Hegseth's announcement triggered triggered widespread condemnation spanning GOP lawmakers, Democrats and pundits across the spectrum in media. The post Pete Hegseth’s Execution Livestream Plan Sparks Avalanche of Bipartisan Fury: ‘Government-Backed Snuff Film’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement Thursday that the firing squad death of the Fort Hood mass shooter will be livestreamed was swiftly met with bipartisan criticism and questions over how the public execution will be carried out.

The White House referred questions about the live stream to the Pentagon.

Warning follows Hegseth announcement that firing squad execution of Fort Hood killer will be public

The first military execution in more than six decades will be livestreamed, according to Pentagon officials. On Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told conservative TV outlet Real America’s Voice News that the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad will take place at Fort Hood on Dec.

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