Vance contradicts Hegseth on livestream

Vice President JD Vance suggested Friday that the federal government would not livestream its planned execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad, contradicting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's announcement.

“First of all, I've seen these announcements. I don't know that that's going to happen.”

Hasan's crimes and conviction

Nidal Hasan was convicted of killing thirteen people and injuring thirty-two in a shooting at Texas' Fort Hood Army base in two thousand nine.

Hegseth's plan for firing squad

While visiting the USS Abraham Lincoln in San Diego on Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Real America's Voice that Hasan will get a firing squad of soldiers and people will be able to watch…

“going to get a firing squad of soldiers, and we'll make sure that people are able to watch it.”

Trump says determination is being made

President Donald Trump said Friday that they are making a determination about whether the execution would be livestreamed, but added that Hasan will be killed through firing squad.

“they're making a determination about that”

Republican senators oppose the livestream

Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana said he would not televise the execution, saying it makes society coarser. Senator John Curtis of Utah warned that Rome's bloody spectacles corrupted viewers and that broadcasting diminishes America.

“Seneca warned that Rome's bloody spectacles corrupted the people who watched them.”

More Republicans reject public execution

Retiring Senator Thom Tillis called livestreaming beyond disgusting, saying public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do. Representative Austin Scott said livestreaming executions is what jihadists do.

“Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do.”

Vulnerable GOP members speak out

Representatives Rob Bresnahan of Pennsylvania and Tom Barrett of Michigan, among the most vulnerable GOP members seeking re-election, posted that livestreaming should not happen and that American values should elevate human dignity.

“our American values should strive to elevate human dignity.”

Military execution history

The military's last execution was in nineteen sixty-one when Army Private John Bennett was hanged.The military last executed someone by firing squad in nineteen forty-five when it put Private Eddie Slovik to death for desertion.