The 2024 election has not been a good one for Democrats in Scranton, Pennsylvania.  First, the city’s favorite son, Joe Biden, was pushed out of the presidential race after having a ninety-minute senior moment during the debate.  In the election, Trump took back Pennsylvania and Republican Rob Bresnahan unseated U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright in the area’s congressional race.  To top it off, although it was close enough for a recount, Republican Dave McCormick has apparently upset the scion of the city’s most famous political dynasty, Bob Casey Jr., in the U.S. Senate race.  

Outside of politics, Scranton is probably best known as the location of the American version of “The Office.”  So, if Scranton Democrats decide the election was rigged against them and pull off a January 6 of their own, which cast members are at risk of joining them?  

(For those who care about such things, this will contain spoilers for later seasons of “The Office.”)

Least Likely:

Dwight Schrute: With his survivalist instincts, rural background, and general persona as a more awkward version of Ron Swanson, Dwight is probably the most conservative-coded character on the show.  There’s no chance he’d storm the Capitol for Bob Casey— though he probably was at the original event in 2021, wasn’t he?

Angela Martin-Schrute: Before marrying Dwight (I told you there would be spoilers!), she was the sort of woman J.D. Vance complained about: a cat-owning, childless career woman.  Now that she’s married, to Dwight of all people, she’s only a couple of years away from turning into a trad wife.  If there’s any threat to the marriage, it’s the possibility that Angela might run off with Dwight’s cousin Mose. 

Darryl Philbin: As a black blue-collar worker in a heavily unionized town, Darryl once would’ve been the base of the Democratic Party.  As it is, there’s a good chance he’s one of those black voters who switched over to Trump. 

Jim and Pam Halpert: Being newly married, there’s almost no chance either one of them would be interested in pulling off an insurrection.  The FBI should still wiretap them, though, because there is a chance Jim would try to talk Michael Scott into storming the Capitol for the laughs. 

Stanley Hudson: During the Obama administration, when Dwight’s fire drill caused him to have a heart attack (long story), Michael tried to revive him by reminding him that there’s a black President now.  Stanley was more concerned with Michael’s presence raising his stress level.  He’s way too apolitical to get involved.  

Oscar Martinez: Oscar is Hispanic, gay, and (being an accountant) college-educated, so he’s probably a Democrat.  By the end of the series, though, he’s running for the state Senate, and while storming the Capitol for Bob Casey might excite the party’s base, it would ruin his appeal to swing voters.  

Possibilities: 

Kevin Malone: Does not have any known strong political views, but is just derpy enough that he could be persuaded to go along with something as stupid as storming the Capitol. 

Phyllis Vance: A female and more clever version of Kevin, with a vindictive streak and an ax to grind against some of the more senior management.  However, she is at least nominally churchgoing (albeit Lutheran, and since the Missouri Synod doesn’t have a strong presence in Pennsylvania, probably of the same variety as Tim Walz) and gave up an unplanned pregnancy for adoption as a teenager, so she doesn’t seem to have the strong pro-choice views that might tempt someone to engage in a liberal insurrection. 

Kelly Kapoor: The relevant details about her personality are seen in the episode where a bat becomes trapped in the office ceiling.  She empathizes with the bat until it flies at her; then she screams for Dwight and Creed to kill it.  So, she might be liberal enough to sympathize with any potential insurrection, but it wouldn’t take much of a show of force from law enforcement to scare her off. 

Meredith Palmer: The office alcoholic.  She’s at that dangerous point where she might consume enough liquid gumption to think storming the Capitol would be a good idea, even holding her booze just well enough to actually pull it off. 

Alert the FBI:

Creed Bratton: The only known member of the cast to start his own blog.  Ryan Howard (who we’ll get to later) created a Word document for Creed to post his thoughts without them ever reaching the Internet.  So, whatever his opinions are, they’re apparently so dangerous that Ryan felt the need to protect the public discourse from them. 

Michael Scott: The manager.  I mentioned above that he was excited by the election of the first black President, or at least thought his black employee should be excited enough to come back to life.  Other than that, we don’t know Michael Scott’s political stances, but we do know that he is incapable of having an idea that is not dumb.  If he could be persuaded that a mob reinstating Bob Casey Jr. would help fight al-Qaeda, global warming, sex predators, or mercury poisoning, look out. 

Toby Flenderson: A generally nice guy who follows the rules but is somehow the butt of all Michael’s jokes.  If Michael joins the insurrection, he’ll be the Feds’ best asset.  If he thinks an insurrection would overthrow Michael, look out. 

Ryan Howard: Sadly, not the former Philadelphia Phillie.  He’s getting a college degree, and his most controversial moves were hooking up with Kelly and giving Stanley the impression he was flirting with his underage daughter.  In other words, he gives off strong male-feminist vibes, which is dangerous if you’re concerned about a Democratic insurrection. 

I Don’t Believe in Detention Without Due Process, But It’s Tempting:

Andy Bernard: His proudest accomplishment is a degree from a prestigious college (Cornell), but he’s not terribly good at his job and goes along with most of his co-workers’ craziest ideas.  In addition to being part of the Democrats’ most loyal base (people who are a bit too educated for their own good), he went to anger management and occasionally pursued a singing career, making him qualify as a grown-up theater kid.  If anybody’s going to overthrow the government for Bob Casey Jr., it’s him.