# 7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 8, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020 "2021-01-08T10:28:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 147
**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:** [February 10, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2929 "2022-02-10T14:53:10Z")
yep. still didn’t work for him. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2930 "2022-02-10T19:07:26Z")
> **[Trump evaded White House call logs on day of Capitol riots, committee finds](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-evaded-white-house-call-172143118.html)** > > Mr Trump’s habit of using mobile phones belonging to his aides is causing a headache for investigators > [@](#): > > According to the _New York Times,_ the committee has found “few records” of calls made or recieved by Mr [Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/trump) during time periods when he was known to be making phone calls. During his time in the White House, Mr Trump routinely made use of his personal mobile phone and mobile phones belonging to his close advisers rather than follow the customary practice of placing calls through the White House switchboard. Because those phone calls were not logged by the White House, investigators are having a hard time piecing together who Mr Trump spoke to before and during the riot. Gee, strange that he would be so incommunicado like that. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2931 "2022-02-10T19:15:37Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > > [@Grrr](#): > > > > And some optimists are saying indictments are coming. > > > > PS. I’m not an optimist. - > > Neither am I. But, yes, Twitter is all-a-twitter with speculation that Mitch, Kevin, etc. “know something” and are scrambling to distance themselves from Trump before the “something” comes down. > > I’m a skeptic. (But I’d LOVE to be proven wrong!) Amen, amen, amen. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2932 "2022-02-10T19:39:11Z")
This smacks of an email server kerfuffle from not too terribly long ago. Do we get to start chanting LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! yet? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2933 "2022-02-10T20:39:11Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Pushback from Trump in 3… 2… 1… > **[Trump ponders who speaks for the Republican Party. Answer: Not McConnell](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2079637)** > > Who really speaks for the Republican Party these days? That's the question Donald Trump raised after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell unequivocally called the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol a "violent insurrection" expressly intended to... > … > “Mitch McConnell does not speak for the Republican Party, and does not represent the views of the vast majority of its voters. He did nothing to fight for his constituents and stop the most fraudulent election in American history,” [Trump said in a statement](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/09/trump-attacks-mcconnell-after-he-criticizes-rnc-censure/) Wednesday, re-upping his lie that the 2020 election was stolen. > > “If Mitch would have fought for the election, like the Democrats would have if in the same position, we would not be discussing any of the above today," Trump continued. > … > However, if polling is the guide, Trump crushes McConnell as the party’s spokesperson and de facto leader. > … > > But all polling aside, the Republican Party is [undergoing a long-overdue reckoning](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/9/2079447/-Supposed-party-of-law-and-order-becomes-party-of-Jan-6-chaos-and-lawlessness)between its passionate, violent, and delusional grassroots base, represented by Trump and the RNC, and the establishment wing of the party represented by McConnell and most Senate Republicans. House Republicans have put their fate entirely in Trump’s hands. > > **The rift does not bode well for the GOP heading into a midterm cycle** where Republicans hope to both mobilize Trump loyalists and win back the suburbs. Trumpers require the party to back the Jan. 6 as legitimate and justified, which is how they view the deadly insurrection. At the very least, suburban voters will likely need a more nuanced approach to the violence that overwhelmed the U.S. Capitol that day. > … My bold. Good! 👍🏽 ---
