If all had gone according to the former president's fever dream on Jan. 6, the morning of Jan. 7, 2021, would've ushered in an attempted decapitation of democracy.
On Jan. 7, the Capitol would still have been occupied by thousands of "tourists" waving their Jesus, Trump and fascist flags like the well-regulated militia they aspired to be.
Still giddy from the adrenaline high of having corralled most members of Congress in various bunkers hidden around the Capitol, the hunt for coffee in the trashed offices of their hostages would've begun almost as soon as the first waves of weariness and disbelief at the magnitude of their actions came crashing in.
