An adviser to Donald Trump said Tuesday that Hillary Clinton should be “put in the firing line and shot for treason” over the attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans.
Al Baldasaro, a retired Marine, New Hampshire state representative and adviser to Trump on veterans issues, said on the “Jeff Kuhner Show” that Clinton is “the Jane Fonda of Vietnam,” referring to the anti-war actress’ visit to Hanoi that many said was traitorous.
“I’m a veteran that went to Desert Shield, Desert Storm. I’m also a father who sent his son to war to Iraq,” Baldasaro said on the radio show. “Hillary Clinton to me is the Jane Fonda of the Vietnam. She is a disgrace. The lies that she told those mothers about their children that got killed over there in Benghazi, she dropped the ball on over 400 emails requesting back security. Something’s wrong there.
“This whole thing disgusts me. Hillary Clinton should be put in the firing line and shot for treason,” he continued.
Baldasaro is a retired Marine first sergeant who served from 1975 to 1998, according to his LinkedIn account.
Tuesday night’s speeches at the Republican National Convention focused heavily on condemning Clinton for her actions in the 2012 Benghazi attack, as well as her use of private emails for official State Department business.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gave a fiery speech during prime time in which he played the role of prosecutor and laid out the case against the presumptive Democratic nominee.
“Hillary Clinton, as a failure for ruining Libya and creating a nest for terrorist activity for ISIS, answer me now, is she guilty or not guilty?” Christie asked the audience, which delivered a verdict of guilty.
Republicans have criticized Clinton for not providing backup when requested by those at the U.S. embassy in Benghazi when it was overrun, and for blaming the violence on a video.
On Monday night, Pat Smith, the mother of a State Department employee killed in the Benghazi attack, said she blames Clinton for her son’s death.
“For all this loss, for all this grief, for all of the cynicism the tragedy in Benghazi has wrought upon American, I blame Hillary Clinton,” Smith said.
