Was Jan. 6 a one-off, or a preview of coming distractions?   

Last Feb. 4, ABC’s “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) if he had been vice president on Jan. 6, 2021, would he have handled things differently than had Vice President Mike Pence in presiding over the electoral count for president and vice president before the joint session of Congress.   

Vance replied: “If I had been vice president, I would have told states like Pennsylvania, Georgia, and so many others, that we need to have multiple slates of electors...