Insurrection?

Can you imagine the forefathers of this country shrieking and running like little blue-blood cowards to the basement of the Capitol if an 'insurrection' had attempted to overrun it?  Why didn't the Congress defend the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, if they actually thought it was under attack?  If they truly thought this, shouldn't they be tried as deserters and cowards since they screamed and ran?  Didn't they swear an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic?  Did they think taking that oath was a joke?

Well, the fact is they didn't believe there was any 'insurrection', or anything of the kind...  They were triggered.  They were angry that the average person had the courage to petition them in person for a redress of grievances, as the Constitution (the one they swore to defend) demands.

They weren't thinking, "The country is under attack from insurrectionists!"  It was more like, "How dare these peons enter our high palace of special-ness and demand to be represented!"  "Prove that elections are counted properly?  PISH POSH.  Let them eat cake!"