# 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:** 36
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/703 "2021-01-15T19:23:00Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > So now the Daily Beast is paywalled (at least for me). The NYP story doesn’t have the part that makes the “self love” comment make sense: > Ryan, who runs a life-coaching business called SelfLoveU and has previously hosted an advertising segment on a local radio station, dug in further on Twitter, retweeting election conspiracies and offering to provide real estate services if Texas secedes from the Union. … > “You can never cancel Jenna Ryan,” she wrote. However, by Monday, she said her publisher had canceled her self help book that was due out next month. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/704 "2021-01-15T19:28:46Z")
Thanks for that. Hopefully she’ll also be “cancelled” from her real estate business, but then, she operates in Texas. One thing Texas has in common with quiet northern Ontario lakes: both places have a lot of loons. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/705 "2021-01-15T19:32:10Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You can never cancel Jenna Ryan,” she wrote. However, by Monday, she said her publisher had canceled her self help book that was due out next month. Hahahahahahahaha… [Deep breath] Hahahahahahahaha hahahahahaha…ha ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/706 "2021-01-15T19:39:08Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Trump will be leaving DC before the inauguration so he doesn’t have to leave as an ex-President. In other words, so he can use Air Force 1 without having to ask permission from Biden. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/707 "2021-01-15T19:46:04Z")
Then why is the thread on her in the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![squidfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/708 "2021-01-15T19:46:28Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > In other words, so he can use Air Force 1 without having to ask permission from Biden. One of my current worries is that he’ll try the classic “leader in exile” thing and wash up in an unextraditable place like Russia where he can beam messages to his followers that he’s really the president indefinitely, but can’t really be prosecuted or taken offline. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/709 "2021-01-15T19:48:11Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > More reports about racist Capitol police are being revealed. Racist President, Racist Senate, what do you expect? ---
**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 15, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/710 "2021-01-15T20:18:10Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > [Another](https://kfor.com/news/local/its-no-longer-a-political-party-its-a-cult-former-oklahoma-gop-congressman-leaves-republican-party/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com) former GOP Congressman leaves the party, saying that “It’s no longer a political party. It’s a cult.” They’re just now noticing it? 🤨 ---
**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 15, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/711 "2021-01-15T20:33:09Z")
They finally noticed that their hot tub is boiling. ---
**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 15, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/712 "2021-01-15T20:40:34Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Meanwhile, Trump admin. staffers that don’t have name recognition are having difficulty finding jobs. I need to repeat the joke that I am sure many have heard: “What about this 4 year gap on your resume?” “I was in prison, I swear! I was never part of the Trump administration!” ---
**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 15, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/713 "2021-01-15T20:57:19Z")
Predicting the end of the GOP seems a stretch but right now I think the Democratic party is in a position of strength. ---
**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 15, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/714 "2021-01-15T21:02:07Z")
I find the willful ignorance fascinating, if somewhat depressing. I found a [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/100014873790327/posts/1089599701545813/?d=n) on the NYT with the this opening paragraph: > Over the last 72 hours, I have received multiple death threats and thousands upon thousands of emails from Christians saying the nastiest and most vulgar things I have ever heard toward my family and ministry. I have been labeled a coward, sellout, a traitor to the Holy Spirit, and cussed out at least 500 times. How could someone not see the hate being spewed before Jan 6? It sure looks to be an eye-opening experience for him. I guess better late than never. ---
