# 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:** 32
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/623 "2021-01-06T22:56:07Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Remarkable video here, with one police officer on his own left the try to stop the crowd. I hear this and immediately imagine Kevin Bacon in Animal House “Please remain calm. All is well!” ---
**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, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/624 "2021-01-06T22:56:37Z")
That sucks. ~Max ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/625 "2021-01-06T22:57:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Me, too. 68-70. Me too, 71 - 75. I think I was there for the last Vietnam riot. ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/626 "2021-01-06T22:57:09Z")
If Trump pulled that Bible stunt **this** time: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/__n5Bgxx-68/hqdefault.jpg ""Son, you're on your own."") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__n5Bgxx-68) ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/627 "2021-01-06T22:58:26Z")
Great minds … [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zDAmPIq29ro/hqdefault.jpg "Animal House - All Is Well!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDAmPIq29ro) ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/628 "2021-01-06T22:58:27Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > Anyone know who shot the woman? That’s my big question too. We have seen that the police weren’t using weapons, not even their fists in defense of anything. I can’t imagine one lone cop thinking it was time to make a stand by shooting a random person and then taking off. You guys don’t think one of those peaceful protesters had a gun, do you? ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/629 "2021-01-06T22:58:47Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > both groups have already called this insurrection and Dems are pushing right now for articles of impeachment. Well, _a few_ Dems are pushing for articles of impeachment. Wake me up when someone in House or Senate leadership does so. ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/630 "2021-01-06T22:59:08Z")
Rachel Maddow just made a good point: other than Trump’s inflammatory video, we haven’t heard a peep from anyone in the Executive branch today. Nobody from DoD, Homeland Security, the AG…nothing. Total radio silence. Total abdication of leadership responsibility. ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/631 "2021-01-06T22:59:11Z")
> [@Dahnlor](#): > > Also, Pence will still be VP until January 20, so he will still represent the tie-breaking vote and thus retain the Republican majority until Kamala Harris takes his place. I know this won’t happen, but hypothetically, let’s say Congress wasn’t able to reconvene to continue counting electoral votes before the 20th. Pelosi becomes president, but who would be VP? It’s a relatively trivial concern except in this case, where that person determines control of the Senate. ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/632 "2021-01-06T22:59:24Z")
> Also saw elsewhere, per the DoD, that Trump was not consulted. It’s weird, Pence shouldn’t have this authority. Did they quietly 25th him and just haven’t announced it? ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/633 "2021-01-06T22:59:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Side note: Trump just unfollowed Pence on Twitter. I can’t find confirmation. Most of what I’ve read indicates that the rumors were that Pence unfollowed Trump and are “inconclusive”. I want it to be true but right now it’s unconfirmed. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/634 "2021-01-06T23:00:08Z")
No VP if Pelosi becomes acting president. ---
**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, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/635 "2021-01-06T23:00:14Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Nobody from DoD Acting secretary of DoD said something cited upthread. ETA: [Press Products](https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/) ~Max ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/636 "2021-01-06T23:01:07Z")
I keep reading “Where’s the police? Where’s the police?” Fuck the police! The only thing the police is gonna do is make things worse. How? Oh, I don’t know maybe by shooting someone in the chest. These people “storming” the capitol are not insurgents, or rebels or protesters or freedom fighters or whatever you may want to call them They’re **toddlers**. Toddlers pitching a fit. Nothing more. And as anyone who’s had to deal with a toddler pitching a fit knows the best thing to do is nothing. Just let them scream and kick and cry. Eventually, they’ll tire themselves out and you can take them home and put them to bed. These little children aren’t a threat to our democracy, they won’t stop anything. By Taking them seriously you only give them legitimacy. Ultimately, who cares what they do or where they do it. Y’all need to put your pearls down and get over it. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/637 "2021-01-06T23:01:28Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > Anyone know who shot the woman? WP story says it was the Capitol Police. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/638 "2021-01-06T23:01:38Z")
Yep, “A Day Worth a Thread” for sure. Probably spinoff threads. We may need a whole new category here at SDMB. “Capitol Punishment”? ---
**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, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/639 "2021-01-06T23:01:39Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > If there was a left wing equivalent to this - if Trump won the election and left wing people stormed the capitol in exactly this same way - do you guys agree that the police would be shooting, gassing, and beating them, and that there would be mass arrests? > > There is a systemic bias in policing towards favoring right wing nutjobs. Left wing actions are brutalized, right wing actions are treated with kid gloves and even in some cases faciltiated by law enforcement. This. This to the _n_th power. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/640 "2021-01-06T23:01:41Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Me too, at least the tail end of them. I was 17 and still in high school in northern Virginia when the May Day 1971 protests happened in DC. They rounded up thousands of protesters. I almost went, not knowing how it was going to play out, but a friend talked me out of it at the last minute. I got gassed a couple of times myself in DC in 1969 and 1970, and we weren’t anywhere near the Capitol. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/641 "2021-01-06T23:02:30Z")
They aren’t toddlers though. ---
**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, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/642 "2021-01-06T23:02:41Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > No VP if Pelosi becomes acting president. So is the Senate truly split then? No majority leader, or would McConnell keep it by default? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=33)