Imagine having a giant mob willing to march and take the fucking capitol, doing it while the police supported you and the army looked to their bellies, and not even getting concesions out of it. WORSE: your movement and party is shitting itself after it.
I really believe they could have pulled something IF Trump wasn't Trump.
Mao and Che are read in American military academies because they knew their shit. I recommend Mao's "On Guerrilla Warfare" as well as Võ Nguyên Giáp's writings. This is Protected People's War style stuff though, but they stress the need for political organizing as well as military activities which is very important for revolutions.