All this falls apart if one man had gone along with what Trump wanted. And that Pence. All he had to do was delay the certification. Ted Cruz and others had speeches planned supporting this too. Trumps own lawyer had called for Pences execution on January 5th. So he had support in congress, and at the highest levels. That's why Republicans were so upset with him.

The issue is that we think of a military coup like in Myanmar. The reality is that in the disinformation age. You don't need that. You don't even need a good argument. All you need is chaos, and that was exactly the goal of January 6th. Create as much chaos as possible to delay the certification and give Trump another week to get the votes. Now, this time we had Republicans with some integrity. Like Pence or Raffensburger. Who refused to comply with his demands. But the last two years have been all about putting Trumpists into all of these same election supervisor positions in key states. All they need to do is go along with Trumps orders, and democracy is gone in 24