Of course, it was nothing of the sort. It's scary how many people slavishly accepted the politicians' propaganda.
It's the weak, easily manipulated people, susceptible to peer pressure and the persuasion of propaganda, who are the greatest danger to the USA and to honest, intelligent people. Were it not for them, corrupt politicians would not be successful.
Actually they seized on the word "insurrection" because that is the precise term used in various laws to prevent a candidate from being on a ballot.