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Pope Leo Says PUBLIC EXECUTION is WRONG — Even for Mass Murderers artwork

Pope Leo Says PUBLIC EXECUTION is WRONG — Even for Mass Murderers

Valuetainment

October 14, 2026

Nidal Hasan killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, and Trump has approved his execution by firing squad. When Pope Leo was asked about it, his answer was blunt: “The death penalty is inadmissible.” The first American pope is drawing a hard line against executing even a convicted mass shooter.

Speakers Patrick Bet-David, Vinny Oshana, JD Vance, Donald Trump, Tom, Adam

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Patrick Bet-David (0:30)

Pope Leo was asked about the execution that Hexa talked about with the major who killed 13 soldiers, I believe, and hospitalized 32 of them. And while he's going through it, the pope tweets the following. If you have the tweet out there, right there, go all the way to the top. I think that's the one right there. Dear friends, during some recent medical examination, no, not that one. There was another one. I'm sorry, that was on me. Go back another tweet that he had about executions. I think he just did that. There you go. The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment. Effective systems of detention have been developed and protected citizens, while at the same time, do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption, know that death penalty is what he's saying. Can you go to the comment section below? No, they can't, which is why God mandated the death penalty in the Bible. You f'n libtard. That's not me saying it. Carl Benjamin said, a recommended reading for your holiness, the Bible. Go a little bit lower if you could. This is in direct contradiction of scripture.

Go a little bit lower just to see what the audience is saying. Shouldn't the Pope know the Bible says? Well, with all due respect, the Bible teaches both mercy and justice. Genesis 9, 6, that's Vincent Toshana. Whoever sheds human blood by human, shall their blood be shed.

Romans 13, 4 reminds us of the government authorities. Do not bear the sword for nothing. God commands us to not murder, but he also establishes consequences for evil. Forgiveness does not eliminate accountability. What about the dignity and sanctity of the innocent lives taken?

Vinny Oshana (2:10)

Bingo.

Patrick Bet-David (2:11)

You can believe in Jesus Christ, forgiveness and redemption while still believing that justice must be served. Fun fact, if you can count the donation of Pepin in 756 in the beginning of the public day, we can skip that.

And by the way, JD Vance said he won't be watching it. If it's gonna be televised, the last thing JD Vance said in that interview says, I will not be watching it if it's televised. And even the president was asked about the execution. If you wanna go to the one with the president, yeah, that's the one, right? If it's all in the live stream, do me a favor, go to the last, yeah, play that clip if you could. Play that clip if you could.

SPEAKER_4 (2:43)

Pentagon's announcement that they wish to live stream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooting.

JD Vance (2:50)

Well, first of all, I've seen these announcements. I don't know that that's actually gonna happen. Let's sort of see what, I think it's gonna happen in December when he's executed. But what I try to remind people is, look, this is a guy who committed, in my view, the worst terrorist attack on American soil outside and not where they live. So whatever the controversy is about the method of the execution. I hope that people don't forget that this is a guy who brutally murdered a lot of innocent people. Now that said, I mean, look, if it's ultimately live streamed, I'm not gonna be watching it.

Patrick Bet-David (3:19)

So that's JD's position, right? He said that. Now the president, if you wanna ask what the president said about it on the public execution, Trump execution, yeah, it should come up.

So you have a few different people getting into it. I mean, it doesn't get bigger than the Pope, represent the Catholic Church. And by the way, he can have his own opinion about it. He can say, and Catholics can simply agree or disagree and say, I don't agree with the Pope, even though he's my Pope. Decision regarding live streaming. Yeah, that one right there. That's the one right there. Go for it.

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