They did not do their Constitutional duty - they abdicated it.
Exactly, and this is whT the PATRIOTS tried to prevent. Even giving their lives to try to save this nation from the obvious coup that was taking place with Pence blessings. It was the ONLY recourse left to try to save our republic, but apparently objectors feel it would have been more patriotic to just roll over and allow the steal to take p,ace owithout complai I g or trying to prevent it with the on.y means available, PEACEFU. PROTEST WITHIN ...OUR... BUILDING that good fo.,s fight and died to secure for our freedoms
“When we de-couple our patriotism and allegiance away from the Constitution and attach it to an individual or political party, we increase the danger that we unwittingly open a path through which an authoritarian may one day seize power.”