I think you can move your “B” up to the top of the list, as “A”; there is no “B”. They’re not going to waste their energy going through with an election if they have even an inkling Trump will win — and they have that inkling.
The democrats are sore losers. When they do they seek retribution. All the talk about doing to them what they do to us doesn’t fly. Democrats don’t get prosecuted. We know it. They know it. it’s doubtful they’d have done this if they thought there was a chance they couldn’t steal control again.