GOP Lawmakers Rebuke Hegseth's Plan to Livestream Dec. 3 Hasan Execution
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 9
GOP Lawmakers Rebuke Hegseth's Plan to Livestream Dec. 3 Hasan Execution
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 9
Summary
Republican lawmakers including Rep. Austin Scott and Sen. Thom Tillis joined Democrats in condemning Pete Hegseth’s plan to broadcast the military execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.
The Pentagon said Hasan — who killed 13 people and wounded 32 in the 2009 attack — is set to die by firing squad on Dec. 3.
The broadcast would make it the military’s first firing-squad execution since World War II and its first execution by any method since 1961.
The backlash lands weeks before midterm elections, as Republicans with narrow congressional majorities try to contain voter anger over the Iran war and other Hegseth controversies.
Could livestreaming a historic military execution offer unprecedented transparency, or will it inadvertently turn a convicted mass shooter into a digital martyr?
As the December execution date looms, could last-minute civilian court appeals suddenly halt the military's unprecedented plan for a public broadcast?