Chris

All of which is besides the point. Insurrection is defined by what they intended to do, not the tools they used to do it. The intention was to halt the legal, democratic processes of the state, in order to prevent a democratic election being certified, with the aim of having the loser eventually declared the winner, so that the loser could remain in post. Trump incited a crowd of thousands to go from his rally to the Capitol in order to enact all of that. For hours after the effect of his words were clear to see he refused to use his powers as president or his personal influence over the mob to stop it. People were hurt, state property was destroyed and state officials had reason to fear for their lives.