Which extremist groups used or amplified 'hang Mike Pence' chants around January 6, 2021?

1. What the record actually documents: crowd chants, a noose and eyewitnesses

Multiple first‑hand accounts, photojournalism and video captured rioters chanting “Hang Mike Pence” and a noose on a makeshift gallows outside the Capitol on Jan. 6 ^{[1] [2] [3]}. Reuters and other reporters quoted eyewitnesses who heard rioters explicitly say they hoped to find and hang the vice president, and a viral clip of the chant circulated in real time ^{[1] [2]}.

2. How mainstream outlets characterize who chanted it: “pro‑Trump mob” and “Trump supporters”

Major outlets and the Jan. 6 committee reporting uniformly describe the chanting as coming from the pro‑Trump crowd that marched on and breached the Capitol, using terms like “pro‑Trump mob” or “Trump supporters” rather than attributing the chant to a single named extremist organization ^{[3] [4] [2]}. Those characterizations come from contemporaneous coverage and committee testimony ^{[3] [4]}.

3. What the Jan. 6 committee and witnesses added about reactions inside the White House

The select committee’s public hearings and leak reporting included testimony that Mark Meadows told colleagues Donald Trump reacted to the chants in a way that some witnesses described as tacit approval—accounts that reference the chants as a phenomenon within the larger pro‑Trump crowd rather than the action of a distinct extremist cell ^{[4] [3] [5]}.

4. Claims about specific extremist groups: available sources do not name a single group as the chant’s origin

The reporting provided in the current document set does not attribute the chant’s genesis to a named extremist organization like the Proud Boys or Oath Keepers as the exclusive source; instead, sources point to a broader crowd of Trump supporters and far‑right social media calls for violence that helped inflame the environment ^{[6] [1] [2]}. Available sources do not mention a single extremist group being solely responsible for starting or amplifying the chant ^{[3] [1]}.

5. Where extremist groups appear in the broader Jan. 6 reporting — but not as sole originators of the chant

Other reporting in this set documents that organized far‑right groups played roles in planning and coordinating parts of the Jan. 6 attack (notably reporting that the Proud Boys were involved in planning), yet the sources treating the “Hang Mike Pence” chant specifically describe it as emanating from the mob of Trump supporters generally rather than as a slogan unique to one group ^{[6] [3]}. That distinction matters: organized groups were present and influential, but the chant itself is documented as a broader crowd action ^{[6] [1]}.

6. Social‑media context: calls for violence circulated widely beforehand

Contemporaneous social‑media posts and fringe platforms showed explicit threats and open calls to “dispatch” political figures, and a Parler/BuzzFeed item is cited showing noose imagery and violent captions before or during the events—evidence that violent rhetoric was circulating among far‑right online networks and could have contributed to on‑the‑ground chants ^{[1] [2]}. That online circulation indicates amplification across many actors rather than a single organizational source ^[1].

7. Limits and competing interpretations in the available reporting

Sources agree the chant occurred and was heard by multiple witnesses ^{[1] [2]}, but they differ in emphasis: some stress the role of organized extremist groups in planning and executing parts of the attack ^[6], while others emphasize the mob nature of the chants and cite multiple individual participants and online incitement ^{[1] [3]}. The available documents do not offer forensic tracing from a single extremist group to the chant’s origin; therefore, claiming one specific group “used” or “amplified” the chant as the primary actor is not supported by these sources ^{[3] [1]}.

8. Bottom line for readers seeking clarity

Contemporaneous reporting and committee testimony confirm supporters chanted “Hang Mike Pence,” erected a noose and conveyed intent to harm the vice president ^{[1] [2] [3]}. The sources provided attribute that behavior to a broader pro‑Trump mob and to hostile online rhetoric among far‑right networks, but they do not single out one extremist organization in the role of sole instigator or amplifier of the chant ^{[3] [1] [6]}.