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Yeah he just repeatedly called the election rigged and tried to replace the Biden electoral votes with Trump ones by means of an armed insurrection.
But hey, he failed (just like how he fails at everything else) so no harm no foul. That's how law and society work, right?
Sneaky edit! You couldnt find any instance of it being armed, could you????
Armed with what? Cameras and cellphones? Get your news from somewhere other than the daily kos. And I recall Hillary's plot to get electors to "vote their concious"
https://nypost.com/2016/12/15/celebrities-beg-electors-to-be-heroes-and-vote-against-trump/
Guns, knives, blunt weapons, tasers, bear spray, hand cuffs and zip ties.
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-florida-virginia-conspiracy-government-and-politics-6ac80882e8cf61af36be6c46252ac24c
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/977879589/yes-capitol-rioters-were-armed-here-are-the-weapons-prosecutors-say-they-used
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/new-jan-6-footage-appears-show-rioter-firing-gun-air-capitol-attack-rcna138137
The source you've linked quotes Martin Sheen and other "celebrities", not Hillary Clinton, who conceded the election as someone who believed in democracy would (despite being much more popular than Trump and winning the national vote by millions).
Also, you should know that official electors are not always bound. As a Trump voter I know you're not big on education or knowledge, but if you want you can read all about unpledged electors here.
Meanwhile, what Trump and his gang of indicted co-conspirators did was to submit a slate of fraudulent and fake electors to the election certification process in order to literally steal swing state electoral college votes and appoint himself President. Or as he likes to say "dictator on day one".
Here's a list of the names of the fraudulent electors in each state that Trump tried to overthrow.
And don't forget how they beat that one police officer to death with a flagpole.
Literally didn't happen. And it was a fire extinguisher.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/brian-sicknick-death-us-capitol-riot/index.html