# 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:** 47
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/923 "2021-01-07T01:41:09Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > He still has nearly 14 days to try to ruin the republic. The house could vote articles of impeachment in five minutes and the senate vote for conviction in five more. After articles of impeachment are voted on, if the president is impeached, there is (from Senate rules in past impeachments) a day of “displaying” the articles and time for the president to, essentially, put on a defense. It is called a “trial” in the constitution, so I don’t think 5 mins per chamber ought to cut it. But I think the 25th works, and impeachment could possibly be done in a few days if they moved quickly. ---
**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, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/924 "2021-01-07T01:41:33Z")
Loeffler is backing down, and will certify. ---
**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, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/925 "2021-01-07T01:43:19Z")
Yes…but she also doubled-down on the election being tainted. ---
**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, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/926 "2021-01-07T01:43:41Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > Loeffler is backing down, and will certify. While still saying the election was a fraud. What a sack of shit. ---
**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, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/927 "2021-01-07T01:44:35Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > While still saying the election was a fraud. What a sack of shit. Probably setting up for a court case in her loss. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/928 "2021-01-07T01:45:04Z")
ABC news is now talking about how this was all part of Putin’s plans and everything is going his way. ---
**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, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/929 "2021-01-07T01:45:43Z")
This just in: In the Whitehouse tonight, Rats desert stinking shit. Film at 11. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/930 "2021-01-07T01:46:11Z")
I won’t name them here but various of the rioters whose pictures have been circulated have started to have been identified including the prick who was in Pelosi’s office with his feet on her desk. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/931 "2021-01-07T01:46:30Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > This just in: > > In the Whitehouse tonight, Rats desert stinking shit. > > Film at 11. I think you may have made a typo there. And if you did, it is still appropriate. Well done! ---
**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, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/932 "2021-01-07T01:47:01Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > In the Whitehouse tonight, Rats desert stinking shit. Best typo of the night! Or not…either way, good job! ---
**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 7, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/933 "2021-01-07T01:47:13Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Are there any kind of sore losers like republican sore fucking losers? Fuck. Sore when they win, sore when they lose. A parody of Don Henley’s “Dirty Laundry” is in there somewhere. ---
**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, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/934 "2021-01-07T01:47:22Z")
Watching that now, and I agree. Like I said above, any foreign intelligence service worth its salt had people in that crowd, in the Congress. Just look for the ones who kept their faces covered the entire time. They’re the ones who walked out with thumb drives, files, more. ---
**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, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/935 "2021-01-07T01:48:19Z")
Weren’t they arrested? Did the police let them get out? ---
**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, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/936 "2021-01-07T01:48:29Z")
I’ve been away from the board for a couple of hours. Where does the EC business/count stand 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, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/937 "2021-01-07T01:49:01Z")
Senate speaking for 2 hours. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/938 "2021-01-07T01:49:19Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Weren’t they arrested? Did the police let them get out? The ones I saw were let out or escaped or whatever. I think that there were arrests generally though. ---
**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, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/939 "2021-01-07T01:49:25Z")
Not on each state, I hope? ---
**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, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/940 "2021-01-07T01:49:32Z")
Pre-count speeches at the moment - I’m watching C-SPAN. [Senate Session, Part 2 | C-SPAN.org (c-span.org)](https://www.c-span.org/video/?507698-5/senate-session-part-2&live) ---
**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, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/941 "2021-01-07T01:49:56Z")
The senators are still speechifying. The actual business at hand has not been addressed. That said, most of the senators who said they will oppose the certification have walked it back and said they will certify. Dunno about the House yet. They say they will be convening soon. ---
**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, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/942 "2021-01-07T01:50:00Z")
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