Arizona lawmaker calls for WA congresswoman to be executed for urging Trump protests

Jerod Macdonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror

September 26, 2025 / 11:53 am

An Arizona Republican state lawmaker on Wednesday called for the execution of a Democratic congresswoman from Washington state because she urged people upset with President Donald Trump to protest in the streets.

Rep. John Gillette, R-Kingman, wrote on the social media site X that U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., was calling for the government to be overthrown and should be hanged.

“Until people like this, that advocate for the overthrow of the American government are tried convicted and hanged.. it will continue,” Gillette said in response to a video of Jayapal.

That clip uploaded to X was from a longer video, which was poste

See Full Page