**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 15, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/715 "2021-01-15T22:33:52Z")
I really, really want to make sure that some of Jenna Ryan’s story is preserved and well-known; this lady is crazy and a danger to our society, IMO. All quotes taken from this Daily Beast article: > **[Texas Real Estate Agent Who Took Private Jet to Capitol Riot Is Arrested](https://www.thedailybeast.com/jenna-ryan-texas-real-estate-agent-who-flew-to-dc-on-private-jet-arrested-in-capitol-riots)** > > The Texas broker and life coach is among a slew of rioters who were charged on Friday. > [@](#): > > The next day [6 January 2021], she posted a bathroom mirror selfie on Facebook with the caption: “We’re gonna go down and storm the capitol. They’re down there right now and that’s why we came and so that’s what we are going to do. So wish me luck.” She added: “This is a prelude going to war.” > [@](#): > > In one now-deleted video, she filmed herself in a crowd going into the Capitol through the Rotunda entrance. She walked past broken windows, up some stairs, and said, “We are going to fucking go in here. Life or death, it doesn’t matter. Here we go.” > [@](#): > > She also took photos of herself in front of a broken window with the caption, “Window at The capital [sic]. And if the news doesn’t stop lying about us we’re going to come after their studios next…’” > [@](#): > > Hours later, Ryan posted on Twitter: “We just stormed the Capital. It was one of the best days of my life.” > [@](#): > > “Can’t face federal charges for exercising my right to freedom of speech and assembly,” she wrote last week, adding that she was “an innocent person who is not a professional rioter; someone just living and standing up for what I believe in.” And my favorite: > [@](#): > > But, as backlash to her antics grew in the Lone Star State, she gave multiple interviews and flooded her social media with posts defending herself and saying she was “truly heartbroken for the people who have lost their lives.” > > Then, in a Thursday interview with [CandysDirt.com](https://candysdirt.com/2021/01/07/frisco-broker-jenna-ryan-posts-photos-of-crashing-capitol-hill-during-march-for-trump/), Ryan said she and her fellow rioters did not care that someone was shot because “our freedom is more important to us than our lives.” Well, your ~~freedom~~ delusion is more important to you than _other people’s_ lives, you’ve made made that perfectly clear. ---
**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 15, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/716 "2021-01-15T22:54:34Z")
See, they’re not only demonstrating for their right to be infected by the zombie virus, they’re also demonstrating for their right to be shot in the ~~head~~ shoulder. ---
**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 15, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/717 "2021-01-15T23:26:41Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Well, your ~~freedom~~ delusion is more important to you than _other people’s_ lives, you’ve made made that perfectly clear. It may even be more important to her than her own. Doesn’t matter. She’s not entitled to help get other people killed for her delusions even if she’s willing to die for them herself. – she thinks there are “professional” rioters? – never mind, of course she does. She probably thinks they’re paid by Soros. > [@Deeg](#): > > I find the willful ignorance fascinating, if somewhat depressing. There have been at least two letters to my semi-local paper claiming (among other things) that the Republicans wanted to approve the $2000 payments but the Democrats blocked them. ---
**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 16, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/718 "2021-01-16T00:28:20Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > she thinks there are “professional” rioters? – never mind, of course she does. She probably thinks they’re paid by Soros. I understand they’re paid union scale, with double overtime if they can make the riot go into the wee hours. ---
**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 16, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/719 "2021-01-16T00:30:24Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > There have been at least two letters to my semi-local paper claiming (among other things) that the Republicans wanted to approve the $2000 payments but the Democrats blocked them. Did the paper also label that information as false, or did they publish it uncritically? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/720 "2021-01-16T00:36:57Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > This Trumpist, apparently every bit as brilliant as all the others, is being charged largely on the basis of evidence she posted herself to social media. Remember in “Ocean’s Eleven” when part of the brilliant casino robbery plan was taking film and pictures of themselves, including irrefutable evidence of their identities, and sending them to both Andy Garcia and the Las Vegas police? No, wait. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/721 "2021-01-16T00:41:22Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > she thinks there are “professional” rioters? Well, there kinda are. The Black Bloc anarchists are pretty much FT rioters. Oddly all the bad things the GOP lays at the feet of Antifa and BLM can be blamed on those anarchists and right wing infiltrators. Odd that they dont even seem to know the Black Bloc is a thing, even tho many nations list it as a terrorist org. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/722 "2021-01-16T00:46:22Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > So now the Daily Beast is paywalled (at least for me). Side note: It was definitely paywalled at the time I posted that, demanding a subscription login, but now it isn’t. Go figure! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020.md?page=37)