If that was true, somebody would have tried it before 2021. And Pence would have had no problem going along with it. The statute they were trying to manipulate was almost 150 years old.
Everybody knows how elections work. You win you stay, lose and go home. He had 50 lawyers and his VP telling him what he already knew or should have already known and he listened to maybe 5 that told him to do something he knew was wrong. If Trump appears anywhere close to Harris on potential for long-term harm, it’s because he’s lapped the field a few times and is going for another pass.