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The People Who Want to Torture Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

The Donald: What do you think of water boarding the Boston killer sometime prior to allowing our doctors to make him well? I suspect he may talk! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2013 New York State Senator Greg Ball, the one who’s been getting all the attention for his tweeted call for torture. […]

The Donald:

New York State Senator Greg Ball, the one who’s been getting all the attention for his tweeted call for torture. Hannity had him on, where he proceeded to say his view on torturing a wounded 19 year-old suspect was “from my heart.”:

Fox News host Eric Bolling:

“My dream of real justice would be a July 4 celebration of stringing this son-of-a-b-tch up in the Boston Common and letting the crows pick on his rotting flesh,” says Ted Nugent after complaining that it’s taking too long to bring him to trial, though he doesn’t specifically mention torture.

There were plenty of people calling for this and worse on the internet. But in one capacity or another, all of the above are considered leaders in the GOP or conservative movement. Maybe Fred Barnes is right about Bush being back in style.

Needless to say, all of them should have known that at this point there’s no reason to suspect that Dzokhar had any connection to terrorist groups beyond reading their propaganda. It’s also probably safe to assume none of them read the Constitution Project’s new report on torture, which Phil Giraldi explains here.

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