# How functional (or symbolic) was the noose on January 6th?

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**Created:** [July 28, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-functional-or-symbolic-was-the-noose-on-january-6th/968737 "2022-07-28T22:58:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\
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Was it there to hang Mike Pence for real? It seems difficult to believe that they could have erected a fully functioning gallows in a few minutes, and they had plenty of better ways to execute Pence if they’d gotten their hands on him. So was it simply a rope symbolizing their animosity towards Pence, or a for-real means of execution? I guess a rope and a sturdy tree-branch is all you need but that seems pretty inefficient compared to a firearm.

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