> going to be hung by the same people that elected him. Not exactly what I normally think of when I hear "coup" or "violent insurrection".

Right, because he violated the trumpian cult of personality. How is that not scarier: murder someone unless he violated his oath to the constitution in order to keep an authoritarian leaning election-losing person in power.

Killing government officials to result in a transfer of power. It's a sudden, violent, illegal seizure of government power. That's a coup.