You are 100% correct protest is an important issue.
Cardboard Donald, just promote, promote, always stay positive...
Trump stood on the ground that he had been re-elected not Joe Biden and this vote which showed Biden was to be president was corrupt, illegal and should be resisted by force.
If he could have proven his case, won in the courts and the congress, then fine. He lost in the courts, he lost in the press, he lost in showing any evidence that is real. Therefore his appeal for force to support his being president in 2021 is sedition and insurrection.
His supporters believe the illegal overthrow of the democratic process is legitimate because he proved his case, well at least by Q, by the hearings in which people testified they saw ballots go through machines more than once, that numbers of partial counts suddenly appeared, that Trump was winning as the counts came in and then lost.
There is a jump all cults do in logic. A key factor in agreeing with them is ignored, the emotional music is we are right, even when the facts show you are wrong, lying and a power grab with no restraint. Everything looks great, literally, and the enemy are lying idiots you have got one over on them, as they hate you and need controlling. Until that critical point of legitimacy, where the true nature of the movement is shown, its absolute control and definition of what is true and what is not. Disagree, fake news. Difficult question, put up something similar but looks great and move on.
The key plot line is never admit defeat, never show the force of the situation, bluff always. Most superficially gauge impact by response, not the facts. Trump must be innocent because he is fine. It works until you realise this is just a game with no empathy, a sociopathic approach where all that matters is looking good.