Even a court jester can play a part, being the fool for all, while whispering poison to ears that listen.
Lets wait and see what shakes out on the 6th.
Unless the individual state assemblies reconvene, declare the “official” election results null and void, choose an alternative slate of Republican electors, and send them to Congress - then there is no way that V.P. Mike Pence can override the slate sent by those states. Even with objections cast by those Republican representatives in Congress, including senators, the result would end in a tie between the HOR and the Senate, and in which case the contest would go not to the incumbent but to the challenger.