# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/781 "2021-01-13T00:26:22Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Steven Colbert > [@k9bfriender](#): > > Stephen… He’s not an animal. > [@kayaker](#): > > My middle name, which nearly got me arrested once. Because of the spelling? ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/782 "2021-01-13T01:42:58Z")
I predict that he is in custody within 24 hours. You just know that there other videos out there with a view of his face as he throws it. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/783 "2021-01-13T03:59:39Z")
His face is featured clear as a bell in the article. And in the video, there is a clear shot of a different guy assaulting police. Blindsided a cop, and then ran away like the brave Maga warrior he is. Lots of other video going, so he’ll be identified and arrested shortly I hope. I’d give this dude 20 years. Fire extinguisher man should get life, assuming he hit the cop who later died. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/784 "2021-01-13T04:01:54Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Fire extinguisher man should get life, assuming he hit the cop who later died. Since the Capitol Police are a federal police force, I would think he would be looking at the death penalty, same as McVeigh. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/785 "2021-01-13T04:05:41Z")
And I’ve said it in other threads, but the MAGA supporting Trumplcans in Congress should be shown this video, and all the other video showing cops being hit with poles with the American flag, and the photos of the literal shit on the walls that the brave maga warriors left behind… The should be shown video with the crowd shouting that they want to hang Pence. Then they should be told that they now have a choice. They can stay in the Republican party and vote to impeach (and convict if in the senate). Or they can side with the cop-killing terrorist seditionists. Choose. Now. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/786 "2021-01-13T04:12:04Z")
> Stephen > [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@k9bfriender](#): > > > > Stephen… He’s not an animal. > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > My middle name, which nearly got me arrested once. > > Because of the spelling? I’m googling and striking out. Why Steven as an animal, Stephen not? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/787 "2021-01-13T06:42:26Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > They can stay in the Republican party and vote to impeach (and convict if in the senate). Or they can side with the cop-killing terrorist seditionists. If the news reports are accurate that a couple of these Congressmen gave guided tours of the Capitol building to insurrection leaders the day before the attack, knowingly helping them to case the location and plan their assault, then they already made their choice. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/788 "2021-01-13T06:46:22Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > If the news reports are accurate that a couple of these Congressmen gave guided tours of the Capitol building to insurrection leaders the day before the attack Do you have a link? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/789 "2021-01-13T06:48:39Z")
> **[Rep. Mikie Sherrill says Congress members gave 'reconnaissance' tours day...](https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/12/mikie-sherrill-pro-trump-rioters-got-tour-congress-members/6648386002/)** > > Rep. Mikie Sherrill has claimed she saw congressional colleagues lead groups on "reconnaissance" surveys of the Capitol ahead of the Jan. 6 riot. I wouldn’t regard this as confirmed yet, but I assume the investigators are taking a very hard look at it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/790 "2021-01-13T11:20:43Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Because of the spelling?. long story short An employee of mine made airline reservations for me, but spelled my middle name “Steven” while my ID says “Stephen”. TSA gave me shit, I gave shit back instead of quietly apologizing and fixing things. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/791 "2021-01-13T13:19:12Z")
I can’t find the clip, but someone once asked if he spelled it with a v or a ph, and he replied, “With a ph, I’m not an animal.”, or something to that effect. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/792 "2021-01-13T14:15:35Z")
Apparently, police are now saying the fire extinguisher guy is a person of interest in another incident. Its pretty clear that he threw the extinguisher but maybe that wasn’t what caused the fatal injury or somelese used that (or another) extinguisher to kill the officer. Conflicting information doesn’t surprise me at this point. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/793 "2021-01-13T14:22:08Z")
I like Stephen Colbert’s take on the spelling: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JX3sD7FpsGM/hqdefault.jpg "What If Stephen Were Spelled 'Steven?'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX3sD7FpsGM) ---
**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:** [January 13, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/794 "2021-01-13T14:29:46Z")
All of these people getting arrested because there’s video of them. Maybe now they understand why their grandparents wore hoods. ---
**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 13, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/795 "2021-01-13T14:40:16Z")
In the video it seemed like he hurled that extinguisher and hit an officer near the base of his skull. It might have deflected off of another officer’s helmet. The identity of the officer that was hit doesn’t look quite like the deceased officer’s photograph but perhaps it’s old. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/796 "2021-01-13T14:44:42Z")
And held secret meetings. And didn’t take pictures of themselves posing with their friends in the police. This was a coup d’dumbasses, but still a coup attempt. ---
**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 13, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/797 "2021-01-13T15:34:28Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > coup d’dumbasses A _coup de ass_? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/798 "2021-01-13T15:54:57Z")
The Hold My Beer Putsch. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/799 "2021-01-13T15:55:52Z")
^^slow. clap. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/800 "2021-01-13T18:28:55Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > And held secret meetings. And didn’t take pictures of themselves posing with their friends in the police. This was a coup d’dumbasses, but still a coup attempt. There’s a scene in The Wire where crime boss Stringer Bell - played by Idris Elba - is holding a meeting with his leadership team, and sees one guy taking notes. He leans down and says “You’re taking notes… on a CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY?” The guy gets the hint and puts his notebook away. Like, guys. The first rule of being a criminal is, ya know, try not to leave lots of evidence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830.md?page=41)