ROME — Jesuit Father James Martin asserted Tuesday that President Donald Trump is not “pro-life,” following the latter’s restoration of the death penalty on the federal level.
“Enough about being ‘pro life,’” Father Martin wrote on X (formerly Twitter), in response to an Associated Press (AP) post declaring Trump had signed “a sweeping execution [sic] order on the death penalty, directing the attorney general to ‘take all necessary and lawful action’ to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions.”
In his executive order, Trump stated capital punishment is an essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes and acts of lethal violence against American citizens.”
“Before, during, and after the founding of
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