As on-the-nose as the Democrats are, I don't think that would have been possible if the public thought he orchestrated a serious attempt at a coup.
In the immediate aftermath of Jan 6, even his fellow republicans called it a coup, until they changed their minds for political expediency.
As on-the-nose as the Democrats are, I don't think that would have been possible if the public thought he orchestrated a serious attempt at a coup.