The entire point was for it to delay the election certification long enough to buy time for MAGA to steal the presidency, but unfortunately they weren't competent enough.

Kenneth Chesebro: "Anything Pence can do unilaterally to slow things down will obviously be of enormous benefit to senators who support Trump but who, standing alone, would find it difficult to resist pressure for closure (sic)...If he has the will to do it, Pence could stand as Horatius at the Bridge, and help ensure adequate time for debate, shielding the Republican senators from a politically dicey cloture vote. Main point of my focus on getting all electors to vote on Dec. 14 is it would make Pence's exercise of his power to set the pace of the count look much more reasonable."