What Trump Means When He Says Losing The Election Was The "Real Insurrection"

Nine months ago today, the U.S. Capitol was stormed by Trump supporters who attempted to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

The former President is unrepentant about the events of that day:

The Unselect Committee of partisan Democrats, and two very weak and pathetic RINOs, should come to the conclusion after spending many millions of dollars, that the real insurrection happened on November 3rd, the Presidential Election, not on January 6th—which was a day of protesting the Fake Election results.

Now whether the former President actually believes what he says is beside the point. The point is he said the election (and losing it) was the real insurrection and that the events of January 6th were merely a day of protest. Trump says these things and millions of people take him at his word (except when it comes to getting vaccines). But on this they believe him.

With this in mind, when Trump speaks he is talking to his supporters and this is what he is telling them. First, he is saying that Americans who freely voted him out of office are the ones who were engaging in an act of insurrection and that those votes don't count. That is what he truly means by "Fake Election results". Second, he is telling that the violent protests which took place on January 6th are acceptable, something that they should be proud of and something that he would like to see more of it until he is returned to the White House by hook or by crook. 

Unfortunately, January 6th is only the beginning. Last year, I feared Trump supporters would commit the kind of election day violence one would see in India or Nigeria. With the genie out of the bottle and Trump only emboldened and his supporters more fervent it would not shock me if we saw election day violence in Democratic precincts particularly in African-American or Hispanic majority areas come 2022. If Trump views voting as the real insurrection then I'm afraid there will be blood. If this comes to pass will it embolden opposition to him or will it submit to his will?

The fact that I feel the need to pose the question does not bode well for the future of America as a democracy.