Trump Trying to Reinstate Execution by Firing Squad Before He Leaves Office, Says Report

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: The Daily Beast

There have been many predictions—from instigating nuclear war to pardoning Joe Exotic—about what President Donald Trump might do during his final months in office, but it’s fair to say few people guessed this.

According to a report from ProPublica, Trump is trying to rush through a proposed regulation that could see federal executions being carried out by firing squads again. The proposed rule cleared White House review on Nov. 6, according to the report, so it could be finalized any day. However, the archaic method may never be used—all five scheduled federal executions are expected to be carried out with lethal injection, and President-elect Joe Biden opposes the death penalty.

Elsewhere in the report, it’s stated that Trump is also trying to push through a regulation that would exclude transgender people from federally funded homeless shelters and loosen water-saving standards on showerheads—a personal grievance the president has frequently railed about to rally crowds.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-trying-to-reinstate-execution-by-firing-squad-before-he-leaves-office-says-report

[Walleye]

1. We are going to need a cabinet level secretary of undoing Trump's a mess

[llashram]

8. no shit!

and it will take months, maybe even years for that Secretary to root out the trump-miller rats infesting our government

[Rhiannon12866]

106. +1000!

[Rhiannon12866]

107. +1000!

[Turbineguy]

2. There would be a lot of volunteers

to execute him and his enablers.

[Paladin]

21. I'd have a tough time turning down such an opportunity. (nt)

[NCjack]

43. Trump is making himself and TrumpCo members eligible for execution

by Firing Squad.

[lagomorph777]

3. He may regret that decision.

Unless he thinks it might be a more pleasant way to go, compared to, say, living out his days in a former baby-jail, eating moldy bread, drinking toilet water, and sleeping on a concrete floor.

[2naSalit]

4. +1

[soothsayer]

5. Exactly

[Nay]

11. Indeed! That treasonous bastard may be the first to 'profit' from that change! nt

[Grimelle]

31. I will be here cheering

From the Non-COVID infected bleachers.

[rurallib]

44. he is probably thinking of the ratings he will get

[lagomorph777]

45. Pay Per View - huge money to be made.

...for his heirs? Who may find themselves in a similar spot...

[llashram]

6. he and Miller are

so evilly depraved

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. Takes "You're Fired!" to a different level.

[klook]

85. "You're Fired Upon." (nt)

[mahina]

102. Ten points

[onetexan]

9. Long as he's the first one to get shot i'm good

[dalton99a]

10. Firing squad AND decapitation

Donald Trump wants to see blood - lots of blood - squirting, gushing blood

[Hekate]

84. Drawn and quartered.

“You first. Sir.”

[tanyev]

12. Sadistic POS.

[chowder66]

62. This was my first thought as well. nt

[gibraltar72]

13. I have said "Make Firing Squads Great Again" for some time.

I believe one execution in particular I would volunteer for. Special situations require special actions.

[central scrutinizer]

14. Think of the ratings!

Why not bring back gladiator combat in a big stadium? Or throw in a couple hungry lions.

[birdographer]

24. Well, and

the guillotine in the town square. That was a very popular one.

[central scrutinizer]

32. But that's French

Drumpf had his feelings hurt by Emmanuel Macron a couple times. Freedom fries!

[birdographer]

82. Good point...

I was just riding on the gladiator comment. I don't think we had those, either. Russell Crowe isn't even American!

[Lock him up.]

96. Nah... so far, they seem to prefer watching orphan kids in cages.

Just who in the world do these criminal acts? Employees of our government???

LOCK.EM.UP & (open fire?)

[hlthe2b]

15. What a sick, sadistic MFer. He's likewise trying to kill as many Fed prisoners as possible before

he's hauled out--even to the point of short-circuiting final appeals.

[LiberalArkie]

16. I have no problem with firing squads and then rushed to have organs removed and transplanted.

[Boomer]

61. Minor problem with that plan

A hail of bullets isn't going to leave you many undamaged organs. Heart and lung will be torn up. I guess you might recover a kidney or two and the corneas.

[Marcuse]

69. Kim recommended execution by AAA to Trump.

[oldsoftie]

72. Use a head shot. Organs intact!

[LiberalArkie]

97. That was my thought.. I discovered that electrical activated shot gun shells

are available. Put the person in a chair the the headrest has the shell and the firing team each press a button but only one works. Clean and effective and organs safe. But it is messy.

