Of course it wasn't symbolism. They were enacting the Day of the Rope. They wanted to hang journalists. They still want to hang journalists, and they had planned to kill Pelosi, Pence, and Schumer, among others. Hope that helps, Chris. https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1347980038222860288
oh jeez really, an actual gallows? who woulda thunk it hurr durrr
https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/day-of-the-rope
Day of the Rope

“Day of the Rope” is a white supremacist slogan referring to mass murders of “race traitors” that occur in The Turner Diaries, a novel written by neo-Nazi William Pierce. The slogan is typically used...

https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/day-of-the-rope
Trump supporter: "Heads on pikes!" (video)

They came to kill.
Again, they tried to enact the Day of the Rope, in real life. They tried to recreate a scene from William Luther Pierce's neo-Nazi novel *The Turner Diaries* and literally hang Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Mike Pence, & others, on the lawn of the Capitol.
https://twitter.com/ifthedevilisix/status/1347572949012852739
Huh. Well would you look at that. https://twitter.com/mediaite/status/1347998490006319104
Like.. https://twitter.com/macfarlanenews/status/1348058375444193283
White supremacist insurrectionary domestic terrorists. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmanuelfelton/black-capitol-police-racism-mob
These Black Capitol Police Officers Describe Fighting Off "Racist Ass Terrorists"

Two Black officers told BuzzFeed News that their chief and other upper management left them totally unprepared and were nowhere to be found on the day.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmanuelfelton/black-capitol-police-racism-mob
These people are the heirs of Timothy McVeigh.
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