# US Capitol under siege

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830>\
**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:** 4\
**Page:** 51

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/1002 "2022-05-11T13:20:45Z")

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> [@Hatchie](#):
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> while dressed as Jack Skellington from _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ and assaulting police officers with a table leg that had a nail sticking out of it.

In his head, you know he was thinking…

[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52066302899_02347706b2_b.jpg "Screenshot\_20220511-081917\_YouTube") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/52066302899/)

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**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/1003 "2022-05-11T13:28:45Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> thinking

That’s a mighty big assumption there, pardner.

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**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/1004 "2022-05-11T18:39:13Z")

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> [@Hatchie](#):
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> Josiah Kenyon, 34

“I have a high enough IQ range to not screw up there, boss.”

Um, Josial, “34” is not in the high IQ range.

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**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/1005 "2022-05-11T19:16:46Z")

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> [@Hatchie](#):
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> According to Cheney, Kenyon then said he wanted the judge to acknowledge that was allowed to defend himself if he was assaulted by prison guards. Nichols reportedly refused to rule one way or the other, to which Kenyon is said to have replied: “Okey-doke.”

Don’t you see where this is going? Look for a web posting soon: “LIBERAL JUDGE SAYS CITIZENS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DEFEND THEMSELVES IF ASSAULTED. FREEDOMS TAKEN AWAY AGAIN.”

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