# What Was Supposed to Happen Today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 18, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-supposed-to-happen-today/930779 "2021-01-18T05:17:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-supposed-to-happen-today/930779/1 "2021-01-18T05:17:39Z")
And why today, specifically? During the time since the insurrection, there was some chatter about law enforcement/security types being on standby for more unrest on the 20th AND the 17th. Nothing of note appears to have occurred today, thank goodness, but why was today a likely day to be on high alert for it? ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-supposed-to-happen-today/930779/2 "2021-01-18T08:51:01Z")
I’m just assuming because it’s the Sunday before the inauguration and if there was going to be another “uprising” it would happen on a day when most people have off and right before to “prevent” the election. Though from what I’ve been reading it might have all been just been a deliberate show of force right before the election for the same reason. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-supposed-to-happen-today/930779/3 "2021-01-18T14:09:43Z")
I was told by someone on this board that predictions of violence on Sunday were based on Q being the 17th letter of the alphabet. Maybe I was wooshed. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-supposed-to-happen-today/930779/4 "2021-01-18T14:39:48Z")
Wasn’t Sunday the 17th the day there were supposed to be “Stop The Steal” protests at all 50 state capitols? How did that turn out? ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-supposed-to-happen-today/930779/5 "2021-01-18T20:13:55Z")
I’d say complete and utter failure, but they couldn’t even manage that. [Not a single person shows up for ‘Million Militia March,’ and state-capital protests fail badly too](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/18/2010122/-Not-a-single-person-shows-up-for-Million-Militia-March-and-state-capital-protests-fail-badly-too) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-supposed-to-happen-today/930779/6 "2021-01-18T20:22:08Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > I’m just assuming because it’s the Sunday before the inauguration and if there was going to be another “uprising” it would happen on a day when most people have off and right before to “prevent” the election. Ah yes, weekend warriors… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-supposed-to-happen-today/930779/7 "2021-01-18T21:04:59Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Ah yes, weekend warriors… Well, what did they expect? There were football playoffs, after all…