**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:** [February 14, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2934 "2022-02-14T03:33:34Z")
> **[Inside McConnell’s Campaign to Take Back the Senate and Thwart Trump...](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/13/us/politics/mcconnell-trump-primaries-midterms.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DPDm8ZiPkORI2L8EDLY6dnY54vxSmeXJpZKr4qTeZzw_QaOk1hVwSyp4DCmIgAJ299j7OPaV4M_sCHW6Eko3itZ3OlKex7yfqy4BnaamfoWLjVgnZ3OApnppZ6Jgqo22gOlK_AEOZw09Z1ifYxF9stE2d7ESqLu_HiCxR9MMzXLU2Pr1lrBJwKHG3bjtWe6LkfcQ5NCV-gTXl34mw07N00K8pAde-kbEZmIJyi9O1XXm94L46pBIkzRZzXkNhos73Nqx-Lzqmm1ihN0vHiz52LXMrab9M-6AA)** > > Senator Mitch McConnell is working furiously to bring allies to Washington who will buck Donald J. Trump. It’s not going according to plan. > … > Mr. McConnell for years pushed Mr. Trump’s agenda and only rarely opposed him in public. But the message that he delivers privately now is unsparing, if debatable: Mr. Trump is losing political altitude and need not be feared in a primary, he has told Mr. Ducey in repeated phone calls, as the Senate leader’s lieutenants share polling data they argue proves it. > > In conversations with senators and would-be senators, Mr. McConnell is blunt about the damage he believes Mr. Trump has done to the G.O.P., according to those who have spoken to him. Privately, he has declared he won’t let unelectable “goofballs” win Republican primaries. > > History doesn’t bode well for such behind-the-scene efforts to challenge Mr. Trump, and Mr. McConnell’s hard sell is so far yielding mixed results. > … McConnell: “B-b-but I never thought the leopard would eat **MY** face!” ---
**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:** [February 14, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2935 "2022-02-14T03:44:41Z")
Hosea 8:7 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2936 "2022-02-14T14:51:32Z")
One of the worst scumbags out of the whole bunch, really… > **[Coup memo author tries to hide 11,000 documents from Capitol riot committee](https://sports.yahoo.com/coup-memo-author-john-eastman-140854290.html)** > > Mr Eastman claims 11,000 of the 95,153 pages which a federal judge ordered him to give the committee are protected by attorney-client privilege > [@](#): > > Former Chapman University law professor John Eastman, the author of a controversial memorandum which claimed former Vice President [Mike Pence](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/mike-pence) had the unilateral power to overturn ex-president [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump)’s 2020 election loss to Joe Biden, is attempting to block the House January 6th select committee from obtaining 11,000 of the 95,153 pages a federal judge ordered him to give the panel last month. Heh I thouught that was Lin Wood for a sec, next to ole Rude. This person needs to meet something untimely. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2937 "2022-02-14T15:48:06Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > McConnell: “B-b-but I never thought the leopard would eat **MY** face!” I actually feel sorry for the poor leopard that gets a mouthful of …_that_. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2938 "2022-02-14T16:47:08Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Hosea 8:7 Instead of a Sharknado how about a Leopardwind? (not as catchy, I know.) ---
**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:** [February 14, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2939 "2022-02-14T17:46:35Z")
Leopardcane ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2940 "2022-02-14T17:54:04Z")
That _is_ better. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2941 "2022-02-14T22:10:29Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Instead of a Sharknado how about a Leopardwind? Do you mean Leopard - flatulence? Cause that’s what « leopard wind » makes me think of. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2942 "2022-02-14T23:32:41Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Do you mean Leopard - flatulence? Cause that’s what « leopard wind » makes me think of. You mean “I didn’t think the Leopard would sit on my face” ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2943 "2022-02-14T23:45:58Z")
You left out the h ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2944 "2022-02-15T00:56:48Z")
Leopard Flatulence - not bad band name. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2945 "2022-02-15T01:03:16Z")
If they’re particularly loud would it become a Def Leppard? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2946 "2022-02-15T01:11:20Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Hosea 8:7 > [@](#): > > For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: **it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal** … It really _does_ seem to be a prophesy about Donald! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2947 "2022-02-16T14:25:43Z")
Good news: > **[Rejecting Trump claim, Biden grants Jan. 6 panel access to White House logs: NYT](https://www.aol.com/rejecting-trump-claim-biden-orders-121358315-125455995.html)** > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden has rejected former President Donald Trump's executive privilege claims and ordered White House visitor logs to be released to the panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack, the New York Times... ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2948 "2022-02-16T15:37:15Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > It really _does_ seem to be a prophesy about Donald! Nonsense-he’s yielded plenty of meals! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020.md?page=146) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020.md?page=148)