The 2000 election was stolen from Gore. Like legit stolen. he did his legal challenges but when he lost he didnt bitch and whine like a baby. he certified the EC results and if I remember correctly he was not overly thrilled with the ones who did protest the results because he knew it was pointless, would bring anger from people and he wanted to move on.
Trump spent months before the election saying it was fraud and it would be stolen. He and his lackeys spent months after lying to supporters and voters and fanning the flames with talk of a stolen election. He told people to match on the capital, has been tweeting for weeks about taking back the government. Even after the attempted Coup Howley and Cruz and many others still fanned the flames and continued with the lies.
It is in no way the same. Yes you did call Cruz attempt bullshit. But to try and draw the two as close to the same is not correct. When you give an official voice to a man who tried to pull off a coup, and called the people who did this while they were doing this heroes and he loved them? Giving a voice to that yes there should be talks of having them removed. There is no both sides to this.