Again, we're talking about motivations. I don't have things like letters between Egyptian military leaders, large treatises, etc., like I do from the American revolution.
I think there's a difference between motivations and justifications. I said Trump's motivations were clear and conspicuous. Were his justifications valid? I believe not. Did he believe them? I think I'm his convoluted way, he did/does. He thinks everything is a game. It's apparent from his demand on the Georgia Secretary of State that he invent the numbers he needed to make up the difference. I'm sure Trump believes that's how it works and the he other side is doing the same, but--as I said earlier--we were never taking about validity. Were those 2 dozen reasons started in the Declaration of Independence all true? I don't know, but it doesn't really matter if we're talking about motivations. And, yes, I think everyone who showed up for the coup believed there was fraud. Many Republicans accepted they had lost, but those weren't showing up in Washington that day