# Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 3, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618 "2020-11-03T05:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 419
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8379 "2021-01-06T18:35:35Z")
The Turtle in the Senate is looking weary and a bit teary explaining that Trump is wrong and how trying to change the results will be damaging to the nation. One wonders if his weariness is because he now realizes how he is between a rock and a hard place. Because knows that the Trumpers will now have him for lunch. ---
**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 6, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8380 "2021-01-06T18:38:51Z")
That really is McConnell making that speech right now in the Senate, isn’t it? And actually saying all the right stuff? – wish to hell he’d been behaving like that for six years. But relieved to discover that he has got some limits. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8381 "2021-01-06T18:39:48Z")
I can just see him waving that appeal from the dock, as the ship sails away over the horizon. ---
**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 6, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8382 "2021-01-06T18:40:46Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > That really is McConnell making that speech right now in the Senate, isn’t it? And actually saying all the right stuff? - There’s someone under the desk with a taser poised just inches from his crotch. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8383 "2021-01-06T18:43:01Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > There’s someone under the desk with a taser poised just inches from his crotch. Turtle soup is up!! ---
**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, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8384 "2021-01-06T18:58:42Z")
There’s a play-by-play thread here: > [@6 January 2021; A Day worth a Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/93): > > Ted Cruz says there should be an election commission a la Hayes-Tilden’s 1876 election. Does he know the commission voted in Hayes’ favor along party lines? I used to think he is an idiot. Now I know he’s an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8385 "2021-01-06T19:04:49Z")
Don’t give Mitch too much credit. He arrived at the right place, but not without ladling on a heavy dose of whataboutism / both sides do it first. ---
**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 6, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8386 "2021-01-06T19:07:47Z")
As I said in another thread, know your audience. McConnell isn’t preaching to the Democrats. What kind of language is most likely to sway his target audience? ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8387 "2021-01-06T19:12:28Z")
Of all the punishments dreamed up in this thread, this is the one that the politicians will care about. Top CEOs are considering cutting off funding to those Republicans who backed Trump’s election challenges. > **[Top CEOs may cut off funding to Republicans who have supported Trump's...](https://www.businessinsider.com/ceos-stop-funding-republicans-back-trump-election-challenge-jeffrey-sonnenfeld-2021-1?utm_source=reddit.com)** > > Execs from Disney, Accenture, and Deloitte, as well as former White House advisors, attended a call to discuss Trump's election challenge. > [@](#): > > - CEOs of major companies have said they may stop giving money to Republicans who have backed President Donald Trump’s challenge of the election results, according to Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld. > - Sonnenfeld, the founder of Yale’s Chief Executive Leadership Institute, told CNBC that he hosted a call on Tuesday with 33 chief executives across sectors including finance, pharmacy, transportation, and manufacturing. > - About nine in 10 CEOs on the call were “talking about cutting off support,” he said. “We haven’t seen them put the money where their mouth is previously, and that’s a big change,” he added. ---
**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 6, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8388 "2021-01-06T22:16:32Z")
Protestors have broken into the capitol. Count suspended. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8389 "2021-01-06T22:17:36Z")
Those are not protestors, they are at best rioters and at worst fascist insurrects. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8390 "2021-01-06T22:31:44Z")
Thanks for that breaking news. ---
**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 6, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8391 "2021-01-06T22:31:57Z")
Biden calls them insurrectionists. > **[Capitol riot: Biden says BLM protest would have been treated 'very...](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-us-2020-55558355)** > > Joe Biden says it is "totally unacceptable" police showed more leniency in the Capitol riot than at anti-racism protests. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8392 "2021-01-06T22:32:37Z")
Sounds accurate. ---
**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, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8393 "2021-01-07T01:36:18Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Protestors They are Trumplican Terrorists ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8394 "2021-01-07T02:04:26Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Those are not protestors, they are at best rioters and at worst fascist insurrects. Please consult the guide for appropriate descriptors: [![](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BtnRVnx/0/4ddb0a52/O/i-BtnRVnx.png) ](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BtnRVnx/0/4ddb0a52/O/i-BtnRVnx.png) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8395 "2021-01-07T02:09:48Z")
D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8396 "2021-01-07T02:33:12Z")
And people keep saying we shouldn’t have a ‘like’ button. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8397 "2021-01-07T05:30:53Z")
> **[Angry Republican leaders float removing Trump from office | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/trump-capitol-impeachment-25-amendment/index.html)** > > After violent pro-Trump protesters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, a growing number of Republican leaders and Cabinet officials told CNN that they believe Donald Trump should be removed from office before January 20. Four of them called for the... ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8398 "2021-01-07T11:02:14Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Don’t give Mitch too much credit. He arrived at the right place, but not without ladling on a heavy dose of whataboutism / both sides do it first. Not to mention, he could have, should have, arrived at this point two months ago, but was silent as the resistance to accepting the election results continued, even though it was totally fed by lies and conspiracy theories. To object to that only yesterday was way, _way_, WAY too late. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=418) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=420)