Crowd turns on Pence after learning he will not reject certified votes

Date: 2021-01-06
Entry type: targeted-mob-threat
Current status: Threat documented; no inference that every attendee joined it

Recorded rioters described Pence's refusal as betrayal, marched on the Capitol, and chanted for him to be hanged.

Entities and roles

Donald J. Trumpvice president and running mateMike Pence
politicaldocumented2 sourcesCited claim 1

factdocumented
The committee compiled contemporaneous video and defendant accounts showing that word of Pence's refusal spread through the crowd, produced chants of 'Hang Mike Pence,' and helped motivate some participants to enter the Capitol. The report attributes specific statements to recorded speakers and defendants; it does not impute the threats to every person at the rally.
- United States Government Publishing Office: Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States CapitolExecutive Summary pages 37–38: crowd recordings, defendant accounts, and threat chants
- TIME: From taunts and lies to an angry mob: Jan. 6 panel details Trump's pressure campaign against PenceCrowd reaction to Pence's refusal, reading of Trump's message, and Hang Mike Pence chant