"Yes, it strains common sense to believe that these "seditionists" actually intended to accomplish the goal of taking over our government, being unarmed and so few in number. They could however disrupt proceedings and interrupt the orderly process of government. But that is excusable, just ask the three Tennessee congressmen."

Not if you've been following. The object was to create chaos and prevent certification. The loose plan was to cause the election to be thrown into the 12th amendment, which is where each state gets one vote. Trump would have enough votes that way. The fake electors appeared to be another way, maybe they coincided. But the object was to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power and to disregard the will of the people expressed in the election, thwart the transfer, and have Trump declared President.

If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; July 24, 1956, ch. 678, § 1, 70 Stat. 623; Pub. L. 103'322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)