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Originally Posted by Chicks
Jim Bourg @jimbourg
I heard at least 3 different rioters at the Capitol say that they hoped to find Vice President Mike Pence and execute him by hanging him from a Capitol Hill tree as a traitor. It was a common line being repeated. Many more were just talking about how the VP should be executed.
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Andrew Feinberg @AndrewFeinberg
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There are multiple photographs of pro-Trump rioters carrying law enforcement-style flex-cuffs.
Rioters went looking for @VP, @SpeakerPelosi, @SenSchumer.
It raises the question of whether there was an organized plan to take hostages.
7:01 AM · Jan 8, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Raises questions? No question about it. They are terrorists.
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Hanging someone would have gotten them dead quick, but hostage taking might have gotten an indefinite delay in the certification process, and may well have been the plan.