[USALiberal]

88. Great, another DP fan on DU! nt

[oldsoftie]

98. There are more than you'd think. Especially for those that deserve it

*hand raised*
Although the law should be changed to prevent ANY chance of innocents executed.

[LanternWaste]

104. And how specifically is a zero-error system accomplished?

"Although the law should be changed to prevent ANY chance of innocents executed."

And how specifically is a zero-error system accomplished?
Or are we simply wishing aloud?

[oldsoftie]

105. Very simple. I'm sure you could figure it out.

[left-of-center2012]

17. "loosen water-saving standards on showerheads"

Don't forget the flush toilets !

Trump's told us he has to flush his toilet 5 or 6 times to get his shit down the pipe.

[JudyM]

26. It takes strong water pressure to get his bottom clean.

[mr_lebowski]

58. The dude does have a MASSIVE surface area to try to get clean ...

But that doesn't change the fact that there's no federal law forcing anyone to use low-flow showerheads TTBOMK.

There may some state laws requiring them, esp. in times of drought, at least in hotels, motels, probably public housing, that sort of thing. Some states may ban the sale in stores of showerheads that exceed a certain level, not sure on that. But for sure if you really want a full-flow showerhead, you can put one in your own house and you're not gonna get fined or arrested or anything.

Course I'm sure he stays in hotels so much, so he very frequently finds low flow heads, hence his whining ... but I'm pretty sure that most hotels use them BECAUSE IT SAVES THEM MONEY not because there's some federal law mandating it. Could be wrong, but ...

[left-of-center2012]

18. "loosen water-saving standards on showerheads"

Don't forget the flush toilets !

Trump's told us he has to flush his toilet 5 or 6 times to get his shit down the pipe.

[central scrutinizer]

19. Already available in Utah

https://www.npr.org/2015/04/05/397672199/utah-brings-back-firing-squad-executions-witnesses-recall-the-last-one

[Mrs. Overall]

20. If he really believes that he will have a second term, is pushing for execution

by firing squad a fantasy he has in terms of punishing his political "enemies?"

[Bayard]

47. First thing I thought of

His greatest dream would is to see Biden, Obama, and Hillary Clinton gunned down. On national TV.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

111. Yes. Lethal injection drugs are in short supply, so he is legalizing

firing squads as a cheap and easy means to execute as many of his political enemies as he can, as fast as he can.

[beachbumbob]

22. be careful what he wishes for as treason can have that as an outcome and would mess his hair up

[George II]

23. What a sick, sick man he is, and unbelievably bitter and unhappy. I thought the Supreme Court....

....ruled decades ago that firing squad, hanging, and other methods of execution was "cruel and inhuman punishment", which is why they went to lethal injections.

If he's successful, may he be the first to be punished in that manner after he's convicted if treason.

[former9thward]

68. They have never ruled that.

In fact, the firing squad is probably the most humane. It is instant and pain free, unlike any of the rest. If someone was going to kill me that is the method I would choose.

[LeftInTX]

101. It's also the bloodiest and the second most graphic after guillotine

Trump is doing this for "shock value" and to "fire up his base"

Sorry, I will take my execution like I do my surgery: "Just put me to sleep"...

It's all about perception.

[William Seger]

74. He's been a shitty president because he's a shitty human being

... and so is every last Trump voter, whatever their excuse.

[truthisfreedom]

25. All forms of execution are ridiculous in modern times.

Again and again it's been proven that it's far more expensive to execute someone (18 times in California!) than to sentence them to life in prison. The burden of proof and all of the legalities put millions of dollars into lawyers' pockets. Meanwhile, incarceration costs are fixed and limited to a lifetime. The punishment of lifetime imprisonment is horrifying. There's also the possibility of redemption.

There's also the possibility of innocence.

[Botany]

27. Pure gaslighting

But if Trump is found guilty of treason and the homicide of over 1/4 million Americans
then Trump can have a chair, leather straps, a blindfold, straw bales, a brick wall, and
an appointment @ dawn.

[niyad]

28. I hereby offer my services to run the concession stand when that murdering orange traitor and

his loyalists are sentenced for their crimes.

[bringthePaine]

29. failed pustule's ravings shall be undone - fearful refuKKKchickens trying to save themselves

[Texin]

30. This cretin has the mentality of a (very) slow eleven year old boy.

FFS, hasn't he done enough egregious shit for a lifetime by now?

[Submariner]

33. Is that you Borowitz?....now you're getting silly

[Ziggysmom]

34. I guess his golden showers in Russia were more powerful than what he gets here! nt.

[Cracklin Charlie]

35. Good grief!

Take your crazy, and hit the bricks, Mr. “President”.

