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Trump debates calling off livestream of firing squad execution after learning Fort Hood shooter was paralyzed (www.cnn.com)
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Donald Trump and his advisers are debating whether to call off plans to livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter, with Trump having remarked privately that he did not initially know that Nidal Hasan was paralyzed from the waist down, two sources familiar with the discussions told CNN.

The president was not aware that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was announcing last week that the administration planned to let the public watch the execution, the sources said, and was not sure what to make of it at first. Trump was, however, firmly behind the decision to execute Hasan via firing squad, multiple officials told CNN, and he’s often defended it in public.

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[–] 79 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

I've been telling people, this is to normalize public execution for "treason" the main demographic trump cared about was a soldier firing on other soldiers.

A big strong man standing there is a propaganda message.

But trumps never consider injured soldiers as soldiers, he "only likes winners".

So dude being in a wheelchair wouldnt send the message the fascists want to send; that it doesn't matter how tough you are they'll get you.

It's always just been about the optics of it, and using it to normalize political violence. That's why he never faced a terrorism charge, they want the label to be "traitor" because that's anyone not for the current administration.

Terrorists need to take action or at least plan actual attacks. They want to be able to go after anyone who doesn't say they're stunning and brave.

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