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'Take action!' Outrage as GOP lawmaker doubles down on calls for congresswoman's execution
https://www.rawstory.com/john-gillette/'Take action!' Outrage as GOP lawmaker doubles down on calls for congresswoman's execution
Jerod Macdonald-Evoy, Arizona Mirror
October 2, 2025 3:03PM ET
Thirty statewide advocacy groups are urging the Republicans who lead the Arizona House of Representatives to take action against a GOP legislator who called for the execution of a Democratic congresswoman because she urged people upset with President Donald Trump to peacefully protest in the streets.
Kingman Republican Rep. John Gillette wrote on the social media site X on Sept. 25 that U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington, was calling for the government to be overthrown and should be hanged.
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In an interview this week with the Arizona Republic, Gillette doubled down on his violent rhetoric, saying his only regret is that he should have said Jayapal should face a “firing squad” instead of being hanged to death.
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