That’s literally what it would have done. “Second Civil War” would be a response to the overthrowing of democracy. If they took the VP and held a gun to the rest of congress to keep Trump in power, then democracy is over at that point. The ensuing civil war would be a fight to restore it.
The thing is a massacre of Congress wouldn’t overthrow democracy. It’d just start the Second Civil War.
So if they got the VP and convinced the head of Congress to certify the fake electors, poof. The Republic for which it fell. It was very close
That’s literally what it would have done. “Second Civil War” would be a response to the overthrowing of democracy. If they took the VP and held a gun to the rest of congress to keep Trump in power, then democracy is over at that point. The ensuing civil war would be a fight to restore it.