United States: eight in ten Americans opposed to live broadcast of an execution, according to a poll

Eight out of ten Americans are against the live broadcast of the execution planned for early December of the killer of 13 American soldiers in 2009, according to an Ipsos poll published Thursday by the Washington Post and ABC News. This opposition to the wishes of Defense Minister Pete Hegseth is found in almost all categories of respondents, regardless of their opinion on the execution itself.

Nidal Hasan, 56, is to be shot on December 3 at the Texan base of Fort Hood (south), where he killed 13 people, including 12 soldiers, on November 5, 2009, in a jihadist attack inspired by Al-Qaeda. The idea of ​​broadcasting his killing live is opposed by 91% of respondents claiming to be in the Democratic opposition, 83% of independents and 64% of Republicans.

JD Vance will not watch this public execution.

Republican men sympathetic to Donald Trump's MAGA movement are the only group where Pete Hegseth's project has the support of a majority (57% for, 42% against). More than two-thirds of MAGA women are opposed (69% against, 29% for). The announcement by the head of the Pentagon that the execution of Nidal Hasan would be broadcast live to serve as an example aroused indignation in the United States even within the ranks of the presidential majority.