Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley

RIGHT HERE IS WHERE IT GETS GOOD, LIKE WHEN YOU ORDER A PIZZA AND THE TOPPINGS ARE ALL WRONG BUT YOU EAT IT ANYWAY, EXCEPT THIS IS WAY WORSE BECAUSE PETE HEGSETH IS OUT HERE SUGGESTING WE STREAM A FIRING SQUAD EXECUTION OF NIDAL HASAN ON TELEVISION. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? APPARENTLY HE WANTS US TO WATCH THIS MILITARY EXECUTION OF THE GUY WHO KILLED THIRTEEN PEOPLE IN 2009 LIVE ON DECEMBER THIRD. IT IS JUST THIS WILD ESCALATION OF EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENING UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT ANNIHILATING IRAN AND FACING ALL THESE ALLEGATIONS. NOW THEY WANT TO TURN A STATE KILLING INTO SOME KIND OF REALITY SHOW SPECTACLE. I HONESTLY DO NOT KNOW HOW THIS BECAME A REAL GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL OR WHAT THE POINT IS. ANYWAY SOMEBODY HAS TO ANSWER FOR THAT.

OK THIS IS THE ONE I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS PUSHING THIS PLAN TO LIVESTREAM THE EXECUTION OF NIDAL HASAN VIA FIRING SQUAD. THE GUARDIAN SAYS PETE HEGSETH, THE SECRETARY OF WAR, ANNOUNCED THIS BROADCAST FOR DECEMBER THIRD. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WANT TO MAKE THIS PUBLIC SPECTACLE OUT OF THE GUY WHO KILLED THIRTEEN PEOPLE AT THAT ARMY BASE BACK IN 2009. IT IS JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER WITH THEM, FROM THREATS AT THE UN TO ALL THESE CORRUPTION AND MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS THAT WE ARE ALL APPARENTLY USED TO NOW. IT IS JUST STRANGE, RIGHT? LIKE, HOW DID WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE EXECUTION TV IS A SERIOUS CONVERSATION IN WASHINGTON? IT IS LITERALLY ON THE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MONTH AND IT IS JUST WILD. ANYWAY I AM FINE, EVERYTHING IS FINE.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has proposed livestreaming the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of a 2009 mass shooting, scheduled for December 3.

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