They were not trying to stop the Democrat Party. The acted in a concerted attack on the constitutional peaceful transition of power and the houses of representative government, in an effort to change the value and validity of the vote, past the time of court appeals, which they repeatedly lost in court, before Democrat and Republican judges. The attack was after the certification by the state governments, all state governments, after recounts carried out, electors chosen and validated by the many states. They are still doing recounts, over a year after the election and still failing to find any proof that will hold up in a court of law, showing changes that would affect the outcome.