> If every member of Congress died, would the Republic cease to exist? Probably not. There's a contingency plan for that.
Those plans assume good faith leadership. This insurrection was encouraged by the lame duck president and supported by members of Congress that now refuse to investigate it. And it wouldn't have been every member of Congress dead, would it? Those supporting the Big Lie would have been around to govern. Not exactly comforting to me, and I think well within the realm of believabilty for at least the possibility of a permanent change to our Republic as we know it.
> The claim can't be made if this can't be answered.
On the contrary: the fact that the question can't be answered confidently supports my point rather than refuting it. We don't know what would have happened. It's conceivable or systems would have endured, contingencies enacted, order restored. But there's good reasons to think that may not have happened as well.
If every member of Congress died, would the Republic cease to exist? Probably not. There's a contingency plan for that.
> What does that mean or look like? I don't know.
The claim can't be made if this can't be answered.