# Trump and US Capitol Riot **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 7, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930 "2021-01-07T16:38:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 8, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/41 "2021-01-08T20:37:55Z")
I am reminded of the theme song for “All in the Family” when the Bunkers pined for Hoover again. 30 years from now there’ll be a Netflix show where racists wish for the good old days of Trump. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/42 "2021-01-08T22:17:58Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > He thinks he’s the most successful, ever. And a lot of his fans think he’s been doing a terrific job. A lot of people will need a gradual, but deep, cleansing and deprogramming. This is the challenge of the next 4 years. That’s a huge challenge that should not be left to a political party. The dems aren’t capable of it. I mean, they knew this was coming. We need to talk to the churches, we need to talk to the police and find out their frustrations that go beyond the (terrible) white supremacy issues. These people feel terribly disenfranchised by mainstream society. I get that. But to fix it? Big, huge, issue. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/43 "2021-01-08T22:32:25Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > When I first saw that, it smacked of _so much_ introspection that I figured it just _had to be_ PsyOps of some sort – that they’d been infiltrated by some liberal org or another. > > Do you think this cohort is epiphany-enabled ? Far too sensible and logical for a rabid MAGA. They wouldn’t know an epiphany if it came from the skies as a lightning bolt…with a tweet from God himself. In other words, yeah, it’s an infiltrator/s. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/44 "2021-01-08T22:33:09Z")
I am reminded of the time that Republicans, in all of their hypocritical charade furor, impeached Bill Clinton for lying about an extramarital affair. I’m not saying that Clinton didn’t break his wife’s heart. Or that what he did bore no consequences in his family. I’m simply reminded of the things that Republicans feel justify impeachment. Certainly, Bill Clinton left no dead police in the Capitol. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/45 "2021-01-08T22:48:21Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > When I first saw that, it smacked of _so much_ introspection that I figured it just _had to be_ PsyOps of some sort – that they’d been infiltrated by some liberal org or another. Nah, they’re just self aware wolves ---
**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:** [January 8, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/46 "2021-01-08T22:58:56Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Nah, they’re just self aware wolves Howl I know if you’re serious ? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/47 "2021-01-08T23:03:20Z")
To fix it is to convince people that White People will not be a majority in this country going forward. Let me restate that, there is no convincing necessary. And there is no fixing necessary. People can open their eyes if they choose to. The melting pot melts away, gods bless it. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/48 "2021-01-08T23:11:41Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > That’s a huge challenge that should not be left to a political party. The dems aren’t capable of it. I mean, they knew this was coming. We need to talk to the churches, we need to talk to the police and find out their frustrations that go beyond the (terrible) white supremacy issues. These people feel terribly disenfranchised by mainstream society. I get that. But to fix it? Big, huge, issue. I would be surprised if there is not a document deep in a vault in D.C. somewhere that contains a detailed plan on how to deprogram millions of North Koreans, should NK eventually be liberated. We need to find that plan and dust it off - who knew we’d need it for 40% of the US population? You listen to these people on news reports and youtube and they are totally brainwashed. Totally. And to challenge their thinking they come right back and say we are brainwashed and we have it all wrong. They are praising Trump like he is some sort of religious figure. It is sad, but we simply cannot ignore a huge portion of our population that is living in an alternate world - we are going to have to help these people (most of them) back into the light. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/49 "2021-01-08T23:17:08Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Nah, they’re just self aware wolves [Self-aware wolves, you say](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5471574/). ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/50 "2021-01-08T23:34:20Z")
Twitter has permanently suspended the account of @realdonaldtrump due to concern that he will incite further violence. He is going to lose the last little pea rolling around in his mind. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/51 "2021-01-09T00:23:45Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I agree with almost all these differences **Voyager** lists between Nixon and trump, with one glaring disagreement (hint:difference #3). I didn’t mean for that to be considered a difference. Just an explanation for Nixon’s self-defeating actions. You can substitute this difference: Nixon could read more than a page of a briefing report without losing his place or getting bored. Which is not to say Trump can even read a page - that doesn’t seem proven. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/52 "2021-01-09T02:03:34Z")
Hannity’s doing a piece called “Lies of the Left” on how the media mob is making a 99% peaceful protest look violent in order to persecute Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/53 "2021-01-09T03:11:41Z")
This guy has been whinging about Benghazi for years, even though the body count was lower in Libya than Washington DC. He can sit on a cactus. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2021, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/54 "2021-01-09T03:39:29Z")
The attack on the U.S. Capitol; was it spontaneous or was it inspired by a video? ---
**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 9, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/55 "2021-01-09T03:42:49Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The attack on the U.S. Capitol; was it spontaneous or was it inspired by a video? - \< GOP lickspittle toady \> Attack? It was just a bunch of tourists who wanted autographs. \ ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/56 "2021-01-09T06:28:56Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The attack on the U.S. Capitol; was it spontaneous or was it inspired by a video? It was inspired by a direct, in person address from Trump to a mob of his protesters in front of the White House. Said mob then proceeded to march to the Capital to “stop the steal”. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/57 "2021-01-09T06:59:41Z")
So how many hearings will the Republicans demand we have over this insurrection, then? ---
**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:** [January 9, 2021, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/58 "2021-01-09T07:43:23Z")
Yeah, I got that. I was going for the Benghazi comparison; in which a video (or lack thereof) was a matter of obsessive congressional interest. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/59 "2021-01-09T11:57:33Z")
Yes, one more dead than Benghazi. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lhjRXO72v1s/maxresdefault.jpg "Must-See New Video Shows Capitol Riot Was Way Worse Than We Thought | All In | MSNBC") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhjRXO72v1s) ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930/60 "2021-01-09T14:48:35Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yeah, I got that. I was going for the Benghazi comparison; in which a video (or lack thereof) was a matter of obsessive congressional interest. Yeah, I figured I got whooshed but just in case… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-us-capitol-riot/929930.md?page=4)