Hegseth Vows Public Firing Squad Execution

JD Vance casts doubt on firing squad execution and says he will not watch it
www.bbc.com

... US Vice-President JD Vance has cast doubt on the Pentagon's plans to livestream a firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter.

Talking with reporters, Vance expressed doubt that it would happen as planned, saying: "I don't know that that's actually going to happen".

He added, that "if it's through live stream, I'm not going to be watching it". Vance described the actions by former US Army major Nidal Hasan as "the worst terrorist attack on American soil outside of 9/11".

Hasan fatally shot 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, injuring another 32. His execution by firing squad would be the first military execution in more than 60 years. ...

"I don't know that that's actually going to happen".

Vance is leaving millions in Pay Per View fees on the table.

Money that could go right to his boss's pockets.

And not to the American People.

Hegseth faces bipartisan backlash over public execution for Fort Hood shooter
www.politico.com

... "I absolutely support the sentence of death, but live-streaming executions is what jihadists do," Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a social media post. "America is better than that."

Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah urged Hegseth to "reconsider" the decision.

"A civilization erodes when it cultivates an appetite for executions as a form of entertainment," Curtis said on X. "Secretary Hegseth's plan to livestream the Fort Hood execution risks feeding that appetite."

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), one of the most vocal GOP critics of Hegseth's management of the Pentagon, similarly ripped the effort as "beyond disgusting" on Thursday. "Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do. It should not be happening in America," he said.

A former senior Trump administration official also criticized the move. Joe Kent, who led the National Counterterrorism Center before resigning in March in protest over the Iran war, criticized the tactic as "beneath the dignity" of the country.

"Streaming his execution is not just a stain on our morality -- it also gives the terrorists free propaganda that they will use to radicalize & recruit more terrorists like Hassan [sic]," Kent said on X. ...

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS GUY'S HEAD EXPLODE...
AND AS FAR AS " YOU PEOPLE" ARE CONCERNED...

---when Kirk was executed IN PUBLIC ,many if not most of you celebrated..
So yet again/ take your 2 faced lying hypocritical outrage and SHOVE IT up your clownshack.

Murdered. Murdered in public. Yes, some people were excited for it, like Luigi murdering the CEO.

Completely different context than a state ordered execution.

Wouldn't it be ironic if Hegseth was charged and found guilty of murder for the Venezuelan boat murders, is condemned to death and his execution was televised?

@#27 Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah urged Hegseth to "reconsider" the decision.

"A civilization erodes when it cultivates an appetite for executions as a form of entertainment," Curtis said on X. "Secretary Hegseth's plan to livestream the Fort Hood execution risks feeding that appetite." ...

I agree with Sen Curtis.

Especially the "cultivates an appetite for executions as a form of entertainment" aspect.

It would be cool if the Senate had the power to stop this monstrosity, but oh well

I'm kinda surprised it isn't being promoted like their cheezy WH MMA extravaganza. You gotta to know that if those sociopathic ghouls believed they could actually make money off this man's death, they'd hold it Prime Time on Trump's new helicopter pad, with a light show and everything! With the play-by-play co-anchored by Joe Rogan & Steven Miller. Just think of the lucrative ad revenue possibilities.

They will blow it and he will only be wounded his gofundme will be like 10M

...can't execute him twice you know...

What a barbaric idea!

Only two countries in the world have public executions:

Iran and Afghanistan.

Hegseth and that entire cabal are evil.

@#36

Only 2 countries held known public executions last year. The U.S. is preparing for its first in 90 years.
www.cbsnews.com

... The list of countries that still carry out public executions, whether on video or in a public place, is very short and almost entirely countries accused of human rights violations.

Afghanistan and Iran are the only two known countries to execute anyone publicly in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, according to Amnesty International. Yemen publicly executed multiple people in 2021, according to the group. ...