Vance Doubts Public Execution of Fort Hood Gunman Who Killed 13, Won't Watch Livestream
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 9
Vance Doubts Public Execution of Fort Hood Gunman Who Killed 13, Won't Watch Livestream
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 9
Summary
JD Vance said he does not know whether the Pentagon will actually carry out a planned public livestream of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s execution and said he would not watch if it does.
Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood attack that killed 13 people and wounded 32, is scheduled to die by firing squad—the first U.S. soldier executed that way since World War II.
Vance argued the dispute over the execution method risks overshadowing what he called one of the worst terrorist attacks on U.S. soil outside 9/11.
The vice president’s comments diverged from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who had called a public execution a “no-brainer,” and came hours after U.S. Catholic leaders condemned the livestream as barbaric.