Anyone who claims Trump had no culpability for the events of January 6th is basically stating that there are tens of millions of really stupid Republicans out there. All the ones who are believing this voter fraud bullshit are just as stupid as the ones who believe it but actually went to the Capitol to try and stop the electoral vote.
And all the ones at the Capitol were similarly confused about what Trump meant when he said "fight like hell" to stop the vote. Like mass hypnosis, they all knew to do the same wrong thing. A convenient, yet totally implausible excuse. If you believe it, you're one of the stupid ones.
THAT is the only difference between the two: SOME were extra stupid enough to take action on the lies that they heard and swallowed like Jim Jones' KoolAid.
there is equally tens of millions of really stupid Democrats out there
cities burned, people died, businesses were lost and there is a long list of democrats who had culpability in that too
the stones can be thrown both ways
