There’s little doubt that the live-streamed execution of Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan will draw millions of viewers, but Vice President JD Vance won’t be one of them.
An Islamic fanatic, the former US Army major and convicted mass murderer cold-bloodedly massacred 13 people and wounded nearly three dozen others in a November 5, 2009 rampage at the sprawling military base near Killeen, Texas, the deadliest domestic terror attack on a military facility in the nation’s history.
The former military psychiatrist is set to pay for his crimes on December 3 when he will be executed by firing squad, with War Secretary Pete Hegseth announcing that the dispensing of final justice will be broadcast live, a decision that has sparked an outcry from Democrats and some Republicans.
When asked whether he plans to enjoy the action when it’s live-streamed, the vice president suggested that it may not happen and if it does, he won’t be tuning in.
Vice President JD Vance said Friday he’s “not going to be watching” the Pentagon’s livestream of the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Hasan, and cast doubt on whether the livestream will happen at all.
“I don’t know if that’s actually going to happen,” Vance said about the Pentagon’s plan, which President Trump approved.
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“I’ve seen those announcements. I don’t know if that’s actually going to happen,” Vance told reporters at a campaign stop in Lima, Ohio, where he is helping to rally Buckeye State support for GOP candidates in advance of next month’s pivotal midterm elections.
“This is a guy who committed, in my view, the worst terrorist attack on American soil outside of 9/11,” the vice president continued. “The people that he was meant to treat, the army soldiers he was meant to treat for mental illness and other problems, he took them at their most vulnerable, and gunned down these people where they lived.”
“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 said. “Now that said, if it’s ultimately livestreamed, I’m not going to be watching it.”
On Thursday, the Pentagon chief confirmed that the execution will be televised.
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— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) October 8, 2026
“He’s gonna get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be,” Hegseth said during an interview on conservative outlet Real America’s Voice. “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public — because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things.”
“Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on Thursday. “It should not be happening in America.”
“There is no need to livestream any execution, including this one. I would expect this from terrorists and dictators, but not here in America. It would give this individual, who deserves no further notoriety, the martyrdom he seeks,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said in a Friday post to X.
“So, I really don’t care how he goes, as long as he goes, and I think that the death penalty is a very worthy way of going for him,” President Donald J. Trump told reporters on Friday.
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