Marjorie Taylor Greene wants death penalty for migrant who allegedly set woman on fire on subway: 'Finish him'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for a swift trial and death penalty for the suspect accused of setting a woman on fire on a New York subway.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., gestures while speaking as United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on July 22, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Greene is not the only member of Congress to weigh in on the case.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., also called for capital punishment. 

"Death penalty," she tweeted.

SUSPECT ACCUSED OF BURNING WOMAN TO DEATH ON NYC SUBWAY IS PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., declared in a post on X, "A woman was intentionally lit on fire on the subway today. Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies do not work." 

Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train, appears in court, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Curtis Means via Pool)

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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson said in a statement that Zapeta had been removed from the U.S. in 2018 and then  re-entered the country illegally at some point "on an unknown date and location."

Fox News' Bill Melugin contributed to this report

Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.

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