Bottom line, when the dust settles, is that the president of the United States deliberately tried to sic a mob on his own vice president, who had the misfortune of being constitutionally required to certify the vote count of the electoral college.
As explained, quite cogently, by Pema Levy, writing for Mother Jones:
During the impeachment trial on Wednesday, Democrats demonstrated a powerful point: President Donald Trump knew Vice President Mike Pence was in danger during the January 6 assault on the Capitol and, rather than call off the murderous mob, Trump chose to attack Pence in a tweet and further incite the marauders against his own veep.
In his presentation, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), one of the House managers prosecuting the impeachment case, outlined a damning chronology. He noted the insurrectionists had turned on Pence by 2:15 pm that day and that their attempt to find Pence in the Capitol was being reported on television—which Trump was undoubtedly watching. But instead of urging his supporters to end the assault and protecting his vice president, Trump at 2:24 pm tweeted an attack on Pence. “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution.” While his veep was fearing for his life, Trump put him in even greater jeopardy.
It’s pretty clear, the mob would have harmed the man Trump told them to blame. They would have strung Pence up, had they managed to catch him. It was literally a matter of minutes.
Here’s one of the motherfuckers reading off a Trump tweet into a megaphone, as was played in the trial by impeachment manager Rep. Joaquin Castro.
If the GOP wants to keep on defending this monster, they better damn well consider what he could do to them in the future, considering what he tried to do to his most loyal sycophant.