Agreed. Traitors should be hanged, not penalized.
It's crazy to think how close we came to actual deaths in the capitol. I wonder what the conversation would be, had they caught Pelosi or Pence and killed either. The reason we have the GOP lining up behind Trump and denying the insurrection is because they can still equivocate- "It was no different than any other day at the capitol." "look, they're staying inside the velvet ropes" and other bad faith arguments. Almost everyone on that day, McCarthy included, turned on Trump until they knew the worst hadn't happened. If Pence had died that day, what would we be discussing now?