# 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:** 260
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5191 "2024-10-06T09:49:00Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > How do you prepare for being slammed to the mat? Make sure that they gave you a [magnetized](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/tina-peters-ex-colorado-clerk-tells-judge-prison-wont-work-out-because-she-needs-a-magnetic-mattress-video/ar-AA1rEY5E) mat, apparently: > …Peters - the Trump disciple convicted for interfering in the 2020 Colorado election - quickly switched gears, informing the judge that she wasn’t a good match for prison because she needs a [checks notes] special mattress to sleep on. > “First of all, I need a magnetic mattress. I’ve been on that since 1995,” she said, explaining that without magnets, it’s impossible for her to sleep… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5192 "2024-10-06T13:37:52Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > informing the judge that she wasn’t a good match for prison 😂 ‘Your Honour, I just wouldn’t be a good fit for the prison position; so I’ll have to decline.’ ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5193 "2024-10-06T14:42:18Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > > We need to have people in government we can trust or things will go wrong. > > Yes, but the people the government employs to count votes do not fall into this category; this is why democratic countries invite observers to the count. This isn’t fair to elections workers. We’ve had posters on these boards who have discussed the training they get when they volunteer to be election workers, and it includes a hefty dose of “our job is to run a fair election”. Outside scrutineers, by definition, are partisan, and that’s fine, but they want a particular outcome. The more eyes watching the voting and counting, the better. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5194 "2024-10-06T15:23:39Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ‘Your Honour, I just wouldn’t be a good fit for the prison position; so I’ll have to decline.’ “Fine, Here are your shackles and a rake. Now clean up that forest” ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5195 "2024-10-06T20:36:21Z")
As an election judge I say, bring your observers on. All you’ll see in my county’s precincts is everyday citizens working hard to fairly apply Maryland election laws. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5196 "2024-10-06T20:56:32Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > > informing the judge that she wasn’t a good match for prison > > 😂 ‘Your Honour, I just wouldn’t be a good fit for the prison position; so I’ll have to decline.’ “Your honor, let me check my calendar…no, sorry, prison doesn’t work for me this year…nor next year. You’re just gonna have to make me a better offer.” 🤣 ---
**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:** [October 8, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5197 "2024-10-08T02:52:33Z")
Heh. Reminds me of [this famous TNY cartoon.](https://pixels.com/featured/no-thursdays-out-how-about-never-robert-mankoff.html?product=canvas-print) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5198 "2024-10-09T07:33:22Z")
Aren’t most prison mattresses held in place with metal? I think she’s gonna be fine ya’ll! Whew, I’d been so worried. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5199 "2024-10-09T13:01:11Z")
But are they ferrous-magnetic? She doesn’t want any of that woke aluminium stuff. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5200 "2024-10-09T13:33:24Z")
There’s always a catch. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5201 "2024-10-09T13:45:07Z")
Save Ferrous! ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5202 "2024-10-09T17:03:54Z")
Oh, he’s very popular. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he’s a righteous dude. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5203 "2024-10-22T21:09:42Z")
And now this: > **[January 6 riot conviction of ‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder is upheld in...](https://www.aol.com/news/january-6-riot-conviction-cowboys-153207719.html)** > > The federal appeals court in Washington, DC, on Tuesday upheld the conviction of the Cowboys for Trump founder who entered the restricted area of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, saying rioters didn’t have to know the Secret Service... ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5204 "2024-10-29T16:15:13Z")
Great news. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5205 "2025-01-06T11:35:15Z")
I saw on NBC that, on account of today’s certification, the police are adding extra fencing. I don’t know anything about security but find it reassuring that they’re reinforcing perimeter among other things. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5206 "2025-01-06T13:12:46Z")
That’s all well and good, but to me the more distressing thing is that the fuckers who perpetrated the attack on the Capitol may be set free: > **[As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel 'betrayed'](https://www.npr.org/2025/01/05/nx-s1-5200594/jan-6-attack-capitol-riot-victims-violence)** > > A police officer defended the Capitol from violent rioters on Jan. 6. With President-elect Donald Trump poised to pardon the rioters, he now asks, "what did I risk my life for?" ---
**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 6, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5207 "2025-01-06T15:45:21Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > may be set free… I don’t think there’s any “may” about it. But it **is** one of those happy paradoxes where Donnie is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5208 "2025-01-06T15:51:47Z")
Just remember - these guys value law and order! 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5209 "2025-01-06T19:56:44Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > That’s all well and good, but to me the more distressing thing is that the fuckers who perpetrated the attack on the Capitol may be set free: trump has changed his tune on this - he was saying _only the non-violent offenders_ would be pardoned. Quite a few were only convicted of some sort of trespass, and if that is who gets a pardon, it wont bother me much. ---
**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 6, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/5210 "2025-01-06T20:08:06Z")
HA! Typical: backtracking. 🙄 I can see him denying he ever said anything about pardoning anyone ever, if it turns out that’s what suits him best at the moment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020.md?page=259) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020.md?page=261)