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(6,839 posts) Wed Nov 25, 2020, 10:36 AM Nov 2020

Trump Trying to Reinstate Execution by Firing Squad Before He Leaves Office, Says Report [View all]

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

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Trump Trying to Reinstate Execution by Firing Squad Before He Leaves Office, Says Report [View all] Mrs. Overall Nov 2020 OP

We are going to need a cabinet level secretary of undoing Trump's a mess Walleye Nov 2020 #1

no shit! llashram Nov 2020 #8

+1000! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #106

+1000! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #107

There would be a lot of volunteers Turbineguy Nov 2020 #2

I'd have a tough time turning down such an opportunity. (nt) Paladin Nov 2020 #21

Trump is making himself and TrumpCo members eligible for execution NCjack Nov 2020 #43

He may regret that decision. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #3

+1 2naSalit Nov 2020 #4

Exactly soothsayer Nov 2020 #5

Indeed! That treasonous bastard may be the first to 'profit' from that change! nt Nay Nov 2020 #11

I will be here cheering Grimelle Nov 2020 #31

he is probably thinking of the ratings he will get rurallib Nov 2020 #44

Pay Per View - huge money to be made. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #45

he and Miller are llashram Nov 2020 #6

Takes "You're Fired!" to a different level. FailureToCommunicate Nov 2020 #7

"You're Fired Upon." (nt) klook Nov 2020 #85

Ten points mahina Nov 2020 #102

Long as he's the first one to get shot i'm good onetexan Nov 2020 #9

Firing squad AND decapitation dalton99a Nov 2020 #10

Drawn and quartered. Hekate Nov 2020 #84

Sadistic POS. tanyev Nov 2020 #12

This was my first thought as well. nt chowder66 Nov 2020 #62

I have said "Make Firing Squads Great Again" for some time. gibraltar72 Nov 2020 #13

Think of the ratings! central scrutinizer Nov 2020 #14

Well, and birdographer Nov 2020 #24

But that's French central scrutinizer Nov 2020 #32

Good point... birdographer Nov 2020 #82

Nah... so far, they seem to prefer watching orphan kids in cages. Lock him up. Nov 2020 #96

What a sick, sadistic MFer. He's likewise trying to kill as many Fed prisoners as possible before hlthe2b Nov 2020 #15

I have no problem with firing squads and then rushed to have organs removed and transplanted. LiberalArkie Nov 2020 #16

Minor problem with that plan Boomer Nov 2020 #61

Kim recommended execution by AAA to Trump. Marcuse Nov 2020 #69

Use a head shot. Organs intact! oldsoftie Nov 2020 #72

That was my thought.. I discovered that electrical activated shot gun shells LiberalArkie Nov 2020 #97

Great, another DP fan on DU! nt USALiberal Nov 2020 #88

There are more than you'd think. Especially for those that deserve it oldsoftie Nov 2020 #98

And how specifically is a zero-error system accomplished? LanternWaste Nov 2020 #104

Very simple. I'm sure you could figure it out. oldsoftie Nov 2020 #105

"loosen water-saving standards on showerheads" left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #17

It takes strong water pressure to get his bottom clean. JudyM Nov 2020 #26

The dude does have a MASSIVE surface area to try to get clean ... mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #58

"loosen water-saving standards on showerheads" left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #18

Already available in Utah central scrutinizer Nov 2020 #19

If he really believes that he will have a second term, is pushing for execution Mrs. Overall Nov 2020 #20

First thing I thought of Bayard Nov 2020 #47

Yes. Lethal injection drugs are in short supply, so he is legalizing Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #111

be careful what he wishes for as treason can have that as an outcome and would mess his hair up beachbumbob Nov 2020 #22

What a sick, sick man he is, and unbelievably bitter and unhappy. I thought the Supreme Court.... George II Nov 2020 #23

They have never ruled that. former9thward Nov 2020 #68

It's also the bloodiest and the second most graphic after guillotine LeftInTX Nov 2020 #101

He's been a shitty president because he's a shitty human being William Seger Nov 2020 #74

All forms of execution are ridiculous in modern times. truthisfreedom Nov 2020 #25

Pure gaslighting Botany Nov 2020 #27

I hereby offer my services to run the concession stand when that murdering orange traitor and niyad Nov 2020 #28

failed pustule's ravings shall be undone - fearful refuKKKchickens trying to save themselves bringthePaine Nov 2020 #29

