This guy makes a great point. Pence changed the language that is normally used, so he could pretend that the Trump Electoral votes did not exist.
It's not clear to me whether this guy thinks it is a good thing or a bad thing (his "name" is Cheney, after all), but it hints at how it was done.
and yet ever legit basis for court challenges has been rebuffed
the court for the most part are in on the coup