuriating. He incites his mob and then tells them to go home, having it both ways. God, what a loathsome disgusting treasonous fucking piece of shit bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/453 "2021-01-06T21:30:25Z")
Now will the Republicans legislators protesting the EV counting finally come to their senses? We’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/454 "2021-01-06T21:30:35Z")
Not a lot, its been fairly quiet around here. I’ve been watching the news, [here’s something interesting.](https://www.cbsnews.com/live/) How was work? ---
**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, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/455 "2021-01-06T21:31:35Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > What makes you think Trump would leave if impeached? At that point either Pence or Pelosi would be POTUS, and could order the Army to remove him by force. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/456 "2021-01-06T21:31:45Z")
Congresswoman Cori Bush just said she is going to introduce a resolution to unseat every Republican who supported the electoral vote objections. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/457 "2021-01-06T21:31:53Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > It’s like Bush reading to children on 9/11 No, it is like what it would have been if Bush had ordered the attacks, and then read My Pet Goat. ---
**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, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/458 "2021-01-06T21:32:14Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Not a lot, its been fairly quiet around here. How was work? Thanks. Now I have coffee all over my monitor. (Seriously, thanks for the laugh.) ---
**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, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/459 "2021-01-06T21:32:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Congresswoman Cori Bush just said she is going to introduce a resolution to unseat every Republican who supported the electoral vote objections. I hope she succeeds. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/460 "2021-01-06T21:34:15Z")
Fire trucks are arriving. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/461 "2021-01-06T21:35:01Z")
Does anyone seriously think that this was not their goal? Create chaos and see what falls. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=24)