Your scenario is not insane, but I think it does fall apart because of the level of hatred against Trump. If such a situation existed, the Post and Times would have been splashing it on every headline.
Didn’t happen.
Wrong, Owen. It is insane. Personally I think space aliens occupied the White House. There’s just as much evidence for my theory.
My point is this: we lost when the legislatures declined to send alternate sets of electors. As grim as everything is, I’ll never give up and will go down fighting. But Pence’s supposed powers, magical executive orders, Insurrection Act, quo warranto writs, martial law, etc were all, and were always, fanciful bull crap. None of them was ever going to happen and we waste our time and energy still musing over them at this point