User:Feoffer/sandbox Gallows near the January 6, 2021 United States Capitol attack

On January 6, the day of the attack on the United States Capitol, a mock gallows was assembled near the United State Capitol. The non-functional gallows, too small and flimsy to actually function,  is alleged to have incited violence against Congress.

Background
After incumbent US president Donald Trump lost his bid for re-election in November 2020, he and his allies denied the loss and began a variety of attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election. By December 2020, the leadership of two militias, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, began conspiring to use violence to stop the peaceful transfer of power.