The Republican National Committee declared that the violent attack on the Capitol was "legitimate political discourse".

Does this mean that attacking a meeting of the RNC in a similar way would be "legitimate political discourse"?

Pence stated that the idea that he could have personally overturned the US election was wrong, and the idea he should have done so was "un-American".

I agree he should have done this long ago. However, I think we should recognize this as "better late than never". After decades of loyalty to an organization, it is difficult and painful to recognize that it has been perverted into the enemy of principles it used to stand for. Most Republicans abandon those principles instead.