# 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:** 25
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/482 "2021-01-06T21:45:09Z")
Sunset today in D.C. is 5:02 PM. ☹ ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/483 "2021-01-06T21:45:10Z")
Same on MSNBC. I did have to laugh, mirthlessly, when Chuck Todd was interviewing some Republican House member and asked, “So, should Trump be impeached over this?” and the House member responded with something like, “Well, I don’t want to over-politicize this…” At which point, I switched off the sound. I thought, if THIS isn’t impeachable, then WTF is? Of course, I thought the same thing over the last impeachment/removal a year ago. The answer is, apparently nothing. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/484 "2021-01-06T21:46:24Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > over-politicize Huh? It couldn’t BE any more political! ---
**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, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/485 "2021-01-06T21:46:40Z")
I keep seeing that “cops are taking selfies with terrorists” link and - far be it from me to defend these fucks, but - what I keep seeing is _A_ cop taking a selfie with _A_ terrorist. I mean, one cop doing it is bad, but not really a big deal. Of course there are Trump-supporting fucks among the police - that’s no surprise. As long as the rest of them are doing their jobs, I can’t get up in arms about one asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/486 "2021-01-06T21:47:02Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Sunset today in D.C. is 5:02 PM. ☹ I’ll be dark before that, what with the overcast skies. ---
**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, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/487 "2021-01-06T21:47:14Z")
Boy, that Capitol security is a model for the world, eh? ---
**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, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/488 "2021-01-06T21:47:35Z")
CNN reporter being shouted over by a rioter claiming they aren’t rioters. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/489 "2021-01-06T21:47:39Z")
Pence’s Twitter account now features a pic of Biden & Harris. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/490 "2021-01-06T21:47:59Z")
Please enjoy this very good joke as a break from the unfolding horror. [https://twitter.com/notviking/status/1346923223489736704](https://twitter.com/notviking/status/1346923223489736704) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/491 "2021-01-06T21:48:21Z")
The number one priority right now should be to prevent loss of life. If that means taking selfies and mingling with protestors, so be it. I have serious infosec concerns about this though. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/492 "2021-01-06T21:48:39Z")
Ah, false alarm, it’s Pence and Mother from behind. ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/493 "2021-01-06T21:50:04Z")
Twitter has labeled the video of Individual 1’s speech as potentially inciting violence, and it can’t be replied to or retweeted. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/494 "2021-01-06T21:50:12Z")
So, on the coup timeline, I’m thinking this is the chilli-pepper-throwing stage. How long till the next phase - bombs in public buildings? ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/495 "2021-01-06T21:50:18Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I’m watching ABC because it’s easy for me to stream on Hulu, but I suspect most of the media sources are like this. Why is everyone still softballing Trump? They’re still acting sometimes like this is a spontaneous, unexpected thing that no one is guilty for. No one is saying “Trump supporters are doing exactly what Trump has been telling them to do for months”, it’s all passive, it’s all trying to make Trump seem better and less culpable than he is. My experience with other news sources are like this, too. That is not the message that the failing CNN is giving. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/496 "2021-01-06T21:50:42Z")
The Capital Police opened the gates to the Insurrectionists: [https://twitter.com/cevansavenger/status/1346920924310867968?s=19](https://twitter.com/cevansavenger/status/1346920924310867968?s=19) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/497 "2021-01-06T21:52:28Z")
There might have been a good reason to do that… surely… ☹ ~Max ---
**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, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/498 "2021-01-06T21:52:44Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Pence’s Twitter account now features a pic of Biden & Harris. I don’t see 'em. Unless you were joking. From the Vice Enabler > > You tell 'em, Mikey! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/499 "2021-01-06T21:52:50Z")
Already past that. [They’ve found pipe bombs at both RNC and DNC headquarters.](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/pipe-bomb-rnc.html) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/500 "2021-01-06T21:53:20Z")
They are escorting them in, Max. Look at their postures - at the end, they aren’t facing the Insurrectionists, the Capital police are facing the Capital. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/501 "2021-01-06T21:53:39Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > That is not the message that the failing CNN is giving. I’m watching a German-based news channel here in Europe. The coverage and point of view is, let’s say, _extremely_ direct. The Germans have earned the right to be horrified and blunt about threats to democracy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=26)