This doesnt seem to change the fact there was a riot at all?? Surely you at least admit its a stain on the movement that this was the only non-peaceful transfer of power in a looong time, and if you consider how many western democracies have peaceful transfers of power, this is a huge abboration and absolutely not normal

After being told to "fight like hell" that day or else they "wouldn't have a country anymore"? And that since trials in a court of law hadn't worked, "let's have trial by combat"? And when informed that the crowd couldn't get close to the stage because of their weapons and the metal detectors, Trump snapped at his staff that they're "not here to hurt me"?

Somehow, though all the plausible deniability winking and nodding, his fan base got the message; You can see it plainly throughout their communications and postings before and throughout the attack.