# US Capitol under siege **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830 "2021-01-06T20:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/1 "2021-01-06T20:27:28Z")
This probably should have its own thread. > **[Woman dies after shooting in U.S. Capitol; D.C. National Guard activated...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/06/dc-protests-trump-rally-live-updates/)** > > A day that began with thousands of President Trump’s supporters in Washington for demonstrations turned violent as many in attendance saw Wednesday as a last stand for Trump because Congress was set to confirm that President-elect Joe Biden won the... ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/2 "2021-01-06T20:29:24Z")
A couple Trumpistas have broken in, tear gas employed, senators instructed to lie down. ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/3 "2021-01-06T20:35:41Z")
I thik the [6 January 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/326) thread has become the de facto thread for this. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/4 "2021-01-06T20:36:09Z")
Trump voters are no longer voters in my opinion; they are neo-confederates who have lost the right to be treated without suspicion. The federal government should be cleansed of them to the extent possible, and I am 100% in favor of using all the power of the federal government to spy, harass, and arrest them. And yes, education camps. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/5 "2021-01-06T20:39:31Z")
“And Lardass just sat back and enjoyed what he had created.” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/6 "2021-01-06T20:41:07Z")
If that’s the case - fair enough. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/7 "2021-01-06T20:41:27Z")
No longer voters? What was I thinking, lol. No longer people. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/8 "2021-01-06T20:44:44Z")
I gotta say I’ve been fighting to resort to using the subhuman word, but I’m having a tough time trying to think of a more reprehensible demographic, now. Like - _at any point in history_. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/9 "2021-01-06T20:44:44Z")
These traitors, these sore losers, should be pushed out of the Capitol building in _ **any way possible** _. I mean that. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/10 "2021-01-06T20:45:59Z")
[Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump)’s personal lawyer and former New York City mayor [Rudy Giuliani](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/rudy-giuliani), called for “trial by combat” while speaking to the “Save America” rally in front of the White House on Wednesday. ---
**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 6, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/11 "2021-01-06T20:46:55Z")
I hate to say “I told you so” but this is what “lost cause” mythology always leads to, from the American South to the interwar Nazis ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/12 "2021-01-06T20:51:03Z")
How can I be positive about this? Put down the rebellion, prosecute as is necessary. We are just citizens working from home. Look… I’m sure that deep inside all of us was once the little child who built COBRA model helicopters in 4th grade. I want to make very sure that I am doing my level best to keep my inner 4th grader in check in both word and deed, no matter what the Trumpists do. ---
**Author:** ![CoconutPete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coconutpete/32/5294_2.png) [@CoconutPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoconutPete)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/13 "2021-01-06T21:00:43Z")
Just saw some video of a female protester get shot in the face, damn! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/14 "2021-01-06T21:06:43Z")
Republicans are bad people. It’s clear we need to kick red state America out of the Union. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/15 "2021-01-06T21:15:19Z")
No, but we may need to declare the republican party a terrorist organization and strip them of their civil liberties. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/16 "2021-01-06T21:17:17Z")
I’m tired of carrying this red state trash. They contribute nothing and are a burden we can no longer carry. ---
**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 6, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/17 "2021-01-06T21:17:56Z")
Yeah but can we afford a third world theocracy on our border? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/18 "2021-01-06T21:18:46Z")
Build a wall and get Mexico to pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![stuccosuperstar2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/19 "2021-01-06T21:21:01Z")
No Trump supporter should be made to feel comfortable after today. They are traitors and they are trash. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/20 "2021-01-06T21:21:30Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I’m tired of carrying this red state trash. They contribute nothing and are a burden we can no longer carry. And what about those of us who live in the liberal areas of red states? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830.md?page=2)