Tommy Tuberville called for Zohran Mamdani to be sent to Guantanamo Bay, in response to the New York mayor's comments about Benjamin Netanyahu.

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville called for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to be arrested and sent to the infamous American torture prison at Guantanamo Bay. Mamdani’s crime? Calling indicted alleged war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu an “architect of genocide,” responsible for a series of atrocities in the ongoing war on Gaza.

“Sooner or later,” Mamdani will “do something more stupid than what he’s done, where we will finally say enough is enough, go put the handcuffs on him … and send him to Gitmo,” Tuberville, a Republican, said, calling Mamdani a “thug.”

  • Sunflier@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    405·
    15 days ago

    Not to be a nitpicker, but its “hanged” not “hung”. Hung is the past tense of hanging something up (Jimmy went and hung up his coat). The past tense of the execution is hanged (Jimmy was hanged at dawn in town square).

    • theherk@lemmy.world
      211·
      15 days ago

      How is that not being a nitpicker? From the MW usage guide.

      The distinction between hanged and hung is not an especially useful one (although a few commentators claim otherwise). It is, however, a simple one and certainly easy to remember. Therein lies its popularity. If you make a point of observing the distinction in your writing, you will not thereby become a better writer, but you will spare yourself the annoyance of being corrected for having done something that is not wrong.

      They were used completely interchangeably for centuries and still are to some extent. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      e: shrugger lost his arm

        • Eh-I@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          15 days ago

          “We went to the Olive Garden and I ordered spaghetti. Hung had the fettuccine.”

          PG-13

          “We went to the Carrabba’s and I ordered spaghetti. Hung had the fettuccine.”

          • Sunflier@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            5·
            15 days ago

            Uhm, yeah, Olive Garden. Totally wasn’t thinking of a guy’s bits (as in, he’s hung).