# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![Dinoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@Dinoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/843 "2021-01-07T00:48:33Z")
I read somewhere that Iran was demanding Trump be extradited to Iran to stand trial for the recent assassination (of one of generals, I think). Hmmm…wonder what their torture methods are like…(kidding) As a Texan, I do think Cruz should be recalled at least. Is this going to change minds I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/844 "2021-01-07T00:48:49Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > I gotta think that anyone who worked in this administration is not going to be very employable now. I can’t find it right now, but there was that joke awhile ago: Interviewer: I noticed you have a 4 year gap on your resume. I presume you were in the Trump administration? Interviewee: No, sir, I was in prison. I swear! ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/845 "2021-01-07T00:49:53Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Concur. This is of more significant (by an order of magnitude or two) than Trump’s Twitter account. It makes me think that _maybe_ the 25th has been invoked with no announcement until things get under control. ---
**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, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/846 "2021-01-07T00:50:23Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > It seems they have enclosed a group of insurgents and it is theorized that they will be put on buses and taken away. I hope they are all taken away to a jail cell, to await trial. ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/847 "2021-01-07T00:50:38Z")
Is it inexcusable if Trump is not impeached and convicted before his term is up, or barring that, 25th amendmented. There is absolutely no justification at this point for leaving him in place. If we do not have that, we have (again) completely failed as a functioning government and enforcing rule of law, and this sets a precedent - if sending a fucking violent mob on the capitol building doesn’t get you impeached, what fucking would? I mean, if you’re a republican. Obviously a parking ticket should get you impeached if you’re a democrat. ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/848 "2021-01-07T00:50:56Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > It seems they have enclosed a group of insurgents and it is theorized that they will be put on buses and taken away. Does “enclosed” mean arrested? ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/849 "2021-01-07T00:51:09Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Can’t believe the creators of the monster have lost control of the monster, is there any precedent for this in books or film Reminds me of this post > [@Munch](#): > > Creator of monster is flabbergasted that the monster he helped create has gotten out of control. If only history or literature had given us a warning! ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/850 "2021-01-07T00:51:19Z")
I found it. [[Album] No, sir, I was in prison! ![](https://i.imgur.com/8tScilf.jpeg?fb "No, sir, I was in prison!") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/eXxad5Q) ---
**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, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/851 "2021-01-07T00:51:25Z")
Crazy Rudy sounds off. > **[Rudy Giuliani says pro-Trump rioters attacking US Capitol building are ‘on...](https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/rudy-giuliani-says-pro-trump-205320945.html)** > > Former mayor and other Trump allies release statements only after violent rioters clash with law enforcement and breach Capitol building ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/852 "2021-01-07T00:51:52Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > > [@asterion](#): > > > > I still want an explanation of how Pence authorized the DC National Guard. > > Concur. This is of more significant (by an order of magnitude or two) than Trump’s Twitter account. Apparently, the Secretary of Defense also has the authority to activate the DC National Guard. “Supervision and control of D.C. National Guard was delegated by the president to the defense secretary pursuant to Executive Order 10030, 26 January 1949 with authority to designate National Military Establishment officials to administer affairs of the D.C. National Guard.” [See the Wiki article here.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_National_Guard#Unique_law) Still, it’s damned strange that the press release so carefully mentioned everyone _except_ Trump. I’m starting to wonder if he hasn’t already been quietly 25th’d, and they’re keeping it quiet for now. ---
**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, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/853 "2021-01-07T00:52:25Z")
Not yet. They are surrounded by very heavily armed people and they keep adding more armed people and tightening the circle. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/854 "2021-01-07T00:54:01Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Trump has not changed a bit. Everything that happened in the last 4 years has been obviously the exact same person we knew in 2015. Nothing is a surprise, nothing has changed, everything that has happened was very predictable and in fact has been widely predicted. Exactly correct. Trump has not gone mad. This is exactly who he has been. I don’t get why the denial is so powerful. Even in this thread there’s dozens of people acting like this is just a little bit outside the norm, but ultimately fine because the election results will eventually stand. as if this is just another noisy rally. ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/855 "2021-01-07T00:55:55Z")
Lawrence Tribe speaking on CNN about Senator Cruz: " I can’t get inside Ted Cruz’s head. I don’t understand him. He was a smart kid, but he’s put his smarts to evil." (Best effort to quote what he said,) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/856 "2021-01-07T00:56:12Z")
The Congressional hearings on the police planning and response should be fascinating watching. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/857 "2021-01-07T00:57:37Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Is it inexcusable if Trump is not impeached and convicted before his term is up Not enough time for that. Much better to arrest him and charge him in a criminal trial anyway. Or maybe, as commander in chief of the armed forced he is eligible to be court-martialed. ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/858 "2021-01-07T00:57:41Z")
I said this in a Pit thread, but Giuliani’s actions today constitute sedition, IMO. ~Max ---
**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 7, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/859 "2021-01-07T00:57:48Z")
Maggie Haberman, with the timeline: > ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/860 "2021-01-07T00:59:02Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > I said this in a Pit thread, but Giuliani’s actions today constitute sedition, IMO. He was 15 miles down that road already. ---
**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, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/861 "2021-01-07T00:59:53Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > The Congressional hearings on the police planning and response should be fascinating watching. Republicans will probably blame it on Hunter Biden’s laptop. ---
**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, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/862 "2021-01-07T00:59:55Z")
In other news, by the way: Ossoff wins Georgia race; militia gathers outside Georgia capitol; Kemp activates Georgia National Guard. Posted 1 hour ago (that would be about 14:00 Georgia time I think.) [Georgia Senate election results – live: Jon Ossoff declared runoff winner as ‘militia gathers’ at state Capitol](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/georgia-senate-election-results-live-runoff-race-latest-b1782988.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=44)