Why are we playing by the rules? The rules that we've lived by all our lives don't apply anymore.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. I am not the leaders that Dr. King, Ellsberg or Frank's protectors were. I wish I were more like them, but I am not.

Congressional rules are equivalent to laws in the sense that breaking them has consequences. Not jail like laws, but loss of power in Congress like losing ranking positions, being escorted out of proceedings, etc. Loss of power against the tyranny is not a good strategy.

It is not necessary to break the conventions for respecting the Office while calling out this president. I will provide a counter-example, in that I think that shouting and making a disruptive disturbance in the State of the Union speech is performative but accomplishes nothing.

I'm not seeing anything from you as to examples of what rules or conventions should be broken.