No one actually believes it. It’s a smear.
It isn’t a smear, it’s an opportunity.
“Conservatives and Libertarians tried to overthrow the government! We have it on camera!”
Never mind that virtually every one of those people owned firearms and none of them brought theirs.
Never mind that only casualty was Ashli Babbitt who was murdered by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Leroy Byrd.
This is the chance demonize a segment of the populace the Left wants to destroy and they will stop at nothing to do so.