I would say you are both correct. The coup began in 2020 with the widespread lies about the election and smaller attempts at using violence to affect the outcom

I would say you are both correct. The coup began in 2020 with the widespread lies about the election and smaller attempts at using violence to affect the outcome. E.g. where armed men appeared outside voting booths. Or when the Biden-Harris bus was forcefully stopped in Texas: https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/elections/2024/a-trump-train-convoy-surrounded-a-biden-harris-bus-was-it-political-violence/ https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/elections/2024/a-trump-tr... Then the clear culmination happened on Jan 6, 2021, that is certainly correct as well.