January 6th was a "legitimate" threat, not in the sense that the mob could have overcome the US military, but in the sense that, if they could have forced/intim

January 6th was a "legitimate" threat, not in the sense that the mob could have overcome the US military, but in the sense that, if they could have forced/intimidated Congress into declaring Trump the winner, that appearance of legitimacy could have blinded enough people (or enabled them to rationalize) to kick off a real civil war.