> Killing elected officials going through the steps of a peaceful transition of power would have been "no real threat to democracy"? Yes, that is absolutely co

> Killing elected officials going through the steps of a peaceful transition of power would have been "no real threat to democracy"? Yes, that is absolutely correct. Even if the rioters got hold of some legislators (highly doubtful - the only one that got close got shot, and that was the end of that), it would not have changed anything material about our government. Our institutions are far, far stronger than that. The only difference is that we'd be adding murder charges to the docket. > Do you think Joe Biden would be president right now had they succeeded in storming the building (and had none of the officials been evacuated)? Without question. This is a weird right-wing fantasy that somehow occupying a building is going to change government. It didn't even work in rural Oregon.