[bluestarone]

36. Well i'd be for RUMP standing in huge puddle water, with

a LIVE 220 volt cord in EACH HAND!!

[jmowreader]

57. That ain't how it works

First they would shave his head and legs. Next, they would attach an electrode (using conductive gel, no sponges anymore) to the top of his head and one leg. And to finish the job, they use a cycle that goes from 3000 volts to 500 volts...IIRC it’s a minute at 3000, a minute at 500, they turn off the power and check for signs of life, and if he’s not dead they give him more cycles until he is.

[bluestarone]

60. I do realize this BUT

I prefer my way! I'm sure the end result will be the SAME!

[Paladin]

37. trump just wants the firing squad executions filmed.

Better jackoff material for him.

[highplainsdem]

38. Sadist-in-Chief.

[doctorzuma]

39. I LOVE the notion of re-instituting Execution by Firing Squad

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providing the law stimulates it only applies to the 45th President of the United States. (But only if he is found guilty of crimes worth of such punishment by a United States Court of Law). I bet we can find lots of supporters for this practice!!!

[JohnnyRingo]

40. He should be careful what he wishes for.

Especially with the possible stain of treason on him.

[JohnnyRingo]

41. He knows his base.

And he's on a campaign to enlist the fringes into MAGA for some as yet unseen reason.

He may be running again, he may want a hit TV show, or maybe he just craves the adulation and doesn't want to fade away, but he's recruiting a bigger following.

[Harker]

49. I think you have it.

It's a perverted "gift" of phony legitimacy to his gun-obsessed base.

[sdfernando]

42. So we should use that method for orange amin

Probably will have volunteers up the yazoo for that!

As to the showerhead thing, my guess is it takes a lot of time to wash that rotund figure and he doesn't want to be away from twitter too long.

[Fla Dem]

46. What a freaking A-hole!

[infullview]

48. Because, you know, it's one of those must-haves in the dictator toolbox

[Bernardo de La Paz]

50. Then like NorK Kim he will initiate firing squads that use anti-aircraft gunnery. . . nt

[Harker]

51. It's a seed for gun nuts to plant.

A re-setting of the precedent that will bolster future arguments about the importance and legitimacy of unfettered gun ownership.

Or maybe he thinks his terrorist followers who live by the gun should be able to die by the gun.

Such heroism.

I'm well beyond sick of trying to twist my mind to understand what these sickos ate thinking.

[NNadir]

52. Be careful what you wish for Donnie.

[BobTheSubgenius]

53. As if more proof was needed that reality has been slipping away from him for quite some time.

What's next? A vendetta against tropical fruits?

[TryLogic]

54. Something for the gun lovers?

Or a distraction? Watch out for what he is doing that flies under the radar. Rachel is onto this phenomenon with examples - like destroying Open Skies Treaty surveillance planes.

[mikelgb]

55. Sound like he is trying to avoid the guillotine n/t

[Nitram]

56. LOL, Trump should be careful what he wishes for. He might be the first recipient of an execution by

firing squad for high treason.

[MurrayDelph]

59. If there'd been a second term *

* (pui pui pui)

[kimbutgar]

63. I used to love that comic book as a kid

This is hilarious.

[DallasNE]

64. But We Already

Have death by firing squad for things like driving while black.

[lambchopp59]

65. If anyone needed more proof this is one fascist, racist cabal empowering the nation's worst impulses

[flibbitygiblets]

66. This is just too easy. He must be trolling us. /nt

[rhiannon55]

67. Maybe he has a death wish

and the best way to go out with a BANG in front of millions of adoring fans would be by firing squad. Maybe he thinks it'll be worth it for the ratings.

And anyway, what's the point of living if he can't be the king he's always known himself to be? Poor widdle narcissist.

[NEOBuckeye]

70. Can he be the first prisoner to be executed?

Be careful what you wish for, Donnie.

[bucolic_frolic]

71. What's next, removing electricity from homes?

yeah, let's reverse innovate everything. Let's go back to when things were great. Like cholera, typhoid, civil war, smallpox, polio ... life was GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

[NoRoadUntravelled]

73. No reason to expect anything less from this sociopath. He gets off on having power of life and death

over people. I cannot wait for this sicko to be out of the White House.

[WhiteTara]

75. the guy who invented the guillotine and the guy

who invented the electric chair died in their inventions. trump might get his own firing squad for treason, should the jury say it's so.

