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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It was supposed to be the effect announcement that thrilled the minds of the most extremist electorate in view of the midterm. But after Christa Pike's double failed execution, the live shooting of the former American military Nidal Malik Hasan announced by the Pentagon leader, Pete Hegseth, risks turning into a boomerang for Donald Trump and his [...] L'articolo The streaming shooting of Malik Hasan risks becoming a boomerang for Trump in view …
Mike Johnson Warns Livestreamed Execution Could Help Terrorist Recruitment, Plans to Raise Concerns With White House
House Speaker Mike Johnson and other lawmakers warn that livestreaming Nidal Hasan's execution could aid terrorist recruitment and create a martyr.
Mike Johnson urges Trump to rethink livestreaming Nidal Hasan execution: ‘I wouldn’t be watching’
House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared to publicly nudge President Trump against having the 2009 Fort Hood shooter's execution by firing squad live-streamed for the whole world to see.
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