Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads
2026-04-24 17:44 UTC
Replies (36)
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@Witchfire@lemmy.world 2026-04-24 18:03
1. Build massive secretive camps that house thousands and thousands of people 2. Raise a personal gestapo to hunt down and disappear immigrants 3. Pass laws that brand anyone left of Reagan as a domestic terrorist 4. Call for more firing squads 5. ???
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@BillyClark@piefed.social 2026-04-24 19:09
Whenever capital punishment comes up, I am reminded of the hypocrisy of American Christians. Pretty much every Christian claims to believe that killing is prohibited by the ten commandments. In a democracy, if you vote for a politician who supports the death penalty, you are asking them to kill a person on your behalf. A Christian should not be able to vote for a politician who supports the death penalty. Compare that with abortion. The bible says virtually nothing about abortion except how to pray for one. If you vote for a pro-choice politician, nobody is being killed on your behalf. Compare these two, and it's obvious that a Christian who votes for a pro-death-penalty and anti-abortion candidate is voting against their own religion. But they claim to be voting for Christian values, which is pure hypocrisy.
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@jtrek@startrek.website 2026-04-24 21:16
I hope this is foreshadowing for the trump regime being executed as war criminals.
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@ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 2026-04-25 00:30
Nothing should be a clearer indication that the death penalty should not exist than lunatics like him controlling it.
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@Zak@lemmy.world 2026-04-24 17:58
If I supported capital punishment, I'd be in favor of firing squads over lethal injection. It's more honest. Shooting someone is clearly meant to kill while lethal injection dresses it up like a medical procedure. I oppose capital punishment though. The criminal justice system is not reliable enough to only punish those truly guilty of the worst crimes, it doesn't seem to be a more effective deterrent than imprisonment, and it usually ends up costing more than imprisonment for an offender's natural lifespan.
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@theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-24 23:59
Abolish the death penalty completely no reason to trust the state with this power.
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@RagingRobot@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 03:10
I hope he does this, then the next president comes in and trump gets sentenced to death for treason lol. Unlikely but a nice dream
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@Jako302@feddit.org 2026-04-25 13:16
And everyone on this side of the pond said I'm overreacting by calling trumps immigrant detention centers "concentration camps", but here we are. Even the Nazis didn't start as fast with their genocide as the orange turd seems to try.
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@W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 2026-04-25 06:35
He means Death Squads. Every Republican accusation was an admission of guilt.
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@skozzii@lemmy.ca 2026-04-25 14:58
In a two tiered justice system where the rich have no accountability I can't see this being problematic at all. America is a shit hole country now.
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@Lanske@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 10:57
Will they start with child rapists?!
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@kokesh@lemmy.world 2026-04-24 18:23
Trump should be met by a firing squad. I'm sure there would be lots of volunteers.
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@la508@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 09:57
The death penalty is anathema to civilised society.
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@Formfiller@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 03:18
Can we start with the pedophiles?
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@Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2026-04-25 13:25
Death penalty is stupid because now ppl who Commit a crime will just all in. Death for being a rally? Guess ill just commit to politicians instead Death for aborting rapist baby. Guess ill kill the rapist and maybe a few morw while im at it. Etc etc
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@wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-25 01:46
I warned about this before the election. People thought I was crazy... Republicans have literally been talking about this for years...
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@Iamcanadian@piefed.ca 2026-04-25 02:05
Searching for ways to go as low as possible, this orange administration. Very creative.
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@TwinTitans@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 15:07
Shooting the pedos? Let’s start there.
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@HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 2026-04-24 18:18
Gee, I wonder if capital punishment is going to be recommended for "anti-American values", etc. Totally no way that's going to happen.
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@800XL@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 07:17
Let's start with them.
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@homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2026-04-24 18:22
Yeah but Harris was once a district attorney. So we get this. Its all the Demmicrats fault.
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@comrade_twisty@feddit.org 2026-04-24 18:20
Suprised they're not at the point where they are looking to streamline executions by creating large multi-occupancy gas chambers. But I guess even their role models started with firing squads, so nothing to see here...
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@SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2026-04-26 15:46
Again I ask. Does anyone really think those camps are only for immigrants, or criminals? Bullshit. They're for us.
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@lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 13:52
Always a fucking day he comes up with an awful idea.
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@TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2026-04-24 18:34
For themselves?
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@Hayduke@lemmy.world 2026-04-24 18:47
He should first familiarize himself with Nicolae Ceaușescu and how well his grifting and bullshitting worked out for him. Firing squads might sound less romantic after that.
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@crusa187@lemmy.ml 2026-04-24 19:40
Pretty much the exact thing we claim to be invading Iran over. Interesting…
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@melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2026-04-25 12:03
Don't let the trump folk know about being "drawn and quartered". Those fuckers will jump on that like white on rice. Can you say "trump/epstein" files?
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@DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 13:21
Tbh if I was on death row, I think I'd prefer firing squad to some drug cocktail
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@ViceroTempus@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 13:30
Would anybody be interested in a party at The White House on July 4th? BYOF(Bring Your Own Fireworks).
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@BillCheddar@lemmy.world 2026-04-26 15:53
We can start with his administration. Most of them have committed crimes punishable by death.
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@Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-25 15:10
Remember they are setting this bar for justice when the pendulum swings... If I hear one outcry about lifetime sentences for these Epstein pedos I will lose my shit.
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@Mannimarco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-25 01:38
Seems on brand
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@Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-24 18:11
Horseman named Conquest.
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@phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2026-04-27 11:17
He wants to watch more videos of executions.
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@mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-25 01:22
Time to update the chart? 