In my previous analysis of right wing violence, I've noticed how often right wingers in power will use the threat of that violence to achieve the ends of the far right through legislative means

For example, advocating using the criminal justice system more harshly against Black people to avoid lynching, described as "the inevitable result" when "the people are outraged"

Josh Hawley did that when he spoke in congress on the electoral college results on the night of 1/6, claiming that legally refusing to certify the election was "the right way" vs the "wrong way" to disenfranchise millions of Americans

Whatever happens next, the issue is rarely really about which "means" are justified in the wielding of power. Is the "end" to restrict or expand democracy? What we saw on 1/6 was establishment violence claiming the mantle of 1776

But as @ProfMSinha already put it, this was much more the spirit of 1876 - a refusal to recognize the political rights of Black people whose votes were the ones most targeted by the "stop the steal" narrative of this election

The power of the US state doesn't operate independently from social movements and never has.