They have their own buzz words: “Constitutional Crisis” and “Threat to Democracy and the Rule of Law,” and accusing the Dems and Deep State of Treason when it clearly does not fit reinforces those buzz words and narratives.
They are criminals. They’ve subverted the functions of government and the rule of law above and beyond anything that Nixon’s plumbers ever did or ever could. They used intelligence and law enforcement for partisan political purposes. But they did not commit treason by any stretch. I’m sure they would have if they could have, but the opportunity didn’t present itself, so they didn’t. So the T word doesn’t fit, and it’s loaded with implications that can backfire.
“So the T word doesn’t fit, and it’s loaded with implications that can backfire”
I fully understand your point, but I wholeheartedly disagree.
Who is to say if “Treason” fits or not? That’s not what’s important right now.
Trump is engaged in all out war now, not in an exercise in front of some future court.
Hit them now, hit them hard. Leave the legal semantics to the distant future.