On the record · Updated October 18, 2026

Alonzo Lunsford quotes

Fort Hood shooting survivor and retired Army sergeant

4 things Alonzo Lunsford said, verbatim, from October 9, 2026 to October 11, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.

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The Pentagon should make Nidal Hasan's execution public by livestreaming it.

Disputes Oct 11

“It's not a spectacle”

Fox News Pentagon plans to livestream the Fort Hood shooter's December 3 firing-squad execution ›

Others on this question

Austin Scott Republican Representative from Georgia Disputes

“live-streaming executions is what jihadists do. America is better than that”

Pete Hegseth Defense Secretary Supports

“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things”

Robert Jeffress Senior pastor, First Baptist Dallas Supports

Robert Jeffress, a prominent Trump ally and the senior pastor of First Baptist Dallas, said that he supports the plan for a public killing

The Pentagon should let the public watch Nidal Hasan's firing-squad execution by livestream.

Qualifies Oct 9

He does not believe everyone should be able to watch the livestream, concerned about the message it sends younger people, but says it is important that those affected by the shooting are given the opportunity.

BBC News Pentagon will livestream Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan's Dec. 3 firing-squad execution ›

Others on this question

Adam Smith Rep., ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee Disputes

“makes a mockery of our legal system”

Thom Tillis Republican Senator Disputes

“Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do. It should not be happening in America.”

Pete Hegseth Defense Secretary Supports

“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public”

Alonzo Lunsford on Guns, crime & policing2

As printed Oct 11

“It wasn't no friggin' entertainment when he came in that building and killed 14 people.”

on livestreaming the 2009 Fort Hood shooter's execution, from a survivor

TheGrio ‘It’s not entertainment’: Black soldier who survived 2009 Fort Hood shooting slams idea of livestreaming shooter’s execution ›

As printed Oct 9

“I want him to know he failed. I'm still here.”

BBC News Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says ›

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