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‘Disgusting’: Dem Senator shocked by Hegseth plan to livestream firing squad execution

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Democratic Senator Chris Murphy says it's 'disgusting' that the Pentagon plans to livestream the firing squad execution of the man who killed 13 people in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood. Sen. Murphy tells Erin Burnett, "I understand that in this country we have the death penalty, but public executions [are] medieval."

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