[BobTheSubgenius]

76. That is just some fantastic news, isn't it?

If you needed any further evidence to make you believe that he, reality and common sense have all parted ways, this could certainly qualify.

I heard that, later this week - probably News Dump Friday - he is going to announce a pogrom against tropical fruit, because f them.

[Orrex]

77. The subject line suggests that trump himself would be executed thus

Well, who am I to argue with the President of the United States of America?

[TomDaisy]

79. Kim Jong-Un.

[W T F]

80. He probably doesn't know Treason and Sedition is punishable by death. But I'm not going to tell him

[Paul Politerude]

81. Please Proceed, Donnie

[Hekate]

83. Puts me in mind of a pungent phrase from the 1960s I'd like to see used on Mango Mussolini....

“Up against the wall, motherfucker.”

The more genteel version: “You first. Sir.”

Gods save us from this death cult.

[klook]

86. What, no arena with gladiators, lions, and tigers? Two thumbs down.

Artist rendering of how the Circus of Nero looked, 54 AD – 68 AD

[USALiberal]

87. I am shocked about how many DUers support the DP! nt

[Hekate]

93. Really? I think we are all being very, very selective, with variations on the theme of...

“You first, Sir.”

[jmowreader]

89. I'm somewhat in agreement with this

If there HAVE to be executions, lethal injection is absolutely the wrong way to do it.

The first problem is you can't get the most important part of the drug cocktail - the stuff that knocks you out so you don't know you're being killed. For reasons I don't know, all the general anesthetic used in this country is made in Europe. Europe has strict regulations against helping in executions, and they've already stopped exporting one important anesthetic to the US out of fear it'll wind up in a prison killing someone. (They also almost stopped shipping Propofol to the US because a Missouri prison was accidentally shipped five vials of it and the first thing they thought was, "Cool! Now we can execute five prisoners!&quot

The second problem is anyone who knows shit about anesthesia is ethically prohibited from participating in an execution. Texas found some way to train its executioners how to do it, but most states...it would be more humane to get Donny Donowitz from Inglourious Basterds to beat the prisoners to death with a baseball bat than to give them an Oklahoma-style lethal injection.

On the other hand, if you shoot someone in the heart with five rifles, they die right then. And we can also learn from the French: the French government wanted to ban execution a lot sooner than they ultimately did, but the population said it had to continue and "with this new lethal injection process, their deaths will be peaceful and painless." So the government decided to keep the guillotine, on the grounds that juries would be less likely to sentence someone to be chopped in half than to get a little needle poke in the arm and fall asleep forever. Turns out they were right - juries wouldn't sentence someone to be chopped in half even for the most brutal murders.

Besides, if we HAVE to stand the entire Trump administration up against the wall, it would be really helpful if Trump himself made it possible.

And as for those fucking shower heads...Don, you do realize you're supposed to remove your makeup BEFORE you get in the shower, right?

[Iris]

90. This is sickening.

[roamer65]

91. Final weeks, not months.

It’s less than 2 months now.

[louis-t]

92. Didn't see THAT coming...

[melman]

94. Is death by injection really more humane?

Obviously not. There is no such thing as a humane execution.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

95. Death by firing squad is appropriate for TREASON just sayin nt

[Qutzupalotl]

99. Transgender people, also known as PEOPLE.

So, WTF?

[FailureToCommunicate]

100. Call me old fashioned, but why not bring back keel-hauling?

(Note: do NOT share this suggestion with Trump please)

[Blue Owl]

103. The Squad to tRump: "You're Fired"

[wackadoo wabbit]

108. Every time I think that I can finally tell the difference between reality and satire, . . .

. . . I'm proven wrong.

Of all the things I thought that Trump would attempt during the interregnum, reinstating execution by firing squad just never occurred to me.

[Withywindle]

109. Remember that ad he placed in the New York Times demanding the execution

of the Central Park Five?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_jogger_case

(Teenagers who were later EXONERATED. They DIDN'T DO IT.)

Trump has never admitted he was wrong. He never apologized. He never took a single minute to reflect on the fact that he spent money to call for the killing of 5 innocent kids.

He's got a sadistic execution fetish. Especially when the victims are Black or Brown.

I really recommend Ava DuVernay's drama series When They See Us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_They_See_Us

[Martin Eden]

110. Why did he wait until now?

This is a manifestation of Trump's mental pathologies in being kicked out of office -- lashing out with CRUELTY while he still has the power of the office.

To glimpse the "soul" of this creature is to stare into the abyss.