Ossoff: Hegseth ‘deeply unwell’

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Trump approves firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

Trump approves firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) on Friday called Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “a deeply unwell person” over his plan to livestream a firing squad execution next month.  

“I think Pete Hegseth is, frankly … a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality,” Ossoff said on MS NOW. 

The Pentagon a day prior revealed a surprise plan to livestream the Dec. 3 firing squad execution of the convicted Fort Hood, Texas, shooter, former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, in what would be the military’s first execution in six decades. The plan immediately drew fierce blowback from both sides of the aisle, who have called the idea barbaric and below the country’s dignity and standards.

“Hasan should face the death penalty, but making his execution........

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