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华盛顿——越来越多的共和党人对五角大楼计划在12月直播胡德堡枪击案凶手的死刑执行表示担忧，至少有部分人明确表示不会观看直播。
上周末，特朗普总统表示，政府仍在确定是否对这名罪犯使用行刑队枪决并进行直播，此前国防部长皮特·赫格斯曾宣布将进行直播。因2009年胡德堡枪击案被判有罪的前陆军少校尼达尔·哈桑的死刑执行日期定在12月3日。
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示，众议院共和党议员团中有部分人不赞成这一计划，并表示他计划将这些担忧转达白宫。
“有同事对此表示担忧，”约翰逊在接受全国通讯员兼首席华盛顿分析师罗伯特·科斯塔采访时说道。“担忧在于，这可能会制作出一段视频，成为未来恐怖分子的招募工具。我们必须认真考虑所有相关政策影响。如果直播，我不会观看。但对此存在诸多不同意见。我认为仍有时间就此展开讨论……我需要向白宫转达我的部分同事的想法，并非所有人都支持这一想法。”
阿拉斯加州参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基表示，“没有必要直播任何死刑执行，包括这次”，并敦促五角大楼改变决定。
“我本以为这种事只会出现在恐怖分子和独裁者身上，而非美国，”她在X平台上写道。“这会让这个本不应再获得任何知名度的人，得到他所追求的殉道者身份。我们如何执行正义，与正义本身同样重要，因此我敦促五角大楼撤销这一令人毛骨悚然的决定。”
北达科他州参议员凯文·克拉默在一份声明中表示：“死刑并非娱乐。”他表示，受害者家属理应得到正义。“但公开宣传宗教极端分子的死刑执行，恰恰满足了恐怖分子的渴求：获得观众。这会将政府所能施加的最严厉惩罚，变成一场公开闹剧。”
“正义终将得到伸张，但美利坚合众国不会也不应直播死刑执行，”密苏里州共和党众议员安·瓦格纳在X平台上写道。
宾夕法尼亚州众议员小罗布·布雷斯纳汉写道：“死刑执行不应成为直播的秀场。重点应放在为受害者及其家属伸张正义上，而非将死刑变成娱乐。他们的痛苦理应得到尊重，而非沦为公开表演。”
北卡罗来纳州参议员汤姆·蒂利斯上周五称直播死刑执行“令人作呕”。
目前仅有一名共和党国会议员公开明确支持直播死刑执行——田纳西州众议员安迪·奥格尔斯：“太棒了。公开处决正是这名恐怖分子应得的，”他在X平台上写道。“我们会观看的。”
副总统JD·万斯上周五表示，如果直播死刑执行，他不会观看，并补充道：“我不确定此事是否真的会发生。”
“无论关于死刑执行方式存在何种争议，我希望人们不要忘记，这个家伙残忍杀害了许多无辜民众，”万斯对记者说道。“话虽如此，我的意思是，如果最终真的进行直播，我不会观看。”
国土安全部部长马克韦·马伦在上周末的《与玛格丽特·布伦南面对全国》节目中为直播决定辩护。当被问及政府是否有可能将哈桑塑造成殉道者时，马伦回应道：“没人非得观看。”当被进一步问及该决定是否有可能激进化其他人时，马伦表示：“我认为人们需要明白，如果你攻击——如果你攻击美国，我们会追究到底，我们会确保——确保惩罚与罪行相符。”
周六，特朗普总统透露，相关计划仍有可能改变。
“有两种想法：不直播和直播，”总统周六在白宫对记者说道。“因为你知道，通过直播，或许其他人就不会重蹈他的覆辙。我最终会做出决定。我知道军方希望怎么做，但我会做出决定。”
总统就他是否参与了直播死刑执行的决定给出了看似矛盾的信息。
当一名记者周五询问总统是否授权或批准了直播决定时，他说道：“当然，我批准了。”但在当天晚些时候接受CNY Central Syracuse采访时，他又表示自己“并未参与直播死刑执行的决定”，同时称他理解该决定是为了“起到警示作用”。
Republican concerns mount over livestreaming Fort Hood shooter’s execution
October 12, 2026 / 1:36 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — A growing number of Republicans are voicing concern over the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter in December — or at the very least, saying they won’t be watching.
Over the weekend, President Trump said the administration was still making a determination about whether the firing-squad execution would be livestreamed, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that it would be. The execution of Nidal Hasan, the ex-Army major convicted of the 2009 killing of 13 people at Fort Hood, is scheduled for Dec. 3.
House Speaker Mike Johnson told CBS News that some in the House Republican conference don’t approve, and said he planned on bringing those concerns to the White House.
“There are colleagues who have concerns,” Johnson told national correspondent and chief Washington analyst Robert Costa in an interview. “The concern would be that you would create a video that would be a recruiting tool for future terrorists. You know, we’ve got to think through the policy implications of all that. I wouldn’t be watching it if it was aired. But there’s a lot of opinions on that. I think there’s still some time to talk about that. … I need to tell the White House what some of my colleagues think about that, and not everybody is in favor of the idea.”
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said there is “no need to livestream any execution, including this one,” urging the Pentagon to change course.
“I would expect this from terrorists and dictators, but not here in America,” she wrote on X. “It would give this individual, who deserves no further notoriety, the martyrdom he seeks. How we carry out justice matters just as much as the justice itself, so I urge the Pentagon to reverse this gruesome decision.”
Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota said in a statement, “The death penalty is not entertainment.” He said families of the victims deserve justice. “But publicizing the execution of religious extremists provides exactly what terrorists crave: an audience. It converts the most consequential punishment a government can impose into a public spectacle.”
“Justice will be served, but the United States of America does not and should not livestream executions,” Republican Rep. Ann Wagner of Missouri wrote on X.
Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. of Pennsylvania wrote, “An execution shouldn’t be a live-streamed spectacle. The focus should be on justice for the victims and their families, not turning an execution into entertainment. Their pain deserves respect, not a public show.”
Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina on Friday called livestreaming the execution “beyond disgusting.”
Only one Republican member of Congress has publicly voiced clear support for livestreaming the execution — Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee.: “Excellent. Public execution is what this terrorist deserves,” he wrote on X. “We will be watching.”
Vice President JD Vance said Friday that he wouldn’t be watching if it’s livestreamed, and added, “I don’t know that that’s actually going to happen.”
“So whatever the controversy is about the method of the execution, I hope that people don’t forget that this is a guy who brutally murdered a lot of innocent people,” Vance told reporters. “Now that said, I mean, look, if it’s ultimately livestreamed, I’m not going to be watching it.”
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the livestreaming decision on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” this weekend. Asked if the administration risks making Hasan a martyr, Mullin responded, “No one has to watch it.” Pressed further on whether the decision risks radicalizing others, Mullin said, “I think people need to understand if you attack— if you attack America, we will come after you, and we will make sure that the— that the punishment fits the crime.”
On Saturday, Mr. Trump floated the possibility that the plans could still change.
“There are two thoughts: don’t show it and show it,” the president told reporters at the White House Saturday. “‘Cause you know, by showing it, maybe other people won’t be doing what he did. So I’ll make a decision ultimately. I know what the military would like to do, but I’ll make a decision.”
The president has given seemingly conflicting information as to whether he was involved in the decision to livestream the execution.
When a reporter asked the president Friday if he authorized or approved the livestreaming decision, he said, “Absolutely, I did.” But in an interview with CNY Central Syracuse later that day, he said he “wasn’t involved in that decision” to livestream the execution, while saying he understood that decision was made to “have it serve as an example.”
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