Yes... some people died, but it wasn't what the media made it to be. Two protesters died of heart attacks, one died of an overdose, and one died of being shot by a cop. One died of a stroke and was widely misreported of being hit in the head with a fire extinguisher when that didn't actually happen, and four cops later committed suicide. This is all according to FactCheck.org.

Was it great? Absolutely not - but it wasn't anything remotely close to, say, even the most minor altercations between America and Britain.

What do you think would have happened if things went a little differently and the mob got to Nancy Pelosi? They were very close to doing so.

We would have a funeral for Pelosi, but democracy would be no closer to dying. And while it's a tragedy for anyone to be murdered, hype about it "nearly killed democracy" is just inflammatory.

If pelosi were murdered (and potentially other senators too)

Do you think the senate would still have certified the election? Or would Trump still be president?

I think the fear is that the mob was almost able to make it so that Trump’s lie about a stolen election would have overridden the democratic process.

If such an event happened, it would have been fair to say that event “killed democracy”