NJ Governor Mikie Sherrill Complains About Firing Squad for Fort Hood Shooter, Calls Him ‘Guy Who’s in a Wheelchair’ (VIDEO)

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill recently appeared on MSNOW and complained about the fact that Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad.

Sherrill cloaked her criticism in concern for the members of the military who will be part of the firing squad.

She also refers to the killer Hasan as a ‘guy who’s in a wheelchair’ in an obvious attempt to garner sympathy for him. She conveniently leaves out the fact that Hasan is in a wheelchair because he was eventually shot to stop his attack.

Partial transcript via Breitbart News:

On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) discussed the now-canceled plans to publicly stream the planned execution of the Fort Hood shooter and said that soldiers are going to be told, “you’re going to go shoot this guy who’s in a wheelchair.” And “there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”

Sherrill said, “I think the thing, as I think about it, that just keeps breaking my heart, imagine the 20-year-old, imagine, maybe, the 18-year-old, that stepped up to serve, that gets orders and says, you’re going to go shoot this guy who’s in a wheelchair. Imagine feeling like, I don’t know what to do here. And I think there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”

Watch the clip below:

NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill on the execution of Nidal Hasan: “The thing that just keeps breaking my heart: imagine the 20-year-old, maybe the 18-year-old that stepped up to serve, that gets orders and says, you’re going to go shoot this guy who’s in a wheelchair.” pic.twitter.com/6WdVnDjvTt

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Every time Democrats are given an opportunity to be on the right side of an issue, they fail.

Sherrill could have easily handled this by saying that while she opposes the firing squad, the death penalty is appropriate in this case, or something to that effect.

Instead, she tries to create sympathy for the shooter by emphasizing the fact that he’s in a wheelchair. Just amazing.