# The American Coup Fallout thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 20, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029 "2021-01-20T22:34:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/281 "2021-04-21T17:53:37Z")
The Oathkeepers are already throwing each other under the bus. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KCcpsWvFMY&t=496s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KCcpsWvFMY&t=497s) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/282 "2021-04-27T18:35:19Z")
The guy who sat at Pelosi’s desk says he should be released from jail because he called Pelosi a biatch, not a bitch. > **[Lawyers arguing for Capitol rioter's release say he called Pelosi a 'biatch,'...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/politics/nancy-pelosi-richard-barnett-capitol-hill-riot/index.html)** > > Lawyers for a man photographed sitting at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol are arguing that he called her a "biatch," not a "b\*tch," in calling for his release. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/283 "2021-04-27T20:56:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The guy who sat at Pelosi’s desk says he should be released from jail because he called Pelosi a biatch, not a bitch. Oh, okay. That’s all fine then. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/284 "2021-04-27T20:59:40Z")
Sounds like he needs a better lawyer dog. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/285 "2021-04-27T21:07:29Z")
Sounds like he may learn what “biatch” means in prison lingo. One can hope. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/286 "2021-04-28T12:27:01Z")
If there’s one good thing about the toxic right is that the challenge they have - and it’s a big one - is uniting under one umbrella. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/287 "2021-04-28T12:50:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The guy who sat at Pelosi’s desk says he should be released from jail because he called Pelosi a biatch, not a bitch. Okay, let’s take him out of “jail” and put him in “prison”. Think that would make him feel better? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/288 "2021-04-28T14:20:06Z")
Heck, since he’s talked about being a 1776 patriot, put him in gaol. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/289 "2021-04-28T14:30:33Z")
Or in stocks. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/290 "2021-04-28T15:29:55Z")
I’ve frequently said that a stint in an authentic Civil War prison camp might be an appropriate punishment for these deluded freedom fighters. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/291 "2021-04-28T15:39:16Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > If there’s one good thing about the toxic right is that the challenge they have - and it’s a big one - is uniting under one umbrella. Unfortunately, the left has the same challenge. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/292 "2021-04-28T15:44:08Z")
It may even be a bigger problem for the left. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/293 "2021-04-28T15:47:44Z")
I definitely think it’s huge problem for the _country_ if the left can’t get it together. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/294 "2021-04-28T15:51:45Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Okay, let’s take him out of “jail” and put him in “prison”. Think that would make him feel better? Better: Take him out of jail and throw him in gaol. **Edit:** Dammit. You’d think I’d learn to look down _one_ reply, but no-o-o-o… ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/295 "2021-04-28T22:30:33Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Sounds like he may learn what “biatch” means in prison lingo. One can hope. We reject all attempts at prison rape jokes. They are tiresome and wrong. This includes not-so-sly references like “you will have a 300 pound cellmate named Josephine”. Quit. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/296 "2021-04-28T22:38:47Z")
ISWYDT, Josephine… ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/297 "2021-04-28T22:54:23Z")
True. I’m somewhat encouraged about the direction the Dems are going in, particularly under Biden. I think he’s doing enough to keep progressives’ bellies full and he’s clearly winning whatever middle ground is left. I kinda felt that January 6 was Trump’s last real hurrah - he will still be ‘around’ but he’s getting older and weaker. But yeah, Trumpism, even without Trump, lives on. And what I really worry about is what happens when - not if - the country is confronted with a catastrophe, and I’m thinking that climate change and environmental degradation is going to be a very obvious existential crisis before long. Climate change isn’t just about the weather; it’s a civilization killer. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/298 "2021-04-28T22:59:01Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I’m somewhat encouraged about the direction the Dems are going in, particularly under Biden. So is AOC: > **[Ocasio-Cortez says Biden exceeded progressives’ expectations](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/24/aoc-joe-biden-exceeded-progressive-expectations)** > > New York congresswoman says at virtual town hall ‘I think a lot of us expected a much more conservative administration’ ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/299 "2021-04-29T00:05:36Z")
Oh of course. As the guy on _Square Pegs_ used to say, “_Totally_ different heads. _Totally_” Now, if you all will excuse me, I have to head over to the restroom and take a pee-OSS. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029/300 "2021-04-29T01:37:25Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > ’m somewhat encouraged about the direction the Dems are going in, particularly under Biden. I think he’s doing enough to keep progressives’ bellies full… I wish they would understand that if they don’t get behind him and support him NOTHING is going to happen. > [@CaptMurdock](#): > > As the guy on _Square Pegs_… We must be the only two people who remember that clever show. Sara Jessica Parker was 17. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-fallout-thread/931029.md?page=16)