Republicans slam Biden as 9/11 terrorists set to flee loss of life penalty: ‘This is an abomination’

Republicans slam Biden as 9/11 terrorists set to flee loss of life penalty: ‘This is an abomination’


Jan 01, 2025 04:03 PM IST

In the wake of the appeals court docket ruling, GOP lawmaker Mike Lawler slammed the president for permitting such a plea deal to happen below his administration.

Republican lawmakers tore into Joe Biden following a navy appeals court docket ruling that allowed three 9/11 terrorists to flee loss of life penalties. On Tuesday, a decide shot down the Pentagon’s problem to their plea deal. The ruling left the victims’ households devastated as their decades-long hope for justice met a tragic ending.

U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. December 31, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno(REUTERS)

GOP lawmakers slam Joe Biden as 9/11 terrorists set to flee loss of life penalties

In the wake of the appeals court docket ruling, GOP lawmaker Mike Lawler slammed the president for permitting such a plea deal to happen below his administration. “This is an abomination. The incontrovertible fact that Joe Biden allowed these plea offers to occur on his watch is unforgivable,” the New York consultant wrote on X.

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“Nearly 3,000 households won’t ever be the identical due to 9/11 — they’ve the best to see these accountable for their struggling face the loss of life penalty,” he added. Meanwhile, Rep-elect Dereck Schmidt known as the Biden administration the “worst in American historical past.”

Former NYPD detective and outgoing Rep. Anthony D’Esposito echoed comparable sentiments, writing on X, “Last week, Biden saved the lives of 37/40 loss of life row inmates. Now, his admin’s reckless incompetence could lead to a sweetheart deal for architects of 9/11. Biden is basically anti-victim & pro-criminal — completely backwards.”

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On Tuesday, the households of these affected by the 9/11 tragedy known as out the ruling a “catastrophe.” “We are one hundred pc in opposition to the plea deal. The complete course of has been a catastrophe,” mentioned Sally Regenhard, whose firefighter son, Christian, was killed responding to the assaults, per New York Post. She added that the terrorist “ought to have been tried on the scene of the crime.”

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