President-elect Donald Trump promised to pursue the death penalty against “violent rapists, murderers, and monsters” once he takes control of the White House.
Trump’s vow came hours after President Joe Biden‘s controversial decision to commute the sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners, which the president-elect’s team previously called a “slap in the face to the victims” as some of the prisoners committed horrific crimes against women and children.
“As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!”
Among those whose sentences were commuted by Biden were Brandon Basham, 43, and Chadrick Fulks, 47, who kidnapped, raped,…
