# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/522 "2021-01-06T22:03:27Z")
He knew what he was signing up for. ---
**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, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/523 "2021-01-06T22:03:45Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > You gotta say, Mike Pence has the most thankless job in politics. He gets savaged as a Trump toady by the left and a Democrat rollover by the right. This part was in the job description, no sympathy from me. ~Max ---
**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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/524 "2021-01-06T22:04:34Z")
Do you think all the gutless motherfuckers in DC will finally be willing to Turbo-impeach this fuck, or are we going to be told that he learned his lesson and there’s no need? ---
**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, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/525 "2021-01-06T22:05:18Z")
An impeachment takes time. By the time the Senate was gathered to vote on it, it would be about inauguration time. Not really worth it. ---
**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, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/526 "2021-01-06T22:05:40Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > I’m so fucking disgusted and not just with the fascist Trumpists. The measured reporting and commentary from the media and Democrats for the last 30 days are just as culpable. NO. No no no no and, again: NO. They are not “just as culpable.” False equivalence and bothsiderism MUST STOP. ---
**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, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/527 "2021-01-06T22:06:34Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Do you think all the gutless motherfuckers in DC will finally be willing to Turbo-impeach this fuck, or are we going to be told that he learned his lesson and there’s no need? - Maybe he just needs to see Collins’ furrowed brow to understand how wrong he was. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/528 "2021-01-06T22:07:53Z")
He’ll learn his lesson this time for sure. As far as impeachment, as much as McConnel can slow walk it, he can also fast track it. I have little doubt that _if_ he wanted it, he could have the senate vote within hours. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/529 "2021-01-06T22:08:43Z")
I’m torn whether the absolute failure of the Capitol Police to protect our halls of democracy is due to sympathy with the protestors or gross, gross incompetence. I’m leaning toward the latter – being a Capitol Police office is about the cushiest job in law enforcement. The vast majority of the job is having tourists empty their pockets as they go through metal detectors and shooing them away from restricted areas. But how grossly unprepared they were is giving me pause. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/530 "2021-01-06T22:08:43Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I don’t have a dog in this fight, but this all goes to illustrate the axiom that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter, and one man’s police brutality is another man’s law and order. Are you really gonna bothsides this? 🤮 ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/531 "2021-01-06T22:09:38Z")
> [@](#): > > This part was in the job description. Methinks right now VP Pence might like to swap it for Garner’s “bucket of warm piss” ---
**Author:** ![squidfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/532 "2021-01-06T22:10:39Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > I’m torn whether the absolute failure of the Capitol Police to protect our halls of democracy is due to sympathy with the protestors or gross, gross incompetence. No excuse for lack of early preparation and manpower, but a police statement was just reported that when the rioters first started to push through the doors, they had to make a “protect the building” or “protect/evacuate the lawmakers” and they decided on the lawmakers (good choice given that it had gotten that far). ---
**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/533 "2021-01-06T22:10:42Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > NO. No no no no and, again: NO. They are not “just as culpable.” False equivalence and bothsiderism MUST STOP. I didn’t read it that way. I read it as a criticism of the _ **measured** _ response of the liberal medium for not calling Trump’s false claims sedition. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/534 "2021-01-06T22:10:53Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > An impeachment takes time. By the time the Senate was gathered to vote on it, it would be about inauguration time. Not really worth it. An impeached President cannot run for any federal office again. It would be worth it to remove him before inauguration, it would be worth it after inauguration. ---
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/535 "2021-01-06T22:12:27Z")
Even if Trump were impeached and removed from office, that by no means necessarily means an end to violence. Indeed, it might intensify it. ---
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/536 "2021-01-06T22:12:59Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > An impeached President cannot run for any federal office again. It would be worth it to remove him before inauguration, it would be worth it after inauguration. It’s worth it even as a symbolic gesture. The perfect way to end this shitshow of an administration. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/537 "2021-01-06T22:13:16Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > > [@Velocity](#): > > > > An impeachment takes time. By the time the Senate was gathered to vote on it, it would be about inauguration time. Not really worth it. > > An impeached President cannot run for any federal office again. It would be worth it to remove him before inauguration, it would be worth it after inauguration. Not necessarily. You can impeach and convict but not add the further penalty of being ineligible for any office. ---
**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, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/538 "2021-01-06T22:13:23Z")
I think the fire trucks were for emergency medical response, in particular, the woman who was shot in the neck. ABC [reports](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/capitol-breached-protesters/story?id=75081629) > “A woman was shot inside the Capitol and seriously injured, sources tell ABC News. A source familiar with the situation said DC Fire EMS are transporting a woman in critical condition to a local hospital.” ~Max ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/539 "2021-01-06T22:13:50Z")
> [@Lavender\_Pebble](#): > > Cops taking selfies with the protestors, in case you’re curious whose side they are on: [https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1346920198461419520?s=20](https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1346920198461419520?s=20) Jeez, earlier I was thinking, “might as well defund them, they’re so useless.” Their asses need to be fired NOW. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/540 "2021-01-06T22:14:12Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > The Germans have earned the right to be horrified and blunt about threats to democracy. Nothing bad has ever happened after an attack on a legislature building, has it? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/541 "2021-01-06T22:15:12Z")
It’s hard to control what insurrectionists and terrorists do, and we shouldn’t put too much weight on them when we make political decisions. If we do, then they have literally won. However, it _would_ remove Trump from office, preventing him from using this opportunity to do further damage from inside of the government. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=28)