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That's, uhh, exactly what they did do: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/08/politics/annotated-text-copy-trump-indictment-dg/

Trump's been doing everything in his power to try to delay that trial until after the election, since (unlike the hush money or GA case) they're federal charges and he can pardon himself.

And now, of course, Trump's lawyers say that SCOTUS' recent decision means he's off the hook anyway. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-fake-electors-scheme-supreme-court-1919928

to plunder (a place, such as a town) especially after capture
to strip of valuables

I wouldn't use the term "sack", though some folks did carry off some stuff.  I think the physical damage inside the building was pretty slight.  But hyperbole reigns supreme on both sides.

The video of police escorting folks around the Capitol is misleading, in my view, they were attempting to corral the protesters and escort them OUT.  In most cases, the doors they were holding open were EXIT doors, maybe in all cases.  The building had already been breached at that point, trying to detain or deter the rioters would have been a bad decision.  And many of the rioters who arrived after the initial breach did indeed just wander around. 

The events seemingly have to be portrayed as ENTIRELY a massive violent insurrection OR just civilians strolling about taking selfies.  Neither is correct in my view.

Whataboutism

But to an extent, you can. CD's post shortly before Badge's was not supported by data, but I believe it to be generally and substantially true.

• Rural: Red
• Urban: Blue
• Suburban: Purple

Typically suburban people around the big cities are more liberal than rural people, even if they're not as liberal as people IN the big cities.

As a result, if a red state becomes increasingly urbanized (measured as higher portion of the population living non-rurally, so including the suburbs as well as the cities), that state becomes more likely to turn purple or potentially eventually blue.

I.e. look at Illinois. It's a good example because it's a state with a significantly rural land mass full of farmers, but where ~80% of its population is basically living in the Chicago metropolitan area.

The city of Chicago has 2.6M people. The combined metro area* is close to 10M, or close to 4x the population. The total population is about 12.6M, meaning the rural areas of Illinois are equal to the population of Chicago, so the rural population roughly balances the actual city population itself. If the suburbs were red, or even leaned red, Illinois would be a red state. But it's a solidly blue state.

(* Numbers are quick and dirty here--the "metro area" may include a little bit of NW Indiana, but I think the numbers are close enough for government work.)

• 368 sqmi, Indianapolis
• 227 sqmi, Chicago
• 226 sqmi, Columbus
• 82 sqmi, Cleveland
• 80 sqmi, Cincinnati

Let's presume Texas at some point goes purple and then blue.  I agree that would pretty much be the end of Republicanism on the national scale (unless countered by something else major), and this can happen.  California once voted Republican pretty often.

What I think would happen IF Texas went purple is Republican national candidates would become more ... purple.

Is Trumpism the future of Republicanism?  I think not.  Republicans once were the "liberal party" in a sense, Democrats once were a very conservative party, things change as demographics change and public sentiment changes.

Maybe in 40 years, Republicans will be screaming "TAX THE RICH!!!".