# Jan 6 Hearings Follow-Along & Commentary Thread (Starts Jun 9, 2022) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 9, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940 "2022-06-09T22:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 75
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1481 "2022-07-01T13:17:20Z")
I ran across this randomly today (it’s a couple of weeks old) and it struck me as funny. > **[Mike Lindell says he offered to publicly testify before the January 6...](https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-lindell-request-testify-january-6-panel-ignored-2022-6)** > > The MyPillow CEO told Insider that he very much wants to give the panel "all the evidence of the biggest crime in history." I wonder how long it took them to say, “Thanks but no thanks.” ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1482 "2022-07-01T13:24:00Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I’m sure it’s entirely a coincidence… You think that idiot can stick to a script? Even one he came up with? That’s cute. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1483 "2022-07-01T13:32:50Z")
Script? He can’t even teleprompter. …Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do… _Historian Donald J. Trump, describing the American Revolutionary War_ ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1484 "2022-07-01T13:35:25Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > teleprompter Teleprompt her? I don’t even know her. And I turned her down when she asked ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1485 "2022-07-01T13:43:39Z")
> [@Temporary\_Name](#): > > I believe it is FAR more important that Trump be held accountable and convicted than for the charges to be the most perfect legal fit. Sedition is a pretty serious charge also. I’ll take anything that sticks to the wall. As long as it’s more than ketchup. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1486 "2022-07-01T13:46:09Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I ran across this randomly today (it’s a couple of weeks old) and it struck me as funny. > > [Mike Lindell Says Request to Testify Before Jan 6th Panel Was Ignored](https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-lindell-request-testify-january-6-panel-ignored-2022-6) > > I wonder how long it took them to say, “Thanks but no thanks.” I don’t know, I think it’d be good to see the nonsense. Maybe even amusing. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1487 "2022-07-01T13:47:18Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I don’t know, I think it’d be good to see the nonsense. Maybe even amusing. Agree, but overall a complete waste of time. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1488 "2022-07-01T13:57:26Z")
For Lindell it would be a waste of time- there would be no way to display a promo code. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1489 "2022-07-01T14:43:07Z")
That’s what I thought. I couldn’t picture Trump actually keeping his word this time. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1490 "2022-07-01T14:45:56Z")
> [@Ziberian](#): > > he’d have steered straight into a tree. I’d have paid money to see that. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1491 "2022-07-01T14:48:06Z")
Well, Trump golfs. Tiger Woods golfs. And Tiger Woods hit a tree, so… ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1492 "2022-07-01T14:54:48Z")
Well, there was that incident that led to the joke, “What’s the difference between a golf ball and an Escalade?” > **Tiger Woods** > > can drive the former 200 yards. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1493 "2022-07-01T14:58:56Z")
“_MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says that he tried to get a spot to testify before the January 6 committee … but they did not want to talk to him._” No surprise. His own mother doesn’t want to talk to him. Also, my dog, who is a good deal more knowledgeable and intelligent than “My Pillow” Guy, tells me that he also offered to talk to the Jan 6 committee (or at least bark at them). They ignored him, too. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1494 "2022-07-01T15:02:07Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Also, my dog, who is a good deal more knowledgeable and intelligent than “My Pillow” Guy, tells me that he also offered to talk to the Jan 6 committee (or at least bark at them). They ignored him, too. They shouldn’t. Ratings would probably be higher, and it wouldn’t be bad for them to get some good boys to interview for a change. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1495 "2022-07-01T15:25:36Z")
Y’all are on fire with the quipping in this thread. I giggled lots. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1496 "2022-07-01T15:33:43Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > What do you say to your fans in your speech? Jokey answers aside (and I appreciate them), if I put myself in that position–knowing that in a precarious moment my followers are _in the nation’s capital with weaponry_–I get out on stage and say, “Jesus fuck, guys! Get out of here with those guns! This isn’t an armed insurrection, I called you here for a rally, not a coup! Seriously, you shouldn’t have guns here, and I’m calling in law enforcement to protect the Capitol building. Christ, rally’s off!” or words to those effect. I think almost any other politician would have done the same thing. The cowardly ones might not go on stage and they might just send a representative to declare that the rally is canceled due to a security threat. It’s worth putting yourself in that hypothetical, though. For real, what would you say? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1497 "2022-07-01T16:00:38Z")
I’d try to be diplomatic, since clearly this is a crowd that feels strongly about the issue. “I appreciate your passion and I understand your anger, but violence and guns are not the answer here. They will only help our opponents in the Deep State discredit our movement! Fight with ballots, not bullets! I love you and know you’re all very special to me. Thank you!” I feel a little greasy now. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1498 "2022-07-01T16:07:27Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > “I appreciate your passion and I understand your anger, but violence and guns are not the answer here. They will only help our opponents in the Deep State discredit our movement! Fight with ballots, not bullets! I love you and know you’re all very special to me. Thank you!” Here’s my read: he prefaces the above statement with, “I just want to go **on the record as saying** ” – and then your statement. But while he’s saying it, he winks occasionally and at the end he turns around and has his (tiny) hands out of camera range with his (tiny) fingers crossed. ---
**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1499 "2022-07-01T16:24:57Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The only thing this would have affected is the number of people present for his speech. Plus any “patriots” arrested for illegally carrying weapons in Washington, DC would not have been free to attack the Capitol later. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1500 "2022-07-01T16:46:25Z")
It’s funny that the SS, knowing that there are firearms in the crowd, lets him go onstage in the first place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=76)