# 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:** 40
**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 7, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/783 "2021-01-07T00:14:14Z")
They have locked it and are considering suspending. ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/784 "2021-01-07T00:14:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What’s only for twelve hours? - Locking Trump’s Twitter account. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/785 "2021-01-07T00:15:05Z")
Should have happened a long damned time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/786 "2021-01-07T00:15:06Z")
I don’t think they did. I don’t see a lock or a big notice on it: [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref\_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/787 "2021-01-07T00:16:16Z")
MSNBC: "BREAKING: Twitter says 3 tweets today from President Trump have been removed, and his account “will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets. If the Tweets are not removed, the account will remain locked.” > ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/788 "2021-01-07T00:17:14Z")
Jim Acosta from CNN: “I will tell you, Jake, I talked to a source, a GOP source close to the president who speaks with him regularly, and I take no pleasure in reporting this, but this source tells me that he believes the president is out of his mind.” ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/789 "2021-01-07T00:17:19Z")
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**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 7, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/790 "2021-01-07T00:18:50Z")
How many MAGA people are running around the capitol? It only seems a few hundreds or low thousands. Any estimates out there? ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/791 "2021-01-07T00:21:12Z")
I gotta think that anyone who worked in this administration is not going to be very employable now. Whoa, Harley actually asked for political contributions during the siege? What on earth? That is insane. ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/792 "2021-01-07T00:21:15Z")
Can someone drive himself mad? Trump was crazy enough a few months ago, but with his constant obession about losing could that cause him to go clinically insane? I think usually one goes insane and then starts rambling nonsense ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/793 "2021-01-07T00:21:47Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > Whoa, Harley actually asked for political contributions during the siege? What on earth? That is insane. So did Ted Cruz. ---
**Author:** ![CoconutPete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coconutpete/32/5294_2.png) [@CoconutPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoconutPete)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/794 "2021-01-07T00:21:52Z")
Anyone else seeing ads on the website about winning 50 free Trump silver coins, haha! [![](https://www.moneymetals.com/images/products/1oz-trump-silver-rounds-obverse.jpg) ](https://www.moneymetals.com/images/products/1oz-trump-silver-rounds-obverse.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/795 "2021-01-07T00:22:08Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Oh, yeah. Several tweets saying this was a false-flag operation. Because Trumpistas are “respectful” of the law. Except the Proud Boys are already on record saying they were going to dress like Antifa and pretend to be lefties… Oops, they sort of telegraphed that one a bit early. ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/796 "2021-01-07T00:22:43Z")
They should be tossed from the senate. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/797 "2021-01-07T00:22:45Z")
Just got this word from a neighbor, maybe it’s been posted here already? Twitter has suspended Trump for 12 hours and “maybe” more. ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/798 "2021-01-07T00:24:39Z")
I wonder if he’s put himself under so much stress that he’s snapping and having a breakdown. I wouldn’t have considered him all that stable to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/799 "2021-01-07T00:25:37Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Seen from Europe: this is crazy. And dangerous. I hope you know what you are doing… News flash: we do not know what the fuck we are doing. > [@Deeg](#): > > since the vote is taking place in a secret location there’s little reason to grandstand. I don’t think it is. I think they’re returning to the Capitol, which is being cleaned. [https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/index.html) . > The House and Senate chambers are being cleaned so the full Senate and House can resume proceedings as soon as the 8 p.m. hour, Hill sources said. – reading the Constitutional language, it seems to me that an argument could be made that they have to certify in the House building. If they can get it clean enough, sidestepping any argument of that sort seems worth doing. > §15. Congress shall be in session on the sixth day of January succeeding every meeting of the electors. The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/800 "2021-01-07T00:26:36Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > MSNBC: > > "BREAKING: Twitter says 3 tweets today from President Trump have been removed, and his account “will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets. If the Tweets are not removed, the account will remain locked.” Huh? The tweets “have been removed,” but “If the Tweets are not removed” the account will stay locked? > [@Senegoid](#): > > Just got this word from a neighbor, maybe it’s been posted here already? Three or four times, I think. ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/801 "2021-01-07T00:26:39Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I don’t think it is. I think they’re returning to the Capitol, which is being cleaned. > > [January 6 electoral vote count and protest news](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/index.html) . Ah, thanks for the info. I thought I had read that McConnell wanted it moved to a secret location. ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/802 "2021-01-07T00:27:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > “I will tell you, Jake, I talked to a source, a GOP source close to the president who speaks with him regularly, and I take no pleasure in reporting this, but this source tells me that he believes the president is out of his mind.” I think they mean Trump has to permanently remove them [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=41)