# 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:** 93
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1842 "2022-07-12T18:03:05Z")
Don’t worry. They can all be charged with being part of a plot to engage in _seditious conspiracy_. ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1843 "2022-07-12T18:05:33Z")
I’m having having more fun imagining him subject to self-imposed house arrest because whenever he appears in public, passers-by spit on him. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1844 "2022-07-12T18:05:48Z")
Holy hannah! Some of those messages are unreal. “Firing squad?” For real? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1845 "2022-07-12T18:09:47Z")
Break time. But migosh, what has come out already. Looking forward to what we will get after the break. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1846 "2022-07-12T18:11:10Z")
‘The police have no standing if they’re laying in a pool of their own blood.’ Holy shit. ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1847 "2022-07-12T18:11:12Z")
Trying to get my BP down again. Ommm… ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1848 "2022-07-12T18:12:35Z")
Some WaPo pundit just said we’ll hear more from Cipollone “during the final hearing next week.” Was this a misstatement, or is there only one more hearing? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1849 "2022-07-12T18:14:20Z")
I don’t know if it was a misstatement or just a fog of uncertainty. Conditions on the ground are changing rapidly based on the number of people who are now coming forward to offer additional information. Members of the Committee have indicated that may lead to additional hearings in August or September. The operative word: _May_. ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1850 "2022-07-12T18:14:33Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > …what has come out already… Can you cite some high points for those of us out in the field? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1851 "2022-07-12T18:16:04Z")
I’m following here: [Connecting The Dots: It's Your January 6 Hearings, Day 7 LIVEBLOG! - Wonkette](https://www.wonkette.com/connecting-the-dots-its-your-january-6-hearings-day-7-liveblog) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1852 "2022-07-12T18:18:52Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Some WaPo pundit just said we’ll hear more from Cipollone “during the final hearing next week.” Was this a misstatement, or is there only one more hearing?   > [@Aspenglow](#): > > I don’t know if it was a misstatement or just a fog of uncertainty. Yes, I heard that at the hearing today (that we will hear more from Cipollone). One of them (I think it was Cheney) said that during the opening remarks. It is starting to look like there will be more than one additional hearing, but I don’t know that anyone actually said that. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1853 "2022-07-12T18:19:21Z")
@ThelmaLou , to summarize, it was a narrative that grew, starting with a six-hour profane shouting match in the White House. Trump sycophants were on one side, and more reasonable people were on the other. Trump wasn’t hearing what he wanted to hear, in any event. He wanted to appoint Sidney Powell as a “special counsel.” To what, nobody can say. Anyway, it was on-the-spot, no paperwork. You know, like a dictator would do. It all culminated in Trump’s “Be there, will be wild” tweet, and how RWNJs on YouTube and other media interpreted it. Up to and including calls for extreme violence on January 6: all kind of weapons, be prepared for violence, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1854 "2022-07-12T18:19:39Z")
Who is the guy they just led in to the witness table wearing the Descendants T-shirt? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1855 "2022-07-12T18:21:54Z")
He’s a former Oath Keepers member who acted as a spokesman for their organization for a time. Jason Van… err, something. He left the Oath Keepers prior to the January 6th insurrection. I just want to say to him, “Remember when your mother told you the face tattoo was a bad idea? This day is the reason she told you that.” Thanks, @DavidNRockies and @Senegoid. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1856 "2022-07-12T18:23:03Z")
Jason Van Tatenhove. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1857 "2022-07-12T18:23:32Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Jason Van… err, something Jason Van Tatenhove. ETA: Okay, Jason Van Ninjahove. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1858 "2022-07-12T18:25:17Z")
Man, Trump, Giuliani and Powell are all insane, dangerous people. ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1859 "2022-07-12T18:25:36Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Conditions on the ground are changing rapidly based on the number of people who are now coming forward to offer additional information. Now I’m picturing April, 1975 [https://diplomacy.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Saigon-hubert-van-es.jpeg](https://diplomacy.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Saigon-hubert-van-es.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1860 "2022-07-12T18:25:42Z")
“What about me ?!?” –General Flynn ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1861 "2022-07-12T18:26:12Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Holy hannah! Some of those messages are unreal. “Firing squad?” For real? what’s the context for this? Wow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=94)