This cretin has the mentality of a (very) slow eleven year old boy. Texin Nov 2020 #30

Is that you Borowitz?....now you're getting silly Submariner Nov 2020 #33

I guess his golden showers in Russia were more powerful than what he gets here! nt. Ziggysmom Nov 2020 #34

Good grief! Cracklin Charlie Nov 2020 #35

Well i'd be for RUMP standing in huge puddle water, with bluestarone Nov 2020 #36

That ain't how it works jmowreader Nov 2020 #57

I do realize this BUT bluestarone Nov 2020 #60

trump just wants the firing squad executions filmed. Paladin Nov 2020 #37

Sadist-in-Chief. highplainsdem Nov 2020 #38

I LOVE the notion of re-instituting Execution by Firing Squad doctorzuma Nov 2020 #39

He should be careful what he wishes for. JohnnyRingo Nov 2020 #40

He knows his base. JohnnyRingo Nov 2020 #41

I think you have it. Harker Nov 2020 #49

So we should use that method for orange amin sdfernando Nov 2020 #42

What a freaking A-hole! Fla Dem Nov 2020 #46

Because, you know, it's one of those must-haves in the dictator toolbox infullview Nov 2020 #48

Then like NorK Kim he will initiate firing squads that use anti-aircraft gunnery. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2020 #50

It's a seed for gun nuts to plant. Harker Nov 2020 #51

Be careful what you wish for Donnie. NNadir Nov 2020 #52

As if more proof was needed that reality has been slipping away from him for quite some time. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #53

Something for the gun lovers? TryLogic Nov 2020 #54

Sound like he is trying to avoid the guillotine n/t mikelgb Nov 2020 #55

LOL, Trump should be careful what he wishes for. He might be the first recipient of an execution by Nitram Nov 2020 #56

If there'd been a second term * MurrayDelph Nov 2020 #59

I used to love that comic book as a kid kimbutgar Nov 2020 #63

But We Already DallasNE Nov 2020 #64

If anyone needed more proof this is one fascist, racist cabal empowering the nation's worst impulses lambchopp59 Nov 2020 #65

This is just too easy. He must be trolling us. /nt flibbitygiblets Nov 2020 #66

Maybe he has a death wish rhiannon55 Nov 2020 #67

Can he be the first prisoner to be executed? NEOBuckeye Nov 2020 #70

What's next, removing electricity from homes? bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #71

No reason to expect anything less from this sociopath. He gets off on having power of life and death NoRoadUntravelled Nov 2020 #73

the guy who invented the guillotine and the guy WhiteTara Nov 2020 #75

That is just some fantastic news, isn't it? BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #76

The subject line suggests that trump himself would be executed thus Orrex Nov 2020 #77

This message was self-deleted by its author Orrex Nov 2020 #78

Kim Jong-Un. TomDaisy Nov 2020 #79

He probably doesn't know Treason and Sedition is punishable by death. But I'm not going to tell him W T F Nov 2020 #80

Please Proceed, Donnie Paul Politerude Nov 2020 #81

Puts me in mind of a pungent phrase from the 1960s I'd like to see used on Mango Mussolini.... Hekate Nov 2020 #83

What, no arena with gladiators, lions, and tigers? Two thumbs down. klook Nov 2020 #86

I am shocked about how many DUers support the DP! nt USALiberal Nov 2020 #87

Really? I think we are all being very, very selective, with variations on the theme of... Hekate Nov 2020 #93

I'm somewhat in agreement with this jmowreader Nov 2020 #89

This is sickening. Iris Nov 2020 #90

Final weeks, not months. roamer65 Nov 2020 #91

Didn't see THAT coming... louis-t Nov 2020 #92

Is death by injection really more humane? melman Nov 2020 #94

Death by firing squad is appropriate for TREASON just sayin nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Nov 2020 #95

Transgender people, also known as PEOPLE. Qutzupalotl Nov 2020 #99

Call me old fashioned, but why not bring back keel-hauling? FailureToCommunicate Nov 2020 #100

The Squad to tRump: "You're Fired" Blue Owl Nov 2020 #103

Every time I think that I can finally tell the difference between reality and satire, . . . wackadoo wabbit Nov 2020 #108

Remember that ad he placed in the New York Times demanding the execution Withywindle Nov 2020 #109

Why did he wait until now? Martin Eden Nov 2020 #110