Republicans are condemning the Pentagon’s plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, with one senator calling it “beyond disgusting.”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that Hasan’s execution, scheduled for Dec. 3, would be public. The Pentagon later clarified that the execution would be livestreamed, a decision that is being decried by Republican lawmakers.

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