John Curtis says the livestream plan "risks feeding" an appetite for executions as entertainment
John CurtisU.S. Senator from Utah, in a post on X
Sen. John Curtis said Hegseth's plan to livestream the Fort Hood execution risks feeding an appetite for executions as entertainment, that broadcasting a death diminishes the country and is not an effective deterrent, and urged him to reconsider.
“Secretary Hegseth’s plan to livestream the Fort Hood execution risks feeding that appetite. The victims deserve justice administered with solemnity. Broadcasting a death diminishes us and is not an effective deterrent. I urge him to reconsider.”
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Other statements by John Curtis in this case
- Curtis calls the decision not to livestream "the right move"Later: Condemned
Where this statement fits
Should Pete Hegseth livestream Nidal Hasan's execution?
Pete Hegseth confirmed plans to livestream Nidal Hasan's execution. Rep. Betty McCollum calls for stopping the public execution plan, while Alyssa Farah Griffin opposes broadcasting it despite supporting capital punishment. The dispute concerns public viewing of the execution.
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John Curtis's own post on an official account.
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Earlier in the post, Curtis wrote that a civilization erodes when it cultivates an appetite for executions as a form of entertainment.
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The post ends there.
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Why this label?
The case asks whether Pete Hegseth should livestream Nidal Hasan's execution; it concerns the broadcast proposal, not Hasan's conviction or capital punishment. Curtis says the plan "risks feeding that appetite" for executions as entertainment and urges Hegseth to reconsider. That opposes the broadcast, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional; it loses because he says the victims deserve justice without endorsing any part of the broadcast.
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Read the full caseNational Review's editors back Trump's decision to stop the livestream
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“But there is a difference between carrying out an execution and livestreaming an execution, and support for one does not necessitate support for the other. President Trump is right to draw the distinction he has.”Read statement
Pentagon says Hegseth is completely aligned with Trump's decision not to livestream
“spoke about the decision ... supports the President's decision, and they are completely aligned.”Read statement
Houlahan backs canceling the execution livestream and calls for Hegseth's removal
“The fact that Secretary Hegseth's barbaric plan to livestream an execution even made it to the desk of the President is as clear an illustration as any that Hegseth is dangerously unqualified.”Read statement
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