Donald Trump said in a series of tweets that 29 year-old Sayfullo Saipov should face the death penalty for the truck attack that killed 8 people in lower Manhattan on Tuesday.
Tweeted Trump:
“NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY! Would love to send the NYC terrorist to Guantanamo but statistically that process takes much longer than going through the Federal system……There is also something appropriate about keeping him in the home of the horrible crime he committed. Should move fast. DEATH PENALTY!”
NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2017
Would love to send the NYC terrorist to Guantanamo but statistically that process takes much longer than going through the Federal system…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2017
…There is also something appropriate about keeping him in the home of the horrible crime he committed. Should move fast. DEATH PENALTY!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2017
A few reactions on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/shaunking/status/926063457023283200
The President of the United States screaming for the DEATH PENALTY is the modern-day equivalent of a monarch yelling "off with his head!"
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) November 2, 2017
I miss normal. I miss having a leader who knew we have a functioning justice system, not a dictator in charge. https://t.co/4MeuZY6Jqw
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) November 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/stockphototrump/status/926058404338118657
“Our president” keeps insisting we give the terrorist who attacked NY the death penalty without due process. I forgot we're an autocracy now
— Not Fake News (@_NotFakeNews_) November 2, 2017
