January 6 was about (a) decades of talk radio manipulation turning millions of Americans into mal-informed, paranoid conspiracy theorists and (b) one needy, shameless, broken man-child who was willing to leverage it to soothe his own feeble self esteem.
He said the elections were going to be rigged before they happened, with zero proof or evidence, just to make an excuse. He said that Cruz had rigged an election to beat him in a primary, just to make an excuse. He said the fucking EMMYS were rigged when he didn't win, just to make an excuse.
But, desperate for an earthly savior, these poor souls ignored all of that and swallowed everything he fed them. THAT was January 6.