Johnson: Video of Hasan execution could be ‘recruiting tool for future terrorists’
He said the footage could become propaganda for extremists as bipartisan opposition grows to the Pentagon’s plan, which would make the execution public.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson warned on Monday that livestreaming Nidal Hasan's execution could provide extremists a "recruiting tool for future terrorists," marking the latest Republican objection to the Pentagon's plan.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last week that Hasan's Dec. 3 execution by firing squad would be public, stating people need to understand there are "serious consequences" for such crimes.
- Lawmakers from both parties have condemned the proposal, with Senator Thom Tillis calling it "beyond disgusting" and likening public executions to practices in "oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan."
- Johnson intends to relay his colleagues' concerns to the White House, though he has not yet discussed the matter with President Donald Trump or Hegseth, who will make the final decision.
- Scheduled for Dec. 3 in Texas, the execution would be the military's first since 1961 and the first by firing squad since 1945, marking a historic shift in federal capital punishment.
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Even Mike Johnson Opposes Livestreaming Execution
“Even Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson disapproves of the Trump administration’s planned live execution of Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan,” the New Republic reports. Said Johnson: “The concern would be that it would create a video that would be a recruiting tool for future terrorists. I wouldn’t be watching it if it was aired … […]
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House Speaker Mike Johnson said the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan could be used by terrorist groups to recruit more people
Johnson: Video of Hasan execution could be ‘recruiting tool for future terrorists’
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan could be used by terrorist groups to recruit more people, joining a growing list of Republicans who have expressed reservations about broadcasting it publicly. “There are colleagues that have concerns,” Johnson said in an interview…
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The Independent (US)Even Mike Johnson is warning Trump not to livestream execution of Fort Hood attacker
The plan has been met with widespread condemnation outside of MAGA circles
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