This was an assault on the constitutional process of transferring power after an election. It was also an assault on the legislature from an executive sworn to uphold the laws of the United States.
By January 6, 2022, the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board had adjusted its tune:
One lesson is that on all the available evidence Jan. 6 was not an "insurrection," in any meaningful sense of that word. It was not an attempted coup. The Justice Department and the House Select Committee have looked high and low for a conspiracy to overthrow the government, and maybe they will find it. So far they haven't.
[OnTheIssues note: WSJ's editorial opinion is representative of many Republican politicians on this issue].
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